Antibiotic Resistance: What Collaboration and Policy Can Do For Our Future
Description
U.S. PIRG and Harvard Law School invite you to a panel discussion about antibiotic resistance as part of Antibiotic Awareness Week. The World Health Organization ranks antibiotic resistance as a top global health threat and experts estimate that without swift action, drug-resistant infections could kill more people each year by 2050 than cancer does today. The panel discussion looked at where we are now and how research, collaboration, and policy can encourage better antibiotic stewardship in human health care and animal agriculture, as well as effectively develop new antibiotics.
These panels featured experts in the fields of public health policy, infectious disease, food supply chain management, and shareholder advocacy.
This event was free and open to the public.
Speakers
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Maria Balice, Senior Director of Communication and Strategic Partnerships, Applegate
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Jared Fernandez, Shareholder Advocate, Green Century Capital Management
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Nicole Negowetti, Clinical Instructor, Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic
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Sujit Suchindran, Infectious Disease Specialist, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
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Kathy Talkington, Project Director, Antibiotic Resistance Project, The Pew Charitable Trusts
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Matt Wellington, Director, Campaign to Stop the Overuse Of Antibiotics, U.S. PIRG
Sponsored by the Animal Law & Policy Program, Harvard Law School; Harvard Law School Animal Law Society; the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School; U.S. PIRG; the Food Law Lab, Harvard Law School; the Food Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School; and Green Century.
Tags
animals food global health health law policy pharmaceuticals public health regulation research