BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT ORGANIZER:MAILTO:jpschroe@exchange.upenn.edu DTSTART:20091117T200000Z DTEND:20091117T210000Z LOCATION:LDI Auditorium\, Colonial Penn Center\, 3641 Locust Walk TRANSP:OPAQUE SEQUENCE:0 UID:1hokn98kft8ro8a416i2s683r4@google.com DTSTAMP:20091023T142545Z DESCRIPTION:The Center for Public Health Initiatives and the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania present:\n\nChallenges in Tropical Disease Control Efforts with Dr. Piero Olliaro\n\nFor over 20 years\, Dr. Piero L. Olliaro has played key roles in the development\, implementation\, and evaluation of new interventions for malaria\, tuberculosis\, leishmaniasis and a number of other parasitic diseases. In particular\, he coordinated the studies that lead to the adoption of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) as the new first-line treatment for malaria. In his current position\, Piero manages an international portfolio of research for helminths and other neglected tropical diseases at the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases based in Geneva where he lives with his family.\n\nPlease RSVP: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDRYTzlDYl9kV19adzN3QkV0Nj RieEE6MA\n\nQuestions? email Jeannette at jpschroe@exchange.upenn.edu\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics\n SUMMARY:Challenges in Tropical Disease Control Efforts with Dr. Piero Olliaro PRIORITY:5 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1 CLASS:PUBLIC BEGIN:VALARM TRIGGER:-PT10M ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Reminder END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR