2009-2010 POLICY SEMINAR SERIES

The Population Reference Bureau is pleased to present a partial listing of its 2009-2010 Policy Seminar Series schedule. These seminars feature experts presenting results from new research and interventions in the U.S. and other countries around the world. Covering a wide range of population, health and environmental issues, the PRB Policy Seminar Series promises to offer fresh perspectives and rich discussions.

To add an e-mail address to our electronic announcement list, see directions below. You will receive announcements for our upcoming 2009-2010 Seminar Series.

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Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are from noon-1:30 p.m. at PRB, 1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20009. (Bring your lunch. Coffee, juice, and soft drinks will be provided.)

Postponed: Feb. 8, 2010 (noon to 1 p.m.): "Control of the Neglected Tropical Diseases: Innovative Approaches and Role in U.S. Foreign Policy"
Dr. Peter Hotez, Distinguished Research Professor and Chair of the Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University.

Feb. 24, 2010: "Do Family Policies Work During the Second Demographic Transition? Evidence From Europe and the United States"
Frances Goldscheider, Professor of Sociology, Emerita, Brown University; and Senior Scholar, Child Trends

Seminars from March through June 2010 to be announced. 

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PREVIOUS SEMINARS

Jan. 20, 2010: "Has the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Peaked?"
John Bongaarts, Vice President and Distinguished Scholar of the Population Council

Dec. 16, 2009: "Overcoming Global Health Inequalities—Where Next?"
Davidson Gwatkin, Senior Fellow, Results for Development Institute

Nov. 18, 2009: "Blurring the Color Line: The New Chance for a More Integrated America"
Richard Alba, Distinguished Professor (emeritus), State University of New York at Albany

Oct. 21, 2009: "Unequal Burdens: Predicting the Mortality Impacts of Climate Change and Mortality in the U.S. and India"
Michael Greenstone, 3M Professor of Environmental Economics, MIT

Sept. 16, 2009: "The Demographic and Health Surveys at 25 Years and Beyond"
Jacob Adetunji, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Bureau for Global Health, USAID
Ann Way, Director of DHS, ICF Macro
Saifuddin Ahmed, Associate Professor, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, and Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

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The PRB policy seminar series is partially funded by a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

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