HPV Vaccine Forum at The Franklin 10/30
Posted on | October 23, 2008 | Comments Off
| October 30, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Direct from the press release…
The Franklin Institute and the Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy will co-host a public forum called “HPV Vaccines: Issues, Lessons, and Public Confidence in Vaccines” on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 7:00PM. The program will take place in the Franklin Theater at The Franklin Institute, and is the second in a series of forums exploring issues around vaccination. Tickets are free, but pre-registration is required. The forum’s featured speakers are: Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Paul A. Offit, MD, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Barbara Watson, MB ChB, FRCP (UK), FAAP, Medical Director for the Immunization Program at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health; and Rick Haupt, MD, MPH, Executive Director for Clinical Research at Merck Research Laboratories.
The program is part of an ongoing “Vaccination Exploration” series organized by The Franklin Institute in partnership with The Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy, a program of the Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania; The Wistar Institute Vaccine Center; and The Vaccine Education Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
The program will begin promptly at 7:00 PM and end at 8:30 PM, allowing sufficient time for Q & A. Tickets for this public forum panel discussion are free, but space is limited and registration is required. Make your reservations by calling 215.448.1254.
For more information, visit www.fi.edu/wellness or www.centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.org
