Baylor College of Dentistry
Managing
infectious diseases:
Brauman-Bell Lectureship offers a closer look
by LaDawn Brock
The recent Ebola outbreak has created a heightened awareness
of the fact that infectious diseases are often just a plane ride away
— and it has health care providers taking a closer look at how
communicable diseases are managed.
Dr. Michael T. Osterholm will discuss “Infectious Diseases in a
Crazy Modern World,” during the biennial Brauman-Bell Alpha
Omega Lectureship presented by Texas A&M University Baylor
College of Dentistry on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
During the lecture, he will describe the major factors contributing
to the emergence of infectious diseases as well as the common
features of pandemics such as H7N9 influenza, Middle East
Respiratory Syndrome — MERS — and West Africa Ebola.
Discussion will delve into how the international public health
community and global political leadership need to reconsider the
approach to the prevention, control and treatment of emerging
infections.
Osterholm is director of the Center for Infectious Disease
Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, where he
also serves as professor in the Division of Environmental Health
Sciences and the College of Science and Engineering and adjunct
professor in the medical school.
In 2005, the Department of Health and Human Services,
appointed Osterholm to the newly established National Science
Advisory Board on Biosecurity. From 1975 through 1999,
Osterholm served the Minnesota Department of Health in various roles, including state epidemiologist. He has led healthrelated investigations with global implications, including
investigations into foodborne diseases, the association of tampons with toxic shock syndrome, the transmission of hepatitis B
in health care settings and HIV infection in health care workers.
A member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy
of Sciences and the Council of Foreign Relations, Osterholm is
an international leader on preparedness for health concerns
ranging from influenza pandemics to biological warfare.
Attendees are invited to a reception at 4 p.m. The lecture will run
from 4:30-6 p.m. on the sixth floor of the dental school.
For more information or to register for the event, visit:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-brauman-bell-alpha-omegalectureship-infectious-diseases-in-a-crazy-modern-world-registration-16405801193. The lecture is free for TAMBCD faculty,
residents and students. There is a $35 fee for dentists and a $25
fee for dental hygienists, assistants and lab technicians. One-anda-half hours of continuing education credits are provided.
In 1992, the Dallas alumni chapter of Alpha Omega International
Fraternity presented a $10,000 contribution from Dr. Alfred W.
Brauman to TAMBCD, establishing the Brauman-Bell Alpha
Omega Lectureship. The lectureship was named in honor of
TAMBCD alumni Dr. Welden E. Bell ’34 and Dr. Alfred W.
Brauman ’38. It exists to biennially invite a nationally distinguished individual in the area of oral health; medicine as it
relates to oral health; dental and craniofacial research; and/or
oral health education to address faculty, students, alumni, staff,
practicing dental professionals, medical professionals, community members, and guests.
Founded in 1905, Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas
is a part of the Texas A&M Health Science Center. TAMBCD is a nationally
recognized center for oral health sciences education, research, specialized
patient care and continuing dental education.
LaDawn Brock is web and media relations manager at Texas A&M University
Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas. A 1991 mass communications (public
relations) graduate of Texas Woman’s University, she has worked in communications for 24 years.
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