MedGLO Dinner Screening - How to Survive a Plague - Wed. 4/24 at 6pm in R103

Published on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 14:27

MedGLO (the Medical Campus GLBTQ student organization) is holding a very special dinner screening of the documentary How to Survive a Plague this Wednesday at 6 pm in R103. This Oscar-nominated film tells the stories of the brave activists who agitated for more aggressive HIV/AIDS funding and research at a time when being HIV positive was nothing short of a death sentence. It provides valuable insight into the ways in which the relationship between the medical and LGBT communities has changed over the years.

Following the film, we will be holding a panel featuring two veteran BMC physicians involved with HIV/AIDS patient care and research, along with an alumnus of ACT UP, the activist organization the film focuses on.

We hope to see you there!

You can watch the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&;v=haEPLCA_H2Y

Quick NY Times review: http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/movies/how-to-survive-a-plague-aids-documentary-by-david-france.html

The details:
Wednesday, April 24

Screening at 6:15 pm

Panel to follow at 8:00 pm

R103

Dinner will be served

The panel:

Dr. Sharon Levine, MD

Dr. Levine is the chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s geriatric medicine subspecialty board. As an internist and geriatrician, she has been involved in the care of many HIV/AIDS patients, young and old, throughout her career.

Dr. Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH

Dr. Cotton has been involved in AIDS research for nearly thirty years, participating in some of the earliest clinical trials for anti-retroviral drugs. She has chaired the FDA Antiviral Advisory Committee and served on the advisory council for the NIH Office of AIDS Research. 

Mr. David Hamburger

Mr. Hamburger is an alumnus of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), which was one of the activist organizations most involved in pressuring the medical community and federal government to devote resources to AIDS research. He was present at many of the protests the film depicts.

Always, 

MedGLO

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April 23 Genocide in Bosnia: Film Screening and Panel on War, Health and Human Rights

Published on Monday, 22 April 2013 01:55

Film Screening of "In The Name Of The Son" and panel discussion

Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Boston University School of Medicine, Room R-103
4:00 - 5:50 PM

Harun Mehmedinovic, Bosnian born filmmaker, photographer, and founder of the "Bloodhoney Project," will tell his story of living in war-torn Sarajevo during the genocide in Bosnia in the early 1990's.

Dr. Michael Grodin, renowned medical ethicist, professor in the Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights Department and co-founder of the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, will discuss his experiences caring for refugees, asylum, and survivors of torture and their families.

Sponsored by: BUSPH Dept. of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, and the Health and Human Rights Caucus.

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April 22 Film Screening and Speaker on Commercial Surrogacy in India

Published on Monday, 22 April 2013 12:50

Monday, April 22
5-6:30 p.m.
BUSM Instructional Building, Bakst Auditorium

"Can We See the Baby Bump, Please?"

Commissioned by the Sama Resource Group for Women and Health in New Delhi, the film explores current ethical challenges posed by commercial surrogacy in India.

Sarojini N., the director and co-founder of Sama, will discuss her organization's recent research on surrogacy practices, as well as strategies that would address such problems as medical malpractice and the exploitation of women hired to be gestational mothers. A women's health advocate and researcher for more than 18 years, Sarojini writes and speaks extensively on reproductive and medical technologies.

Sponsored by: Our Bodies Ourselves, BUSPH Dept. of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, and the Health and Human Rights Caucus.

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April 25 Gun Control: The Legal, Behavioral and Medical Challenges of Effective Gun Control and Potential Solutions

Published on Monday, 22 April 2013 01:47

Thursday, April 25
4:30-6:30 p.m.
BUSM Instructional Building, L-110

Leonard Glantz, JD (view profile)
Dept. of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, BUSPH

Michael Siegel, MD, MPH (view profile)
Department of Community Health Sciences, BUSPH

Douglas Hughes, MD (view profile)
Department of Psychiatry, Associate Dean, Office of Academic Affairs, BUSM.

The Medicine and Public Health Association invites you to attend Gun Control: The Legal, Behavioral, and Medical Challenges of Effective Gun Control and Potential Solutions. The symposium will feature legal, behavioral, and medical experts to address the challenges involved in the timely issue of gun control, and to discuss potential solutions to this vital health issue. It's sure to be extremely informative to both medical and public health students within the BU campus.

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