Addressing Latino Health Inequity Through Art, Policy and Science: "Zika Virus an Emerging Pathogen" Lecture Presentation

We are proud to present Dr. Karin Nielsen, MD, Professor, Clinic Pediatrics, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and Director, Center for Brazilian Studies, UCLA Latin American Institute. Nielsen is the lead author of an article recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that the Zika virus is responsible for many serious fetal abnormalities in addition to microcephaly. She is actively investigating the Zika epidemic as part of a team of experts at the Fiocruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A light lunch will be served.

Please RSVP at http://zikavirus.eventbrite.com

This is the second event in a three-part symposia series co-sponsored by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, The UCLA Blum Center on Poverty and Health in Latin America, and the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity. The series is supported by the UCLA Office of Interdisciplinary and Cross Campus Affairs.