The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and The Pew Charitable Trusts will hold a briefing on a new report from the CDC, “Antibiotic Resistance Threats to the United States, 2013.”
Date: Tuesday, September 17, at 3 PM
Location: Capitol Visitor’s Center Room SVC-201-00
Speakers:
Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH
Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Victoria Nahum
Founder, Safe Care Campaign; the mother of Josh Nahum, who died from an antibiotic-resistant infection
David Relman, MD, FIDSA
President, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Allan Coukell, B.Sc.Pharm.
Senior Director of drugs and medical devices, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Representative Gene Green (D-TX)
Representative Phil Gingrey (R-GA)
RSVP: Shion Chang at schang@idsociety.org