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Event Details

Type

Friday Lecture Series

Speaker(s)

Beatrice H. Hahn, M.D., professor, departments of medicine and microbiology, University of Pennsylvania

Speaker bio(s)

It is now well established that HIV-1, the cause of the global AIDS epidemic, is of chimpanzee origin, while Plasmodium falciparum, the cause of malignant malaria, is derived from a gorilla parasite. Thus, two of the most widespread and virulent diseases of modern man appear to have originated in our closest relatives, the African apes. This talk will compare and contrast the ape origins of AIDS and malaria, and discuss important parallels that could provide insight into the prospects of future zoonoses.

Dr. Hahn received her medical degree from the University of Munich Medical School, and completed her postdoctoral studies at Robert Gallo's Laboratory of Tumor Cell Virology at the National Cancer Institute. She joined the departments of medicine and microbiology at the University of Alabama in 1985, where she served as co-­director of the Center for AIDS Research from 2003 to 2011. In 2002, Dr. Hahn was named one of the top 50 women in science by Discover Magazine. She was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2010 and the National Academy of Sciences in 2012.

Open to

Public

Host

Michel Nussenzweig

Reception

Refreshments, 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., Abby Lounge

Contact

Gloria Phipps

Phone

(212) 327-8967

Sponsor

Gloria Phipps
(212) 327-8967
phippsg@rockefeller.edu