Whether spending Spring Break in Botswana or interested in public health issues, all University students are invited to attend a lecture this evening hosted by the Bioethics Society. Entitled "Public Health Ethics and the AIDS Crisis in Botswana," the talk will focus on HIV prevention and treatment.
The lecture will feature Ruth Gaare, director of the Institute for Practical Ethics, and Phil Nieburg, associate director for public health practice of the Global AIDS Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Having recently returned from Botswana, Nieburg will discuss his experiences there and relate them to public health issues. The talk will also address different ways to approach a medical problem like HIV and how this issue affects society and culture.
Leah Rosenberg, a third-year College student and director of the Bioethics Society, said this lecture will appeal to a variety of University students.
"Public health is an interest that spans a lot of different courses of study," she said.
Rosenberg added that this lecture may especially appeal to those interested in AIDS and HIV prevention and international justice.
The Bioethics Society usually meets on the first Tuesday and third Monday of each month. Meetings are often in the form of lectures, discussions or movies. Recently the society hosted Machunis-Masuoka who spoke about bio-terrorism.
Rosenberg stressed that the society is open to accepting new members.
The society is "an open-interest extracurricular society with people involved ... from all different [University] schools," she said.
About 25-30 students normally attend the Bioethics Society lectures, Rosenberg estimated. Each lecture includes an extensive question and answer period that lasts for at least a half an hour.
Tonight's event will be held in Minor 130 at 7 p.m.
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