Experts gather at DMS to improve disaster response planning
James Strickler '50, DMS '51
Mary Turco, MALS '78 (Photos by Joseph Mehling '69)
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Leaders in humanitarian health efforts will gather on campus September 8
through 10 to discuss better ways to respond to complex emergencies such as the
conflict in Darfur, the tsunami in Asia, and Hurricane Katrina. The inaugural
Humanitarian Health Conference: Challenges and Opportunities in Disaster
Response, is being organized by Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) in
conjunction with Harvard University's Humanitarian Health Initiative. Principal
organizers at Dartmouth include Professor of Community and Family Medicine
James Strickler '50, DMS '51; former Dartmouth Trustee and correspondent for
the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS Susan Dentzer '77; Adjunct
Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine Sharon McDonnell; and
Assistant Professor of Medicine Mary Turco, MALS '78.
Samantha Power, author of "A Problem from Hell": America and
the Age of Genocide, will deliver the keynote address for the conference's
signature event, the "Boathouse Lecture."
"This conference is important because it will give approximately 80
representatives of major agencies and nongovernmental organizations dealing
with complex emergencies an opportunity to discuss, propose, and publish
solutions to some of the main programmatic challenges," says Turco.
In addition to DMS, other Dartmouth sponsors include the Dickey Center for International
Understanding, and the New England Center for Emergency Preparedness at
Dartmouth. Additional support comes from the International Rescue Committee;
the Global Health Council; Save the Children USA; AmeriCares; the American
Medical Association (AMA) Foundation; Merck & Co.; Inc.; Baxter
International, Inc.; and Pfizer.
By STEVEN J. SMITH
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