Location:
The Kirby Institute Level 6 Seminar Room Wallace Wurth Building UNSW Australia Sydney NSW 2052
Open to
All
Contact for enquiries
Rata Joseph +61 (0)2 9385 0900 rjoseph@kirby.unsw.edu.au
The Kirby Institute is pleased to present:
Dr Gail Bolan ( kindly sponsored by the RCPA Board of Education and Assessment Visiting Professor Program.)
"The CDC perspective on monitoring and responding to Neisseria gonorrhoea antimicrobial resistance."
For catering purposes please RSVP to rjoseph@kirby.unsw.edu.au by COB Friday 27th February
Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Light Lunch at 12.30pm followed by seminar from 1pm - 2pm
Biography:Dr. Bolan is Director of the Division of STD Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A graduate of Dartmouth Medical School, she completed her training in internal medicine at the University of Virginia, in infectious diseases at Tufts New England and Stanford Medical Centers, and in medical epidemiology as a CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in the Respiratory and Special Pathogens Branch. Prior to joining CDC, she served as the Chief of the STD Control Branch at the California Department of Public Health.
Dr. Bolan is a leader in the field of STD Prevention and is recognized for her contributions in applied STD prevention research and implementation of science-based STD programs. Dr. Bolan has over 125 scientific publications. She has served on the CDC HIV/STD Prevention Advisory Committee and the Office of Infectious Diseases Board of Scientific Counselors, the Executive Committee of the American STD Association, the Board of Directors for the National Coalition of STD Directors and the American Social Health Association.