Sabin Vaccine Institute Welcomes National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine

Washington

9 July 2009
10:00 am

On Thursday, July 9th, Sabin Vaccine Institute will host a group of students from the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine. The students will experience presentations from Sabin's Vaccine Development Program, the Global Network, and the Vaccine Advocacy & Education Program. They will also tour the laboratories at George Washington University where the Vaccine Development Program is currently developing vaccines for hookworm and schistosomiasis, diseases that continue to afflict hundreds of thousands of people living in developing countries around the world. Finally, the students will hear from
Dr. Peter Hotez, Sabin president and head of the GWU's Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine Department.

Location

Sabin Vaccine Institute, GWU
Washington, DC

Event