The FLAD will be co-sponsoring these public talks this semester:

• Judith Palfrey, MD, T. Berry Brazelton Chair of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School
  and Immediate Past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics will speak on:
  
  
  • Wednesday, February 9, 5:00-6:00pm, Room 1345 Health Sciences Learning Center
    Title of talk: “The Children’ Health” in the Global Health Seminar Series (flyer)
    
    
  • Thurday, February 10, 7:30am, Room 1345 Health Sciences Learning Center
    Title of talk: “The Health of America’s Children”, Pediatrics’ Continuing Medical Education
    
    
• Joel Anderson, PhD, Researcher-Lecturer in Ethics & Philosophy, Utrecht Universitaet and Fellow,
  Institute for Advanced Study, The Netherlands will be giving:
  
  1) a talk on autonomy and disability on Wednesday, 3/30 at 12pm at Waisman A120
  2) a reading group session on two of his articles on Wednesday, 3/30 at 5pm in Helen C. White 7191
  (contact Walton O. Schalick, III, MD, PhD for the readings/details)
  3) a talk on autonomy and disability on Thursday, 3/31 at 4pm in MSC 1210
  (Medical Sciences Center on University Ave and Charter).
  
  This visit is being hosted by the Financial Literacy and Disability Project and the Center for Financial Security.
  
  
• Peter Blanck, JD, PhD, University Distinguished Professor and Chair Burton Blatt Institute for Disability,
  Syracuse University will be speaking on disability in the Civil War and on contemporary disability policy on
  May 5th and 6th (details forthcoming)
  
  
• Robert Pollak, PhD, Hernreich Distinguished Professor, John M. Olin School of Business and Department
  of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis will be speaking about economic modeling and families with
  disabilities on May 11th and 12th (details forthcoming)

For further information, please contact: Walton O. Schalick, III, MD, PhD