Events
Using Nanotechnology to Improve Health in Developing Countries
Webcast: February 27, 2007featuringAndrew Maynard, Chief Scientist, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies; Piotr Grodzinski, Director, Nanotechnology for Cancer Programs, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health; Dr. Peter A. Singer, Senior Scientist, McLaughlin Rotman Centre, University Health Network; Professor, University of Toronto; and Distinguished Investigator, Canadian Institutes of Health Research; and Jeff Spieler, (Moderator) Division Chief, Research, Technology, and Utilization Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, U.S. Agency for International Development
Wilson Center Launches New Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
In partnership with the Pew CharitableTrusts, the Wilson Center will work with industry, academia, NGOs, and others to explore the future of nanotechnologies and their implications for the environment and human health.
Victor Barbiero Joins Global Health Initiative as Senior Adviser
JUNE 2006--Brings Expertise to Burgeoning Program
Pakistan's Health System Troubled, Says Wilson Center Pakistan Scholar Samia Altaf
JANUARY 2008—Wilson Quarterly Piece Diagnoses Challenges to Foreign Aid's Effectiveness
Robin Cook's Foreign Body Highlighted in The Economist
August 2008 – Author and Wilson Center Board of Trustees Member Examines Medical Tourism in Newest Novel
Fragile Innocence: A Father's Memoir of His Daughter's Courageous Journey
Webcast: March 31, 2006Book DiscussionfeaturingJames Reston Jr., author and Woodrow Wilson Center Senior Scholar and commentator; Walter Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University and Wilson Center Senior Scholar
HIV/AIDS, Agriculture, and Conservation: Impacts and Solutions
Webcast: January 17, 2007featuringRichard Skolnik, Director of International Programs, Population Reference Bureau; Lori Hunter, Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder; and Bixby Visiting Scholar, Population Reference Bureau; and Judy Oglethorpe, Director of Community Conservation, World Wildlife Fund