Panelists will discuss the Zika virus and its impact locally and globally during a Health Forum of West Michigan event.
“Understanding the Zika Virus” is set for Friday, March 3, at the DeVos Center, 401 Fulton St. W, on Grand Valley State University’s Pew Grand Rapids Campus. A light breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. and the presentation will begin at 8 a.m.
The event, hosted by Grand Valley’s Office of the Vice Provost for Health, is free and open to the public; free parking is available in the Grand Valley Seward Street parking ramp/lot.
Panelists are Juliet Bedford, research associate at Oxford University and founder/director of Anthrologica; Dr. Andrew Jameson, infectious disease unit at Mercy Health Saint Mary’s; Michael Kaufman, faculty member in the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University. The moderator is Kristin Hedges, assistant professor of anthropology at Grand Valley.
RSVP for the event online at www.gvsu.edu/vphealth.
