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The Past Meets the Present: Lessons from the Pandemic of 1918
November 16, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research is holding a seminar at 12 p.m. on Thursday, November 16, 2023, as part of its Brown Bag Seminar Series. The following is from the event description:
“The Past Meets the Present: Lessons from the Pandemic of 1918”
Presented by Margaret Marsh, historian, University Professor at Rutgers University, and core member of the Institute for Health
The presentation explores the history of the Flu Pandemic of 1918-19 and considers the significance of America’s experience in that pandemic for our understanding of the current one.
Margaret Marsh holds the title of University Professor at Rutgers University and divides her time between the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on the Camden campus and the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research on the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS). She has served twice as Chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden on an interim basis, most recently from 2020 to 2021. From 1998 to 2011, she served in several senior leadership positions at the university, including Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School at Rutgers–Camden (1998-2007 and 2009-2010), Executive Dean (2010-2011), and, as noted, Chancellor (2007-2009).
Read Marsh’s full bio on the Rutgers–Camden website.
Online via Zoom
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is not required. View the event listing on the Institute for Health calendar for Zoom access. For more information, contact Nicole Swenarton, Institute for Health, at nswenarton@ifh.rutgers.edu.