Pandemics and Social Order: The Experience of H1N1 March 16, 2011

A Centre for Social Justice Research Seminar

Keynote Speaker:

Professor Robert Dingwall, School of Social Science, Nottingham Trent University.

Aimed at:

Social scientists and health professionals with an interest in public health planning and management.

Seminar Focus:

This research seminar will review the experience of the H1N1 pandemic as a case study in crises and social order.

Seminar Content:

Informed by Strong's classic work comparing the early years of HIV/AIDS and the Black Death, this seminar extends the sociological agenda for investigating pandemic threats to human health and shows that infectious disease is a social problem as much as a clinical one.
Professor Robert Dingwall

Professor Robert Dingwall is an independent Policy Consultant, affiliated with the School of Social Science at Nottingham Trent University. He has an international reputation for his contributions to social science research on health and health care, law, and science and technology.

This seminar will draw on his experiences as a member of the UK Department of Health Committee on Ethical Aspects of Pandemic Influenza (CEAPI) and as a consultant to Roche Pharmaceuticals, manufacturers of Tamiflu

For further information or to reserve a place:

Email: chsc-events@salford.ac.uk

Official Website: http://www.salford.ac.uk/events/details/1429