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You are invited to a public lecture featuring DPA board member and HIV/AIDS activist Mathilde Krim, sponsored by The New York Academy of Medicine Section on the History of Medicine and Public Health: http://www.nyam.org/initiatives/im-histe.shtml

From almost the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Mathilde Krim has been a leading activist, successfully raising funds for research, and raising consciousness and public understanding of HIV/AIDS in its medical, social, and political contexts. She is co-founder of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), and has been an important contributor to the drive to control and cure HIV/AIDS.

WHAT: HIV AIDS: The First Quarter-Century
WHEN: Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 6 pm Reception, 6:30 pm LectureÂ* Where: The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029
WHO: Mathilde Krim and Ron Bayer
INFO: history@nyam.org , or Christian Warren 212.822.731

Dr. Krim will be interviewed by Ron Bayer, a prominent scholar of the AIDS epidemic. Bayer is a professor at the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. He is the author of several books and dozens of articles on AIDS and other public health subjects.

This event is free and open to the public.http://www.nooked.com/news/itemtrack...0d8a45ce926aca

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