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ResurgentMalaria.com

April 24th, 2008

My new website, ResurgentMalaria.com, launched this week in advance of World Malaria Day on April 25. ResurgentMalaria.com explores the politics and history of malaria, one of humankind’s most fierce scourges. This is a disease we’ve known how to prevent and cure for over 100 years, but which still infects 500 million a year and kills [...]

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Waverly, Iowa

September 25, 2012. 11:30 am. Wartburg College Convocation address, “The Science and Politics of Malaria.” Waverly, IA.

Huntingdon, PA

February 21, 2012. 7:30 pm. “The Fever.” Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA.

Oswego, NY

November 5, 2011. 7 pm. Keynote address. Hart Global Living and Learning Center. SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY. Free and open to the public.

Roanoke, VA

October 19, 2011. 6:30 pm. “The Fever: how malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.” Hollins University, Roanoke, VA.

Rochester, NY

October 18, 2011. 7 pm. “The Fever: How malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.” Nazareth College, Rochester NY.

Pittsburgh, PA

October 4, 2011. 8 pm. “The Fever: Writing, Women, and the Environment.” Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA. Free and open to the public. Reception and book-signing to follow.

San Francisco, CA

September 14, 2011. 12:30 PST. Interview with Shirin Sadeghi, “New America Now,” 91.7 FM KALW San Francisco

Salt Lake City, UT

July 6, 2011. KUER RadioWest. 1 pm-2 pm ET.

Doha, Qatar (via Skype)

June 28, 2011. “Pharmaceutical colonialism,” panel discussion with Ames Dhai and Mona Khanna, moderated by Robert Finn, World Conference of Science Journalists.

Richmond, KY

April 14, 2011. Richmond, KY, Eastern Kentucky University, “The Fever,” Chautauqua Lecture Series. 7:30 pm, with reception and booksigning to follow.

Oklahoma City, OK

April 4, 2011. Noon. “Ray Kling Distinguished Lecture in Public Health.” University of Oklahoma, School of Public Health. Open to the public.

Northfield, MN

February 18, 2011. 10:50 am. “The Fever: how malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.” Lecture followed by informal discussion and book signing. Free and open to the public. Carleton College, Northfield MN

Oberlin, OH

November 6, 2010. “Oil and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East.” Moderated roundtable discussion, with Stephen Zunes and Patrick Clawson. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.