Just did several interviews for the Spanish press, and received positive reviews on the Spanish edition of The Body Hunters from El Pais, Cambio 16, and Marie Claire magazine. Nice!
March 29, 2010, 5:30 pm. “Emerging Infections from a Changing Environment.” Global Health Seminar, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT. For more information: Brian Seavey, at brian.seavey@yale.edu
My review of Dambisa Moyo’s provocative new book, Dead Aid, appears on The Nation online. Moyo is a fascinating person and her book is well worth reading. Check it out at http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090330/shah
The Spanish edition of The Body Hunters (Cazadores de Cuerpos) recently came out and is getting some good press in Spain. To wit: a long review (and five stars!) in Publico. Check it out here.
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.
June 28, 2011. “Pharmaceutical colonialism,” panel discussion with Ames Dhai and Mona Khanna, moderated by Robert Finn, World Conference of Science Journalists.
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
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.