The two-day conference for medical students will focus on emergency and disaster medicine and include speakers from the American Red Cross, who responded to Hurricane Sandy and topics including technological needs and challenges during natural disasters.<\/p>\n
The event will be held at the College of Medicine medical education building at Lake Nona and is sponsored by The Diebel Legacy Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Florida as well as other community partners.<\/p>\n
In addition to the activities for student registrants, the conference will feature the college\u2019s first community-wide lecture series on global health. \u201cOur goal of the series is to identify a network of people across the community who are interested in global health service and education,\u201d said Dr. Judith Simms-Cendan, director of international health programs at the College of Medicine and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology.<\/p>\n
While much of the conference will be student-centered, the public is invited to the keynote address by Dr. Noji, a physician trained in emergency medicine, epidemiology and tropical diseases who is an expert on mass emergencies and the public health responses to natural disasters, terrorism, famine and weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n