ECU Experts Examine Potential Impact From Ebola Outbreak | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's note: The author of this post, Alethia H. Cook, is a contributor to ECU News Services.

    As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa intensifies daily, East Carolina University experts are coming together to present a public discussion of the disease and its potential impact in the United States.

    Experts on infectious disease and the impact of pandemics will present an interdisciplinary panel addressing "Ebola: African Dilemma or Global Health Crisis" at 6 p.m. Oct. 16 in Rivers 102 on campus. The event is free and open to the public.

    Following initial comments from panel members, an extended period of question and answer is planned.

    Panel experts, departments and areas of expertise are as follows:

• Alethia Cook, Security Studies – security implications of pandemic disease
• Paul Cook, Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease – infectious diseases
• Viva Reynolds, Geography, Planning and Environment – medical geography
• Kristina Simeonsson, Public Health – vaccine-preventable diseases, preparedness and the epidemiology of infectious diseases
• Angela Thompson, History – history of epidemics and public health
• Bob Thompson, Public Administration – health policy