The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Daisy Hernández, PhD
Author | Journalist
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Creative Writing
Department of English
Northwestern University
Networks Of Neglect and Care:
Chagas Disease and Racial Inequities in Public Health
Chagas disease was long described as one of the most neglected of the neglected “tropical” diseases, so how did it recently make alarming headlines across the United States? Professor Hernández discusses this infectious disease, the unspoken policy of containment rather than eradication of such diseases, and how she came to write about parasites, triatomine insects, and her auntie in her award-winning book The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease.
This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior St), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.
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