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Politics and Ethics of Infection: An International Conference (CfA, University of Sydney, 10-12 December 2015)

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Research Summary: Politics and Ethics of Infection Conference

Event Type: International Academic Conference
Host Institution: Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, University of Sydney
Dates: 10-12 December 2015
Primary Focus Areas: Surveillance intensification, resistance, communication, migration, and research ethics in infectious disease contexts
Disciplinary Scope: Integrates microbiology, virology, epidemiology, bioethics, philosophy, sociology, history, health policy, and cultural studies
Call for Submissions: Abstracts for oral presentations, posters, workshops, and symposia addressing intersection of biological sciences, health services, and societal contexts
Thematic Framework: Examines how economic, ecological, political, and institutional contexts structure infectious disease spread, control, and social meanings

Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, School of Public Health & Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine

The Program Committee invites submission for abstracts for oral and poster presentations and for workshops or symposia on any aspect of the politics and ethics of infection. Papers are sought in the following streams:

  • Surveillance
  • Intensification and resistance
  • Communication
  • Migration and movement
  • Research ethics
  • Contexts: settings, communities, histories

Authors are invited to

  • explore how economic, ecological, political, community-based and institutional contexts generate and structure the spread, and the control, of infectious diseases
  • trace the meanings and social significance of disease
  • the intersection of interests and concerns across the biological sciences, health services, health policy, government, culture and society and individuals
  • share ideas with researchers from microbiology, virology, epidemiology, health economics, history, hospital management, health services research, bioethics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, veterinary science, cultural studies and communications

SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT: via the conference website.

INQUIRIES: email PEI 2015 inquiries

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