Saturday, March 28, 2009

BELLEVUE HOSPITAL SCREENING


We traveled to Manhattan yesterday to show the movie, centerpiece of a TB Awareness Day sponsored by the great Bellevue Hospital and the New York University School of Medicine. Large attendance, excellent panel discussion, and wonderful hosts from Dr. William Rom's Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division. After the session, we were treated to a tour of the hospital's TB ward and learned of Bellevue's leading role, dating to 1903, in the American tuberculosis epidemic of the first half or the 20th century. A great day all around. Pictured here is the table set up in the hospital lobby -- plenty of educational materials.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

UMass. Medical Showing a Success


After a great showing on Wednesday, March 11, at the University of New Hampshire, we screened the film on March 12 at the TB Awareness Day sponsored by the Nobel Prize-winning University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass. Pictured here is Dr. Christopher Sassetti, professor of molecular genetics and microbiology. Dr. Jennifer Furin, Harvard epidemiologist and a member of Paul Farmer's Partners in Health also spoke.

THIS WEEK -- FIRST PBS BROADCAST! On our sponsor station, WSBE, TV-36, which serves the southern New England market. Many more broadcasts to follow around the country, check back here as the schedule develops.

Next university showing: New York University School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital.

If you would like to schedule a TB Awareness Day, send us an email.