Discussion on the Health Implications of Japan’s "Triple Disaster” Conference at CSIS

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2011 – The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center will host a panel discussion on the health implications of the recent triple disaster in Japan.

WHEN/WHERE:     

Thursday, July 14, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
CSIS B1-A/B Conference Center, 1800 K Street NW

***Please Note: Lunch will be served at 11:45 am***

Discussants:

Kiyoshi Kurokawa
Chairman, Health and Global Policy Institute

Hiromi Murakami
Director, Health and Global Policy Institute

Naoki Ikegami, Chair
Department of Health Policy and Management, Keio University School of Medicine

Toshio Nagase
Merck (speaking in his personal capacity)

Masanori Akiyama,
Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, The University of Tokyo

Moderated by:

J. Stephen Morrison
Senior Vice President and Director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center

Introductions by:

Kazuhide  Ishikawa
Deputy Chief of Mission, Japanese Embassy to the United States

Michael Green
CSIS Senior Adviser and Japan Chair

Credentialed members of the media who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org.

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H. Andrew Schwartz
CSIS
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