Les Roberts at the University of Washington
October 22-24, 2008
"Our survey demonstrates the importance of collecting civilian casualty information during a war and that it can be done."
–Les Roberts, Johns Hopkins University, 2004
Les Roberts, PhD, MPH, is the principal researcher in a series of public health surveys on mortality among Iraqi citizens whose controversial results have been published in the British journal The Lancet. Roberts formerly taught at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and now heads the program on forced migration and health at Columbia University. Roberts addressed the University of Washington community during the week of October 20, 2008. Click on each workshop to review power point presentations.
Audio and visual recordings will be made available in the near future.
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Tuesday 10/21/2008 | Les Roberts arrives in Seattle |
Wednesday 10/22/08 | 10:20 to 11 a.m. KUOW interview with Les Roberts and Steve Scher 2 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. Workshop #1: Investigational methods in humanitarian emergencies with a case study in measuring mortality in Zimbabwe subsequent to national policy to bulldoze slums Location: Foege N-130 Sponsored by the Department of Global Health, Department of Technical Communication, and the Interdisciplinary Program on Humanitarian Relief Enrollment limited to 40 6:30 p.m. Walker Ames Lecture: U.S press inability to report post-invasion civilian deaths in Iraq, with an introduction by Congressman Jim McDermott Location: Kane 130 Join us for Unembedded at Odegaard Undergraduate Library |
Thursday 10/23/08 | 11 a.m. short meeting to discuss possible courses for summer 2009 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Brown Bag lunch and journal club discussion open to all students and faculty; focus on Dr. Roberts' 2006 Lancet paper Location: Foege N-130 more information about lunch topic 2 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. Workshop #2: Epidemiological methods for measuring human rights abuse with a case study on measuring rape incidence in a conflict setting Location: UW Law School Perkins Coie Suite (115 A, B & C) Sponsored by the Department of Global Health and the Law School Enrollment limited to 40 6 p.m. Evening meal and reception with local peace activists RSVP here |
Friday 10/24/08 | 9:30 to 11 a.m. Meeting with Campus Antiwar Network, open to the public location: Hub 200A 2 pm to 4:50 p.m. Workshop #3: Water and sanitation in complex emergencies Sponsored by the Department of Global Health, Department of Civil Engineering, Evans School of Public Affairs and the Department of Environmental Health Location: Health Sciences Building K069 |
Sponsored by the University of Washington Department of Global Health, the Department of Technical Communication, the Interdisciplinary Program on Humanitarian Relief, the Law School, Department of Civil Engineering, Evans School of Public Affairs, and the Department of Environmental Health
Endorsed by Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
Selected Publications by and about Les Roberts
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