Annual IHPI Director's Lecture: Epic Measures

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Date

Monday, May 16, 2016 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Location

North Campus Research Complex, Building 10, Research Auditorium

Description

Please join IHPI and learn the dramatic true story behind the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries and Risk Factors Study. Smith, an experienced journalist, went inside this 20-year, 500-scientist, $100-million moonshot attempt to track and quantify every illness, injury, and death for everyone on Earth. It’s the biggest of Big Data ever, useful to researchers and policy makers worldwide. And it almost didn’t happen.
 
Seating is limited. RSVP required to Mark Lubin