The Explores Club will host a lecture on disaster and pandemic preparedness ethics with Jennifer Miller, Executive Director of Bioethics International on June 23, 2010 6.30 – 8.30pm. 

Description:  Disasters including pandemics are a real and significant threat … not a question of if, but of when.
Jennifer Miller, executive director of Bioethics International (BEI), will address the questions of who will receive resources and care including when and under what conditions, for what is sure to be an exciting Lounge Night. Urban disasters and pandemics involve a severe shortage of resources, such as ventilators and clinical staff. This talk will introduce the background and critical elements of such an ‘ethical framework’ addressing the questions of how to allocate scarce healthcare resources.

Please contact info@bioethicsinternational.org if you are interested in attending.  RSVPs are required.

The Explorers Club is an international multidisciplinary professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research and the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore. Since its inception in 1904, the Club has served as a meeting point and unifying force for explorers and scientists worldwide. Our headquarters is located at 46 East 70th Street in New York City.

Founded in New York City in 1904, The Explorers Club promotes the scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space by supporting research and education in the physical, natural and biological sciences. The Club’s members have been responsible for an illustrious series of famous firsts: First to the North Pole, first to the South Pole, first to the summit of Mount Everest, first to the deepest point in the ocean, first to the surface of the moon—all accomplished by our members.  For information visit:  http://www.explorers.org/