Laurie Garrett
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
The Omni Hotels Lecture
"The Coming Plague: Critical issues in global public health"
Laurie Garrett is one of America's premier authorities on healthcare and
disease prevention, and a powerful advocate for a more forceful response
to threats to human health.
Currently the Gates Senior Fellow in Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations, Laurie Garrett is the author of the best-selling books The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance and Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health. These books, which explore key developments in global health and disease prevention, have both received widespread critical and popular acclaim. Laurie is the only person ever to have been awarded all three of the Big "Ps" of journalism: The Peabody, The Polk (twice), and The Pulitzer. She has written for many publications, including Foreign Affairs, Esquire, Vanity Fair, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and Current Issues in Public Health. Laurie appears frequently on national television programs, including ABC Nightline, The Jim Lehrer NewsHour, The Charlie Rose Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Dateline. Over the years, Laurie has also contributed chapters to numerous books covering world crises in infectious diseases. Laurie's website is a great source of information on her books, articles, media appearances, and includes bonus materials not available anywhere else.
Laurie Garrett is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, and served as the organization's President during the mid-1990s. She lives in Brooklyn Heights, New York City.