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Monday, March 17, 2008

"Three Shots Heard 'Round the World: HPV Vaccines and the Politics of Women's Health"

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À l'occasion de la Journée internationale des femmes, l'Institut
d'études des femmes de l'Université d'Ottawa a le plaisir de vous
inviter à la Conférence annuelle Shirley Greenberg en études des
femmes intitulée

"Three Shots Heard 'Round the World: HPV Vaccines and the Politics of
Women's Health"

prononcée par

Abby Lippman, PhD

Professeure titulaire, Département d'épidémiologie, biostatistique et
santé au travail, Université McGill

Directrice du comité consultatif en matière de politiques, Réseau
canadien pour la santé des femmes (RCSF)

Vendredi, le 11 avril 2008 à 17 h

Auditorium des anciens

85, rue Université

Université d'Ottawa

ENTRÉE LIBRE

Une réception suivra la conférence.

R.S.V.P. avant le 7 avril 2008 (613-562-5791; womenst@uOttawa.ca)

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On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Institute of Women's
Studies of the University of Ottawa is pleased to invite you to the
Shirley Greenberg Annual Lecture in Women's Studies entitled

"Three Shots Heard 'Round the World: HPV Vaccines and the Politics of
Women's Health"

given by

Abby Lippman, PhD

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational
Health, McGill University

Chair, Policy Advisory Committee, Canadian Women's Health Network (CWHN)

Friday, April 11, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.

Alumni Auditorium

85 University Private

FREE ADMISSION

A reception will follow the presentation.

R.S.V.P. by April 7, 2008 (613-562-5791; womenst@uOttawa.ca
<mailto:womenst@uOttawa.ca> )

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ABBY LIPPMAN, PhD

A professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and
Occupational Health, with cross appointments in the Departments of
Social Sciences and Medicine and Family Medicine at McGill University,
Abby Lippman has been engaged in women's health issues for over 30
years as an academic and activist. Currently, Professor Lippman is
Chair of the Policy Advice committee, a member of the steering
committee of Women and Health Protection and past Chair of the Board
of the Canadian Women's Health Network. Her work focuses on feminist
studies of applied genetic and reproductive technologies as well as on
critical analyses of health and pharmaceutical policies. Specifically
Professor Lippman examines the politics of women's health, and has
developed the concepts of "geneticization" and "neo-medicalization" to
analyze and understand contemporary approaches to, and applications
of, biotechnology to women's health.

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