Franklin & Marshall College

Dr. Barbara Marston '82 to Discuss HIV Epidemiology Feb. 18 at Franklin & Marshall

Dr. Barbara Marston '82 of the Epidemic Intelligence Service of the Centers for Disease Control will discuss "HIV Epidemiology" on Monday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bonchek Lecture Hall, Barshinger Life Sciences and Philosophy Building. The talk is part of the Faculty Symposium Speaker Series in celebration of the opening of the Barshinger Llfe Sciences and Philosophy Building, and is sponsored by the Center for Liberal Arts and Society and the Biology Department. It is free and open to the public.

Marston did her medical residency in internal medicine, then joined the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta.

Marston attended Emory University for an Infectious Diseases Fellowship and then joined the faculty there. For the last several years, she has been working with the CDC in Kenya, along with her husband Larry Slutsker, M.D., M.P.H., director of CDC’s research field station in Kisumu in western Kenya.

Marston has been involved in HIV prevention and treatment efforts made possible in part by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Her role includes national coordination of CDC’s treatment programs: predicting, ordering, and ensuring a steady supply of antiretroviral treatment drugs that are used to treat HIV; developing training materials; working on monitoring systems; and supporting sites that are providing treatment.

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