The New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), a non-profit membership organization with over 25,000 members in 140 countries. The NYAS mission is to advance scientific knowledge, mobilize science to address major global challenges, and to increase the number of scientifically informed individuals in society. For more information visit our website at https://www.nyas.org. This fall the Academy will present:
November 16, 2011
The Forever War: Malaria versus the World
The goal of the symposium is to call attention to the enormous burden imposed by malaria, and highlight the groundbreaking research conducted by Johns Hopkins researchers as well as other scientists aligned in the battle against this disease. Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey D. Sachs, PhD (The Earth Institute, Columbia University).