Vanderbilt World AIDS Day Keynote Address
"Celebrating Life, Mourning Death: Continuing the Fight Against Global AIDS" By Bill Frist
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Dec 01, 2009 from 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm |
| Where | Vanderbilt Student Life Center |
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Ticket Required: Tickets are free and open to the Vanderbilt Community.
Tickets are currently available at the Sarratt Student Center Front
Desk.
"Celebrating Life, Mourning Death: Continuing the Fight
Against Global AIDS"
William H. Frist, M.D., is a
nationally renowned heart and lung transplant surgeon as well as former Senator
for Tennessee and Senate Majority Leader.
Senator Frist co-chaired the
nonpartisan ONE Vote '08, part of Bono's ONE campaign to reduce global
poverty and is currently co-chair of Save the Children's Survive to Five
campaign. Senator Frist's own nonprofit organization Hope Through Healing Hands
is a global health care initiative promoting improved quality of life for
individuals and communities around the world through the idea that health can be
a currency for peace.
Senator Frist is currently Assistant Professor of
Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He annually leads
medical mission trips to Africa.
Reception: 6:30 p.m. Featuring Sankofa,
The Blair School of Music's African Performing Ensemble
Sponsored by: The
Commons at Vanderbilt University, Office of the Dean of Students, The Office of
Active Citizenship and Service, ONE, VandyCares, The Red Cross at Vanderbilt,
Arts & Science Council Association, VSG, Global Health Council
