NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release – March 9, 2015

Nassau Community College PresentsEbola: The New Global Epidemic? 

 

April 7 

 Garden City, NY – Nassau Community College will present Ebola: The New Global Epidemic? on Tuesday, April 7 at 10:00 a.m. in the multipurpose room of the College Center Building. (download hi res photo)

Dr. Edward Hoekstra is an independent Senior Health Advisor. Until recently, he was the Head of the Global Measles, Meningitis and Yellow Fever Mortality Reduction Program and coordinated health responses in emergencies for UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund). An expert in infectious diseases, Dr. Hoekstra's responsibilities included managing the annual $100 million UNICEF program to reduce mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases among the hardest to reach children in the least developed countries.

For over two years, Dr. Hoekstra worked on the health emergency response for the World Health Organization in Beijing. Before taking that post, he served for six years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, where he was part of President Clinton's initiative to increase vaccine coverage among two-year olds in the United States.  He specifically focused on serving underserved inner city children.

Dr. Hoekstra earned his medical degree from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, specializing in public health, occupational health and public health care insurance. He also has a degree in epidemiology. He has worked as chief occupational physician for multinational corporations such as Mercedes-Benz and Avery (in the Netherlands). In 1990 Dr. Hoekstra set up the Occupational Health Centre Aruba for the Ministry of Health in that country and was also responsible for its Health Emergency Response.

For more information about Ebola: The New Global Epidemic? which is free, open to the public and accessible to the disabled, call 516.572.7148.

Media Contact Alicia Steger 516.572.9634 alicia.steger@ncc.edu ncc.edu/newsreleases

About Nassau Community College Nassau Community College, part of the State University of New York, is an institution where nearly 22,000 full- and part-time students and approximately 10,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence. For more information, visit www.ncc.edu.

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