Princeton-Fung Global Forum to focus on lessons from the Ebola crisis

Video feature: Princeton-Fung Global Forum to focus on lessons from the Ebola crisis .

The third annual Princeton-Fung Global Forum next month will bring together researchers, scholars, policymakers and health officials to examine West Africa's Ebola outbreak as a case study of a modern plague. The conference, titled "Modern Plagues: Lessons Learned from the Ebola Crisis," will be held Nov. 2-3 in Dublin, Ireland. In this video, Princeton administrators and faculty members affiliated with the conference preview the wide-ranging issues that will be discussed.

Princeton forum in Dublin to focus on Ebola crisis, lessons for the future .

The third annual Princeton-Fung Global Forum will bring together researchers, scholars, policymakers and health officials in November to examine West Africa's Ebola outbreak as a case study of a modern plague.

Princeton-Fung Global Forum identifies approaches for dealing with 'modern plagues' .

On the verdant campus of University College Dublin, nearly 300 public health experts and practitioners, government officials, scholars and students gathered to discuss the lessons learned about topics such as treatment, coordination and leadership from the Ebola crisis as part of the third annual Princeton-Fung Global Forum.

Political challenges, not just scientific ones, shape response to epidemics .

Understanding the role of government and politics before, during and after health emergencies is one step toward improving preparedness, response efforts, and saving lives, according to Princeton University researchers who will discuss "The Politics of Plagues" at the Princeton-Fung Global Forum in November.

Ebola crisis provides framework for responding to outbreaks like Zika virus .

As world leaders grapple with containing the Zika virus, the Ebola epidemic in West Africa provides valuable lessons for how to respond to other infectious disease epidemics, according to a policy report published by researchers at Princeton University and the Wellcome Trust.

Fung Forum: The student perspective .

In this Google Hangout, Princeton students talk about their first day at the 2015 Princeton-Fung Global Forum, held Nov. 2-3 in Dublin, Ireland. The forum's topic is "Modern Plagues: Lessons Learned from the Ebola Crisis."

Video chat highlights Ebola response, lessons learned .

Raphael Frankfurter, a 2013 Princeton graduate and executive director of the nonprofit group Wellbody Alliance, participated in a live video chat Thursday, May 7, to discuss the group's response to Ebola in Sierra Leone and the lessons learned from the outbreak.