Lecture to Focus on Infections in the Elderly

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • March 15, 2012

WHAT: Steven L. Berk, M.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) executive vice president and provost and School of Medicine dean, will present, “Infections in the Elderly” at the Garrison Institute on Aging Healthy Aging Lecture Series.


WHEN: 4 to 5 p.m. March 28 (Wednesday)

WHERE: TTUHSC, 3601 Fourth St., Academic Classroom Building, Room 100

EVENT: The Healthy Aging Lecture Series is a free monthly educational program for the public to learn more about innovative research and health topics of interest to seniors.

For more information, call Annette Boles at (806) 743-7821 or email annette.boles@ttuhsc.edu.

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