Tulane Researcher to Discuss Impact of Oil Spill
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A researcher from a New Orleans-based university will visit Oklahoma and discuss the public health implications of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Maureen Lichtveld of Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Disease will deliver a lecture at noon Tuesday at the OU College of Public Health in Oklahoma City. The speech is free and open to the public. While research into the health effects of the oil spill likely will continue for decades, Lichtveld says it's critical to develop a better protocol for measuring and treating the impact of the disaster on people and animals. Her lecture will focus on how environmental threats, natural disasters and health disparities combined in the single event to affect public health.