Pandemic Narratives - The Vaccine Wars: Learning from Smallpox

An important interactive session that explores the development of the smallpox vaccine and its reception in art and public media, as a way to understand national acceptance of vaccines, government mandates, and the past lessons of pandemics and how to overcome them.

Moderated by:
Karen Lloyd
Assistant Professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art History, Department of Art; Affiliate Faculty, Department of History, Stony Brook University

Distinguished Guest Speakers:

Barry S. Coller, MD, Hon. ’03
David Rockefeller Professor of Medicine; Head, Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of Blood and Vascular Biology; Physician in Chief and Vice President for Medical Affairs, The Rockefeller University; Trustee, Stony Brook Foundation

Bobbi Coller, PhD
Art Historian, Independent Curator, and Art Educator; Advisory Board Chairperson of the Stony Brook Foundation’s Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center

Welcome Remarks from Nicole S. Sampson, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences and SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

This program is brought to you by the Stony Brook University Alumni Association and the College of Arts and Sciences.