Symposium on Japan earthquake and disasters
Background
The UCSF departments of psychiatry and pediatrics and UCSF Global Health Sciences hosting a multidisciplinary symposium about Japan one year after the catastrophe, featuring first-hand details from many who responded to the disaster last year. Opening remarks by Dr. Craig Van Dyke and the honorable Hiroshi Inomata, Consul General of Japan, will be followed by discussion of casualties, radiation contamination and its impact and the tsunami itself, including disaster mitigation, community resilience, post-disaster housing, health, and the UCSF response.Media are invited to cover the event.
Purpose
• At the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami, the public continues to be concerned about radiation contamination, cleanup, public health and the struggles of people from affected communities.
• Following the recent minor early-morning Bay Area temblor, earthquake safety also is on local residents’ minds, as is the more global issues related to the future of nuclear power in Japan and elsewhere.
• UC faculty and distinguished visitors and experts from Japan will make presentations, many based on first-hand experience during the past year.