Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the pediatrician who exposed the Flint water crisis, discussed her work as a public-health advocate during an April 13 Speaker Series program at Penn State Behrend.
Doctor who uncovered Flint water crisis to deliver keynote address
KINGSTON â The University of Rhode Island has chosen Mona Hanna-Attisha, the Michigan doctor responsible for uncovering the Flint water crisis, to deliver the keynote address at this yearâs commencement.Â
She will also receive an honorary doctorate degree in recognition of her courage for exposing the public health crisis that occurred when the city â in a cost-saving move â switched its water supply from the Detroit system to the Flint River. The switch, which was made in 2014, resulted in toxic lead contamination and coinciding outbreaks of Legionnairesâ disease.
According to President David M. Dooley, her remarks and the bestowing of an honorary degree upon her âcould not come at a more important time.â
Speaker Series to feature doctor who exposed Flint water crisis
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha will discuss her work as a clinician and community advocate when the Speaker Series resumes on April 13.
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the pediatrician who exposed the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, will discuss her work as a clinician and community advocate when the Speaker Series at Penn State Behrend resumes on April 13.
The program, which is open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. on Zoom. A link and additional details are available at behrend.psu.edu/speakerseries.
Dr. Hanna-Attisha is the founder and director of the Pediatric Public Health Initiative at Michigan State University and Hurley Medical Center Children’s Hospital. In 2014, when the city of Flint, hoping to save money, began to draw its drinking water from the Flint River, she learned the move had introduced high levels of lead into the community’s water supply.
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