2015 Medical History Conference of the West
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL
MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE WEST
CONFERENCE
Friday, April 24th 2015
1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
“Controversial from the Beginning: The History of Vaccination in Montana”
Museum of the Rockies
Hagar Auditorium
Bozeman, Montana
1: 00 p.m. Introduction and Welcome
Martin Teintze, Ph.D., Director for the MSU WWAMI Medical Education Program
Pat Oriet, R.N., Retired MSU Student Health Nurse
1:15 p.m. "A Review of the Issues: Past, Present & Future.”
Ellen Leahy, R.N., M.N., Health Officer-Department Director of the Missoula County
Health Department
2:00 p.m. “From Typhoid Mary to Marin County Moms: Public Health & Anti-Vaccination
Movements in the Past Century.”
Pierce Mullen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of History at Montana State University
2:45 p.m. “Maurice Hilleman, Montana, & Vaccines.”
Mark Jutila, Ph.D., Department Head of Microbiology & Immunology, MSU
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. “The MMR-Autism Controversy: The Power of Bad Research.”
Robert Flaherty, M.D. WWAMI Faculty & Physician at MSU Student Health
4:30 p.m. “Local Issues: School Vaccines vs. Public Health vs. Parental Choice.”
Julie H. Ruff, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC, MSU College of Nursing
5:15 p.m. Concluding Remarks & Conference Adjourns
Dr. Martin Teintze
5:20 p.m. Reception immediately following the conclusion of the conference in the Bair Lobby