Tuesday, May 8, 2018

5:00 SOCIAL

5:15 LITERATURE–BOOK DISCUSSION

Sisters in Law by Linda Hirshman

Discussion Leader: Ann Vanvick

As women appointed to the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg forever changed society. This dual biography includes revealing stories of how these trailblazers fought for their own recognition in a male-dominated profession–battles that would ultimately benefit every American woman. That they’re different as day and night is unarguable, but they elevated one another and the status of women in this country.

6:00 DINNER

7:15 PROGRAM

Pharmaceutical By-Products and the Environment

Speaker: Dr. Ron Hadsall, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy

Pharmaceuticals are important for improving health and enhancing well-being. They can also be an unrecognized public-health risk and a hazard to the world. Societally we have focused on “drug take-back” programs as a strategy to address the problem. However, the majority of medications that consumers use are excreted either unchanged or as an active metabolite in the urine or feces. These by-products of human and animal use, in many cases, enter the water supply and impact our eco-system. This presentation will discuss the magnitude of the issue and present some strategies designed to address the problem.