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Global Health Security: The Intersection of Policy and Academia

September 17, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Department of State’s Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy is hosting a virtual symposium to highlight potential areas of collaboration between U.S. schools of public health and the State Department to advance global health security and end HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

We invite leaders of U.S. schools of public health to join us to discuss future collaboration in our shared mission to promote global health security and end HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

Symposium Topics:

Panel 1: How Can Public Health Practitioners Influence Policy?
Panel 2: Global Public Health Institutions at the Intersection of Public Health and Diplomacy

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Ambassador Dr. John N Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
  • Hon. Dr. Keith Martin, Executive Director of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)
  • Dr. Victor Dzau, President, National Academy of Medicine
  • Dr. Anthony Fauci, fmr. Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
  • Anders Nordström, Karolinska Institute and former Acting DG of WHO
  • Dr. Rebecca Katz, Professor and Director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University

*Additional speakers to be added once confirmed

When: September 17, 2024; 1:00 – 4:00 p.m

Where: Zoom – Register below.

Who: All academic centers at U.S. schools of public health: Deans, Chairs, Directors, and relevant working groups that are members of the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)