NIH at the CUGH 2013 annual conference
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Fogarty participated in many sessions as a part of the Consortium of Universities in Global Health (CUGH) 2013 Annual Conference, which was held March 14 -16, 2013, in Washington, D.C.
Day 1: Thursday, March 14, 2013
The Role of the NIH in Global Health
10:45-12:15 - Room Ballroom Salon 1 and 2
- Introduction: Thomas Quinn, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health
- NIH > Moderator: Roger Glass, Dir., Fogarty International Center
- NIH > Anthony Fauci, Dir., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- NIH > Susan Shurin, Deputy Director, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- NIH > Nora Volkow, Dir., Natl. Inst. on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- NIH > Douglas Lowy, Deputy Dir., National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Partnerships for Global Health
13:30-14:45 - Room Ballroom Balcony A
- MOD: Christopher Stewart, Assoc. Clin. Professor, Univ. of California
- David Bangsberg, Director, Mass. General Hospital Center for Global Health
- Anne Seymour, Associate Director, University of Pennsylvania
- Christopher Perdue, GEIS Portfolio Chief, Capacity Building and Disease Surveillance
- NIH > Christine Jessup, Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth) Program Officer, Fogarty International Center
US Government Agencies for Global Health
15:00-16:30 - Room Ballroom Salon 1 and 2
- Moderator: Cong. Jim McDermott, House of Representatives
- NIH > Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health
- Thomas Frieden, Centers for Disease Control
- Eric Goosby, US Department of State
- Jonathan Woodson, US Department of Defense
NIH > Fogarty Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars
16:45-18:00 - Room Delaware A
- NIH > Moderator: Myat Htoo Razak, program officer, Fogarty Fellows and Scholars
- Craig Cohen, University of California, San Francisco
- Joe Zunt, University of Washington
- Doug Heimburger, Vanderbilt University
- Joe Kolars, University of Michigan
- Yukari Manabe, Johns Hopkins University
- Iman Martin, Fogarty Fellow
- Nora Rosenberg, Fogarty Fellow
- Jennifer Zambriski, Fogarty Fellow
NIH > The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Strategic U.S. investments in African medical education
16:45-18:00 - Room Delaware B
- Moderator: Seble Frehywot, George Washington University
- Fitzhugh Mullan, George Washington University
- Milliard Derbew, Addis Ababa University
- Nelson Sewankambo, Makerere University
- Francis Omaswa, African Centre for Health and Social Transformation
Day 2: Friday, March 15, 2013
Climate Change Policy Options and their Implications for Global Health
10:30-12:00 - Room Washington 5/6
- NIH > Moderator: John Balbus, Senior Advisor to Director on Public Health Issues, National Institute of Environmental Health
- Jonathan Patz, Dir. Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin
- Andrew Haines, Professor and Former Dean, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Climate
- Joel Schwartz, Program Director, Harvard University School of Public Health
- Alan Dangour, Senior Lecturer, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Climate
Day 3: Saturday, March 16, 2013
Crisis in the Sahel
10:30-11:45 - Room ThurBR Northeast
- NIH > Moderator: Alan Guttmacher, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Ashley Judd, Actor/Activist, USA
- Alisha Graves, University of California-Berkeley, USA
- Jean Christophe Fotso, Head Reproductive Health, Kenya
- Malcolm Potts, University of California-Berkeley, USA
Climate Change and Global Health: Using Science to Protect Populations
12:45-14:15 - Room Thurgood Marshall Ballroom
- NIH > Moderator: John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Aiyagari Rao, Scientific Adviser, India
- Pamela Anderson, International Potato Center, USA
- Gueladio Cisse, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland