Fogarty's flagship Global Health Fellows and Scholars program, now known as LAUNCH, is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! To mark the occasion, Fogarty hosted a
commemorative event on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
Event Details
Watch: Recorded video of the event
Agenda
8:30 a.m.–Welcome & Introductions
UnJa Hayes–LAUNCH Program Officer
8:40 a.m.–Keynote Address
Roger Glass–Former Director, Fogarty International Center
9:00 a.m.–Then and Now: Moving Beyond Early Career
Moderators
- Leonardo Cubillos–Director, Center for Global Mental Health Research, NIMH
- George A. Mensah–Director, Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, NHLBI
Alumni
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Anubha Agarwal–Assistant Professor and Co-director, Global Cardiovascular Health Program, Washington University
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Roxanna Garcia–Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University
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Yvetot Joseph–Research Physician and Research Coordinator, GHESKIO Centers, Haiti
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Ashley Karczewski–Resident, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; Research Consultant, Timothy A. DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health, University of Washington School of Dentistry
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Andrew Kim–Assistant Professor, Unversity of California, Berkeley
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Joseph Matovu–Senior Lecturer, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Uganda; Senior Research Associate, Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda
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Siana Nkya–Senior Lecturer, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania
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Ivan Segawa–Researcher, Makerere University, Uganda
10:10 a.m.–Break
10:40 a.m.–Then and Now: A Discussion with Later-Career Alumni
Moderators
- Walter Koroshetz–Director, NINDS
- Satish Gopal–Director, Center for Global Health, NCI
Alumni
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Nauzley Abedini–Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle
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Jacqueline Firth–Branch Chief, Pediatric and Maternal Clinical HIV Branch, USAID
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Eric Nelson–Assistant Professor, University of Florida (UF) Department of Pediatrics; Faculty member, UF Emerging Pathogens Institute
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Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire–Director, TB and HIV Clinic, Infectious Diseases Institute Makerere University, Uganda
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Omar Siddiqi–Director, Global Neurology Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Visiting Lecturer, University of Zambia School of Medicine
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Weiming Tang–Co-director, UNC Project-China; Advisor, SESH Global
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Richard van Zyl-Smit–Consultant Pulmonologist, Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa; Deputy Head, Division of Pulmonology, University of Cape Town Lung Institute, South Africa
11:50 a.m.–Concluding Thoughts
Sten Vermund–Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health
11:55 a.m.–Closing Remarks
Peter Kilmarx–Acting Director, Fogarty International Center
About the Global Health Fellows & Scholars/LAUNCH Program
The Fellows and Scholars program, established in 2003, aims to foster the next generation of global health scientists by providing trainees, early in their careers, a one-year mentored research training experience at established biomedical and behavioral research institutions and project sites in (LMICs) as well as opportunities for post-professional trainees from the U.S. and LMICs.
Updated April 19, 2023