Morehouse School of Medicine's

Inaugural Global Health Symposium

Wednesday, November 28th, 2018

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Symposium Registration

9:15 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Convening Remarks

9:20 a.m.- 9:35 a.m. A Vision for Global Health Equity

Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., President and Dean of MSM

9:35 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Shifting the Paradigm: Community, Culture & Collaboration

Gilberte Bastie, Ph.D., M.A. – Associate Director of MSM’s Office of Global Health Equity

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 am Panel Discussion - Honoring the History and Breaking New Ground in Global Health

Moderator: Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D., President & Dean, MSM

Panelists:

Gary H Gibbons, M.D. – Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Roger I Glass, MD, Ph.D. – Director, Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. – Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health
Jonathan Stiles Ph.D., FAETC, Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology and Co-Director, Global Health Training Fellows Program at Morehouse School of Medicine
Kofi Kondwani, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine
Elizabeth Ofili, M.D., M.P.H., FACC, Professor, Medicine and Director & Associate Dean, Clinical Research Center at Morehouse School of Medicine
Herman Taylor, M.D., MPH, FACC, FAHA, Professor, Medicine and Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine

11:30 a.m - 1:00 p.m. Networking Lunch & Research Poster Exhibit

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Complementary and Integrative Approaches to Global Health and Wellness

Moderator: Monica Kaufmann Pearson, Former WSB TV, Channel 2, Action News Anchor

Panelists:

Ambassador Andrew J Young, American Politician, Diplomat, and Human Rights Activist
Erick Gbodossou, M.D., Founder and current president of PROMETRA International
Michael Powell, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology at Morehouse School of Medicine
Mahfuz Khan, M.S., Senior Researcher, Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology at the Morehouse School of Medicine

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Global Health Stories – Exemplars from the Field

Moderator: Jenelle Williams, MBA, Director of Programs for Global Health Action

Panelists:

Lilly Immergluck, MS, MD - Associate Professor, Depts of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology and Pediatrics, MSM
Wilson Mbewe, BScHB, MBChB, MCS, MMED - Med Superintendent, Kanyama District, Zambia
Marie Guerda Nicolas, PhD - Professor, University of Miami
Robert Demont, MS - Georgia Global Health Alliance
Kofi Kondwani, PhD - Assistant Professor, MSM CHPM - Fogarty Global Health Fellowship Program - Fogarty Global Health Fellowship Program, MSM
Jonathan Stiles, PhD – Professor,Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology and Fogarty Global Health Fellowship Program, MSM

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Afternoon Break

3:45p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Panel Discussion – Harnessing Human Resources for Global Health Equity

Moderator: Ben Chi, MD, MSc - Co-Director, Fogarty Global Health Fellowship Program

Panelists:

Jose Francisco Garcia Gutierrez, MSc, PhD - Regional Advisor on Human Resources for Health,World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization (WHO/PAHO)
Eve H Byrd, DMP, MPH - Director, Mental Health Program, Carter Center
Kashef Ijaz, MD - Deputy Director, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Monique Wubbenhorst, MD - Senior Advisor, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Global Health Program

Symposium Concludes

4:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Evening Reception

5:00 P.M. – 6:30 P.M.

Note: Agenda is subject to change.