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Featured speaker, Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer will discuss the United States’ engagement and strategy in global malaria eradication efforts.

The Quest to Eradicate Malaria: a progress report
- Date
- February 10, 2016
- Time
- 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
- Pre-registration required?
- Yes
- Registration closed?
- No
Location:
Rotunda Room, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School
The Quest to Eradicate Malaria: a progress report
featuring
Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer
U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator, President’s Malaria Initiative
with an introduction by
Dyann Wirth, PhD, Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Infectious Diseases,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Wednesday, February 10, 2016, 4:00 – 5:30 PM
(reception following)
Rotunda Room, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115
Featured speaker, Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer will discuss the United States’ engagement and strategy in global malaria eradication efforts. Dr. Ashish Jha, Director of Harvard Global Health Institute will moderate a panel discussion with Admiral Ziemer and Harvard malaria experts, Dr. Dyann Wirth, Dr. Regina Rabinovich, and Dr. Jessica Cohen. Topics include strategic health diplomacy, behavioral economics, the global health funding landscape, and the science behind drug-resistant malaria.
Program
Welcome: Rebecca Weintraub, MD, Associate Faculty Director, Harvard Global Health Institute; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Introduction: Dyann Wirth, PhD
Keynote: Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer
Panel discussion:
Moderated by Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, Faculty Director, Harvard Global Health Institute; K.T. Li Professor of Health Policy, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Panelists
Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer
Jessica Cohen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Global Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Regina Rabinovich, MD, MPH, ExxonMobil Malaria Scholar in Residence, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dyann Wirth, PhD