Spring 2008 Seminar Series Special Event and Book Signing with E. Benjamin Skinner, author of A Crime so Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern-Day Slavery.
Speaker: E. Benjamin Skinner
"Ben Skinner has taken us deep into an underworld few of us have dared to access, never mind to confront." Samantha Power
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, followed by a book signing. (Book supplies are limited.)
Location: Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036
RSVP: globalhealth@jhu.edu “Africa, the West, and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS”
Speaker: Helen Epstein
Helen Epstein, a molecular biologist by training, is an independent consultant and writer specializing in public health in developing countries. Her latest book, The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS, was published July 2007.
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Powerpoint Presentation: Helen Epstein “Weak States and the Global Infectious Disease Threat: Probing the Connections”
Speaker: Dr. Stewart Patrick
Stewart Patrick directs the Center for Global Development’s project on Weak States and U.S. National Security and researches broadly on the intersection between security and development.
Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Powerpoint Presentation: Dr. Stewart Patrick “Humanitarian Assistance in Burma in the Wake of the Saffron Revolution: Dilemmas of Policy and Practice”
Speaker: Dr. Chris Beyrer
Chris Beyrer is Professor of Epidemiology and International Health and Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Powerpoint Presentation: Dr. Chris Beyrer Fall 2007 Seminar Series "U.S. Global Health Policy"
Speaker: Maurice Middleberg, Vice President for Public Policy, Global Health Council
Maurice I. Middleberg is the Vice President for Public Policy at the Global Health Council. He is responsible for ensuring that the Council serves as an effective voice for global health through dialogue with the U.S. Government, UN agencies, developing country governments and other constituencies. Mr. Middleberg has been working in the field of global health for almost 25 years as an executive, program manager, analyst, advocate, teacher and writer. Prior to coming to the Global Health Council, Mr. Middleberg served as Executive Vice President of EngenderHealth, Director of Health for CARE, Director of the Options for Population Policy Program, Coordinator of the USAID/Niger Population Program, and Senior Research Associate at The Futures Group. Date: Thursday, October 25, 2007
Powerpoint Presentation: Maurice Middleberg "U.S. Government International Support to Combat Avian and Pandemic Influenza"
Speaker: Ambassador John E. Lange, Special Representative, Avian and Pandemic Influenza, U.S. Department of State.
Ambassador John E. Lange leads the U.S. Government's engagement with foreign governments and international organizations to help prepare for the respond to outbreaks of avian influenza and the threat of a pandemic. He heads the Avian Influenza Action Group, which executes the State Department’s mission to manage international activities under the U.S. National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza. Date: Thursday, October 4, 2007
Powerpoint Presentation: Ambassador Lange “Producing a Global Public Good: Lessons Learned from the Front Lines of Polio Eradication”
Speaker: Dr. Bruce Aylward, Director, Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Hear the Director of the Polio Eradication Initiative discuss the endgame for eradication, the threat of failed states, and the challenges of producing a global public good. Date: Friday, September 21, 2007
Powerpoint Presentation: Dr. Aylward Spring 2007 Seminar Series “The Lessons of Polio Eradication for the Vertical vs. Horizontal Debate, PEPFAR and the Global Fund”
Speakers: Dr. Ciro de Quadros, CEO of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, and Dr. Carl Taylor, Professor Emeritus at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Date: Thursday, April 5, 2007
Powerpoint Presentation: Dr. Ciro de Quadros
Powerpoint Resonation: Dr. Carl Taylor “The Future of US Efforts to Fight the HIV/AIDS Pandemic.”
Speakers: J. Stephen Morrison, Executive Director, HIV/AIDS Task Force and Director, Africa Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Dr. Robert Bollinger, Associate Director of the Center for Global Health and member of the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). Date: Friday, April 27, 2007
This talk was conducted under the Chatham House Rule.
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