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Keynote Speaker
Peter Kilmarx, MD
Deputy Director, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Featured Speaker
Secretary Kody Kinsley
Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services
Plenary Panel
Suzanne Maman, PhD
Associate Dean for Global Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Lindsey Bickers Block, MPH
Director of Health Education & Community Transformation, Durham County Department of Public Health
Francis Lajara de los Reyes III, PhD
Glenn E. & Phyllis J. Futrell Distinguished Professor & University Faculty Scholar, Dept. of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, NC State University
Liz Mallas Law, MPA, MS, MA
Director, FOCUS Regional Lead, NC, SC, AR, Gilead Sciences
Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH
Director, Duke Global Health Institute
Moderator
Closing Remarks
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Congresswoman Deborah Ross
United States Representative for North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District
Concurrent Sessions
Countering Misinformation on the Journey to Earning Trust
Brian Southwell, PhD, MA
Distinguished Fellow & Lead Scientist for Public Understanding of Science, RTI International
Erin Fry Sosne, MPH
Director of Strategy, Department of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services
Kathie Dello, PhD
State Climatologist of North Carolina
Director, North Carolina State Climate Office
Sachiko Ozawa, PhD, MHS
Associate Professor, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Global to America's Local: Learning from Global Health Models to Address American Challenges
Pearl Friedberg
Program Support Director, Ipas
Jenny Jensen, MSN, MPH, RN
Chief Nursing Officer, Family Connects International
Lauren Bevington, LCSW, MBA
Implementation Consultant, BroadReach Group
Kristen Sullivan, PhD, MSW, MBA
Director of Undergraduate Programs, Global One Health Academy, NCSU
Moderator
North Carolina Leadership for Global Impact
Michelle Ries, MPH
President & CEO, North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Peter Cassidy, FACHE
Vice President, Atrium Health
Brandon Young, PhD
Senior Medical Science Liaison, CSL Seqirus
Solomon Ayehu, MD, MSc, MIDP
Research Assistant, Duke Global Health Institute; Duke Sanford School of Public Policy, MIDP '24
Moderator
Conflict to Community: The Continuum of Care from Displacement to Resettlement
Jennifer Toller Erausquin, PhD
Associate Professor, Public Health Education, UNC Greensboro
Tra Tran, MS
Research Coordinator, Refugee Community Partnerships
Coy Isaacs
Senior Director, Crisis Response and Resilience, FHI 360
Cristina España
Deputy Director of the Office of Public Engagement, Office of NC Governor Cooper
Moderator
Addressing Global Health Priorities in North Carolina Communities
Nick Galvez, MBA, CCMA
Rural Hospital Program Manager, NC Department of Health & Human Services
Ross Boyce, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, UNC School of Medicine & UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Mercedes Bravo, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Global Health & Associate Director for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Duke Global Health Institute
Zainab Alidina, PhD, MPH
Data and Evaluation Manager, The Center for Child & Family Health
Moderator
New Models of Leadership for Tomorrow's Global Health
Katherine Turner, MPH
President and Founder, Global Citizen LLC; Adjunct Professor, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Professor & Department Chair, Public Health Education, North Carolina Central University
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