106 - Infectious Disease Diplomacy: From ID Clinicians to Global Health Diplomats

Speaker(s)

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  Peter Hotez, MD, PhD

  Founding Dean National School of Tropical Medicine
  National School of Tropical Medicine
  Baylor College of Medicine
  Houston, Texas

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
• JK

  Jimmy Kolker, MPA, DHL [Hon]

  Associate
  Georgetown U Center for Global Health Science and Security
  Washington, District of Columbia

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Alexandra Phelan, SDJ LLM LLB

  Assistant Professor
  Center for Global Health Science & Security, Georgetown University

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Learning Objectives:

• identify opportunities for infectious disease practitioners to become involved with global health diplomacy and influencing policies at the international level
• describe strategies for communicating public health and research priorities to policymakers across cultural and political barriers
• describe major themes and topics in the global health political agenda, key stakeholders, and challenges for the global community

Presentations:

• 12:30pm – 1:45pm EDT

  Global Health Diplomacy – The Participation of Expertise
  Alexandra Phelan, SDJ LLM LLB – Center for Global Health Science & Security, Georgetown University
• 12:30pm – 1:45pm EDT

  Health Diplomacy and US Foreign Policy
  Jimmy Kolker, MPA, DHL [Hon] – Georgetown U Center for Global Health Science and Security
• 12:30pm – 1:45pm EDT

  Presentation 1
  Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine