The Convergence of Infectious Diseases and Noncommunicable Diseases Proceedings of a Workshop (2019) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
Appendix C: Speaker Biographies
Appendix C: Speaker Biographies
Pages 151-164
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 151... ...
where he directs the NCD Synergies project. He is an attending cardiologist in the Cardiovascular Division and the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
|
From page 152... ...
Dr. Carroll also serves as USAID's Special Representative for Global Health Security.
|
From page 153... ...
His achievements include identifying the bat origin of severe acute respiratory syndrome; identifying the underlying drivers of Nipah and Hendra virus emergence; producing the first ever global emerging disease "hotspots" map; developing a strategy to find out how many unknown viruses exist that could threaten to become pandemic; identifying the first case of a species extinction attributable to disease; and discovering the disease chytridiomycosis as the cause of global amphibian declines.
|
From page 154... ...
He is a recipient of the Scientific Prize of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease; the Walter and Elise A Hass International Award by the University of California, Berkeley, for a distinguished record of service in international health; and the Princess Chichibu Memorial Tuberculosis Global Award by the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
|
From page 155... ...
She is actively involved in research and training in global health, reproductive health, sexually transmitted infection/HIV, human papillomavirus, and medical informatics. She has been recently appointed as a member of the U.S.
|
From page 156... ...
During a 24-year career in the U.S. Army, he worked extensively in clinical vaccine development and led multiple research platforms at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, the U.S.
|
From page 157... ...
Lynch oversaw toxicology screening and evaluated new product opportunities at Centaur Pharmaceuticals, where she managed animal screening protocols for a novel nitrone small molecule library. She has a scientific background in disease research, drug discovery, and cell biology.
|
From page 158... ...
His current research portfolio on implementation science and people-centered approaches seeks to design, implement, and evaluate complex interventions in public health care services and programs in ways appropriate for resource-poor settings in subSaharan Africa. He is adjunct faculty and a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at the Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa.
|
From page 159... ...
He was previously the regional health systems advisor for the Millennium Villages in West and Central Africa, based at the MDG Centre in Mali/Senegal, working with the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Prior to the Earth Institute, he was a senior lecturer in the School of Public Health at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, where he was also director of the Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Programme.
|
From page 160... ...
She spent 11 years conducting research in South Africa, where she also completed her public health medical specialty training. There, she established a Research Initiative for Cities Health and Equity, conducting transdisciplinary urban health research focused on generating evidence to support development and implementation of healthy public policies in rapidly growing cities with a focus on Africa.
|
From page 161... ...
Her current research focuses on implementation science and on ways in which to leverage the successes and lessons of HIV scale-up to strengthen broader health systems, and to enhance the quality of programs for HIV, maternal/child health, noncommunicable diseases, and infection prevention and control. She also leads several training and education projects and oversees ICAP's Quality Improvement portfolio.
|
From page 162... ...
He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the Board of Overseers of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, a member of the Board of Directors of GBC Health, and a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Health and Healthcare. He is also the private-sector representative on the Investors Group of the Global F inancing Facility that supports country-led efforts to improve the health of women, children, and adolescents globally.
|
From page 163... ...
. He is the chair of an Africa-wide initiative for Strengthening Research Capacity in Africa, the director of the Medical Education for Equitable Services for All U gandans–Medical Education Partnership Initiative Consortium, and chair of the African Medical Schools Association.
|
From page 164... ...
Varma completed medical school, internal medicine residency, and chief residency at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. From 2001 to 2017, he worked on infectious diseases prevention and control for the U.S.
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.