Triangle Global Health Consortium Conference

The Triangle Global Health Consortium has opened registration for the first annual Triangle Global Health Consortium Conference. The topic will be Innovation in Global Health: Bridging the Innovation Gap Between Research and Implementation.

September 14-15, 2014
UNC William & Ida Friday Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Register now to join together with a diverse array of stakeholders from the North Carolina global health community, as well as national and global leaders, to explore the groundbreaking innovations currently changing the landscape of global health.  The conference will explore the successes of these innovations in research and implementation, as well as the lessons and challenges to their adoption and the opportunities to bridge the gaps in between.

Who Should Attend?  Current and future global health professionals engaged in biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics, contract research organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia, media, social entrepreneurships, philanthropy, and government who are interested in leveraging innovation through collaboration to improve the health of the world’s communities.

FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAM: www.triangleglobalhealth.org/tghc-annual-conference

Speakers include:

-Dr. Deborah L. Birx (Director of CGH Division of Global HIV/AIDS): U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator who oversees the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
-Dr. Timothy D. Mastro (FHI360): Director of Global Health, Population and Nutrition at FHI 360
-Mr. Alden Zecha (Sproxil)
-Bobby Jefferson (Futures Group)
-Dr. Barton Haynes (Duke University, Infectious Diseases)
-Dr. Laura Nyblade (RTI International)
-Dr. Beth Mayer Davis (UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chair, Nutrition)
-Dr. Gerald Bloomfield (Duke University, School of Medicine, Cardiology)
-Dr. Jennifer S. Smith (UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Epidemiology)
-Dr. Thomas Hoerger (RTI International)
-Dr. Kurt Ribisl (UNC, Health Behavior)
-Ms. Allison Myers (Counter Tobacco)
-Dr. Kate Tulenko (Intrahealth International)
-Dr. Peter Lamptey (FHI360)

Please email ProgramDirector@triangleglobalhealth.org if you have any questions.