Weill Cornell Medicine's Center for Global Health, the Merieux Foundation, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and GHESKIO Haiti are pleased to present an event focused on the intersection of infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases. This event coincides with the UN General Aseembly, which will focus this year on non-communicable diseases.

The event will consist of two panel discussions:

(1) Viral infections and cancer 
(2) Infections and cardiovascular disease (HIV, COVID-19). 

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Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Director of the Pan American Health Organization, will give the keynote address. Panelists include:

Dr. Margaret "Molly" McNairy

Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Jean William Pape

Director, GHESKIO, Haiti

Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Kevin De Cock

Former Director, CDC Center for Global Health

Former Director, WHO Department of HIV/AIDS

Dr. Tom Frieden

President and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives

Former Director, CDC

Ulrika Årehed Kågström

President, Union for International Cancer Control

Dr. Jean Kaseya

Director General, Africa CDC

Dr. Helen Rees

Executive Director, Wits RHI, South Africa

Professor, University of the Witwatersrand

Dr. Robert Sebbag

Vice President, Mérieux Foundation

Attaché, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris

Dr. Su Wang
Senior Advisor, Hepatitis B Foundation

Medical Director, Center for Asian Health & Viral Hepatitis Programs at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, New Jersey

Attendance is free of charge, but registration is required and seating is limited. Please register here.