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Appendix D: Speaker Biographies
Appendix D: Speaker Biographies
Pages 113-134
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Dr. Aceng has vast experience both as a manager and a practicing medical consultant, which she accumulated while serving in various capacities as Senior Medical Officer, Medical Officer Special Grade, Medical Superintendent, Consultant Pediatrician, Senior Consultant Pediatrician, Hospital Director, and currently as the Director General Health Services.
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and how it relates to global health, and especially on the training of all health workers in DRM for health. Ali Ardalan, MD, PhD, is a pioneer in disaster risk management in Iran and the Middle East and the North Africa region who was the driving force behind the creation of MPH and PhD training programs in disaster health studies.
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Dr. Ardalan is author and co-author of more than 70 articles in English and Persian peer-reviewed journals and has contributed in the 2009 United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Global Assessment Report and the 2013 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies World Disasters Report.
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Examples of this work include the Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel (2010) , WHO policy recommendations on "Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention" (2010)
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He was also on the Health Advisory Group of the Untied Nations Global Commission on International Migration and has published on the migration of health workers, medical education, and management systems in health. Mosoka P
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Rob Fowler, MD, MDCM, MSc, is critical care physician and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Director of Research for the Department Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada's busiest trauma-critical care hospital. He received his medical degree at McGill University, his residency training at the University of Toronto, and completed a critical care fellowship and clinical epidemiology training at Stanford University.
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While on faculty at Johns Hopkins University Center for Refugee and Disaster Response, he directed two national nutrition and food security studies of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and evaluated refugee health programs in Colombia, Kenya, and Tanzania and disaster preparedness in Tanzania. Since 2005, he has been the Research Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI)
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His areas of expertise include biodefense and mass casualty management, catastrophic disaster response planning with particular emphasis on scarce resource allocation, and the nexus between health care system planning and emergency management. In addition to his hospital and emergency medical services (EMS)
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Ms. Jones is a board member of the United Nations Women Civil Society Advisory Group West/Central Africa and a 2013 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.
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He also directs a unique capacity-building effort, the African Science Academy Development Initiative, which over 10 years aims to strengthen the capacity of eight African academies to provide independent, evidence-based advice their governments on scientific matters. Prior to joining the Academies, Dr.
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Officer for the CDC in Atlanta, prior to joining UW she worked and lived in Ivory Coast, Senegal, and the Yemen Arab Republic. She served as Director of National Program Support for the Pan American Health Organization, directing the elaboration and implementation of medium-term AIDS plans in member countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
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project that encompassed HIV/AIDS programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. He received his medical degree from the University of Ghana, and advanced public health education in the United States, including an MPH from UCLA, a DrPH from the Harvard School of Public Health, and a nutrition fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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. PSA is an international health organization providing consulting services to developing countries to strengthen pharmaceutical supply chains and to address systems and management challenges.
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He leads the Foundation's global health work including its Transforming Health Systems initiative and the campaign for universal health coverage. He also coordinates strategies for the Foundation's work in the United States with a focus on building inclusive economies in cities.
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Previously the Director of Disaster Preparedness and Response at the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Darwin, Australia, he led key developments in the Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT) initiative, in particular an innovative training program for disaster response teams, and a fully self-sufficient capability for international field hospital deployment for the Australian government.
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, Chancellor of Busitema University in Uganda, Chair of the African Platform for Human Resources for Health, and Co-Chair of the Global Policy Council on Health Worker Migration. He was the founding Executive Director of the Global Health Workforce Alliance, Director General of Health Services in the Ministry of Health in Uganda, founding Director of the Uganda Heart Institute, founding Chair of the Global Stop TB Partnership Board, Chair of the Portfolio and Procurement Committee of the Global Fund, and Chair of the Independent Review Committee of GAVI.
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He returned as a 24-year-old medical student to serve the people he had left behind, co-founding Last Mile Health, a Liberia- and Boston-based nonprofit organization working to save lives in the world's most remote villages. Described by Forbes as "a healthcare model for 1 billion people," Last Mile Health employs village health workers -- giving them the training, equipment, and support they need to perform as community health professionals.
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in New York. He leads or has led work at UNICEF on health in the post-2015 development agenda, social determinants of child health, district health system strengthening, integrated community case management policy, universal health coverage, and implementation research on maternal and child health service delivery.
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He currently manages several vaccine delivery supply chain investments in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Benin as well several global integrated delivery and family planning supply chain investments.
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on Poliomyelitis Eradication and Routine Immunization; Nigeria National Task Force on Epidemic Diseases; Expert Working Group (EWG) for the Development of National Laboratory Services Policy; Judging Panel Bill Gates Nigeria Governors' Immunization Leadership Challenge; WHO Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research; Co-Chairman, African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI)
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Ms. Wilson co-founded PATH's Digital Health Solutions group in 2009 based on a belief that information and communication technology were the next essential health tool that could change decades long paradigms of poor health services delivery in the developing world.
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