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Appendix C: Speaker Biographies
Pages 85-104

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... Ali focuses his research on mental illness, substance abuse, and issues of behavioral health policies affecting children and adults. He has authored more than 100 peerreviewed journal articles and numerous government reports on behavioral health care systems and policies.
From page 86...
... Carolina Batista, M.D., M.P.H., is a medical doctor and a recognized global health leader. She holds expertise in health policy, international development, infectious and neglected diseases, research and development (R&D)
From page 87...
... and emerging infectious diseases. She was also involved in multiple assignments with the organization in Africa and Latin America and helped coordinate various MSF projects with Haitian migrants in Brazil that led to policy change at country level.
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... student in public health and biomolecular sciences. He sits on the Scientific Committee of the Global Health Research Center of the Catholic University of Rome, Italy, is an active member of several European societies, and has received awards from the ESPID 2020.
From page 89...
... . Following FSIS, he transitioned to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Veterinary Services and served as a veterinarian and then Director for the New York Animal Import Center, a federal facility responsible for ensuring animal health through quarantine and biosecurity protocols, diagnostic testing, and enforcement of import and export regulatory requirements for animals and livestock embarking or disembarking from the United States.
From page 90...
... He served on the Council of Economic Advisers and the National Economic Council during the Clinton administration and has advised the presidential campaigns of Bill Bradley, John Kerry, and Barack Obama as well as being senior health care advisor for the Obama presidential campaign. Among other affiliations, Dr.
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... Miranda Durham, M.D., currently serves as the NW Region Health Officer and Vaccine Planning Chief for the New Mexico Department of Health. She is a family physician who worked with the Indian Health Service (IHS)
From page 92...
... Fauci, M.D., is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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... and completed her postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Health before joining Yale University's faculty in 2000. She has received awards and honors, including the B ­ urroughs W­ ellcome Fund Career Award in Biomedical Sciences, the Wyeth L ­ ederle Young Investigator Award, B ­ urroughs Wellcome Fund Investigator in Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases, the BD Biosciences Investigator Award, the Seymour & Vivian ­Milstein Award for Excellence in Interferon and Cytokine Research, and the Meritorious Career Award from the American Association of Immunologists.
From page 94...
... The QuEST Network responds to the findings of the Lancet Global Health Commission on High-Quality Health Systems in the SDG Era (HQSS Commission) , a global initiative chaired by Dr.
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... Syra Madad, D.H.Sc., M.Sc., M.C.P., is an internationally recognized public health leader and epidemiologist in infectious disease and special pathogens preparedness and response. She serves as the Senior Director of the ­System-wide Special Pathogens Program at NYC Health + Hospitals and Health and Safety Lead of the Enhanced Investigations Unit of NYC Test and Trace Corp.
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... Luz Adriana Matiz, M.D., is professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is a medical director of NewYork ­Presbyterian Hospital's Center for Community Health Navigation where she oversees the clinical integration and model development of the Com munity Health Worker programs across the health care system.
From page 97...
... Laura Chanchien Parajon, M.D., M.P.H., is the Deputy Cabinet Secretary of Health for New Mexico. As a family physician and public health professional, she has served in a variety of community-based positions, including Medical Director for the City of Albuquerque's COVID-19 Response for People Experiencing Homelessness, Medical Education Director for Community Health Initiatives for the Department of Family and Community Medicine, and the Executive Director for the Office for Community Health at University of New Mexico's Health Sciences Center (HSC)
From page 98...
... These include the NIH Minority Health and Health Disparities Strategic Plan 2021–2025; the NIMHD Research Framework; the PhenX Social Determinants of Health Assessments Collection, a research toolkit; a collection of 30 science visioning Strategies to Promote the Advancement of Health Disparities Science; special journal supplements Structural Racism and Discrimination: Impact on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Addressing Health Disparities through the Utilization of Health Information Technology, and The Science of Health Disparities Research textbook, among other resources. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr.
From page 99...
... Christine Prue, Ph.D., is the Associate Director for Behavioral Science at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. She works to apply and advance the science of health behavior and health communication to prevent and control
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... Dr. Southwell has published widely on topics such as public understanding of science and emerging infectious diseases, and he has extensive experience with stakeholder engagement strategies.
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... In addition, Dr. Southwell created and hosts The Measure of Everyday Life, a public radio show that translates research for general audiences on WNCU, a station based at North C­ arolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina.
From page 102...
... His primary research is in documenting the relationship between communication inequalities, poverty and health disparities, and knowledge translation to address health disparities. He has written more than 270 journal articles and book chapters concerning communication inequalities and health disparities, knowledge translation, public health communication campaigns, e-health and digital divide, public health preparedness, and the delivery of health communication interventions to underserved populations.
From page 103...
... APPENDIX C 103 won numerous awards for both her science and her science communication, including the Prime Minister's Science Prize and the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Callaghan Medal. In 2019 she was appointed a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to microbiology and science communication.


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