Mortara Center for International Studies

The Center for Infectious Disease,
The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, and
The Mortara Center for International Studies

Invite you to attend

World Malaria Today

A conference on the occasion of the
First World Malaria Day

Panels include:

9:00-10:15 The Burden of Malaria

Admiral Timothy Ziemer – President’s Malaria Initiative Coordinator
Dr. Joel Breman – Fogarty International Center of US National Institutes of Health
Dr. Dan Lucey – Georgetown Medical School

10:15- 12:15 Prevention and Cure of Malaria

Dr. Steven Hoffman – CEO, Sanaria, Inc.
Dr. Jonathan Vennerstrom – University of Nebraska
Dr. Paul Roepe – Center for Infectious Diseases, Georgetown University Medical School
Dr. David Roos – University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Dr. Kirk Dietsch – Cornell University Medical College

12:15- 1:00 Policy Challenges and Action

Nell Temple Brown – World Health Organization,
Ben Birkman – O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
Jeff Collmann – O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
Malaria Activist students from Holy Trinity School and Georgetown University

2:00- 5:00 Recent Scientific Breakthroughs (New Research Building)

Dr. David Roos, Dr. David Elliot, Dr. Kirk Dietsch, Dr. Paul Roepe,
Carolina Barillas-Mury – National Institutes of Health,

Friday, April 25th
9:00AM – 1:00PM
Gaston Hall

Please visit the link below to RSVP to the event.