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  • Rebecca Katz, PhD, MPH

    Dr. Rebecca Katz is a Professor and Director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University Medical Center. She teaches courses on global health diplomacy, global healt

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  • Amb. Jimmy Kolker, MPA

    Ambassador Jimmy Kolker retired in January 2017 as Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  In this role, Kolker was the Department’s chief hea

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  • Maureen Luba

     Maureen Luba is the Africa Region Advocacy Advisor at AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) where she helps coordinate CSO capacity building efforts in Eastern and southern Africa to enhance their

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  • Julia MacKenzie, PhD, MPH

    Julia MacKenzie is the Senior Director of International Affairs for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Director of the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy (CSD). She is

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  • Emily Mendenhall, PhD, MPH

    Dr. Emily Mendenhall is the Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor in the Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA) Program in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at George

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  • Yogan Pillay, PhD

    Since 2008 Yogan has been the Deputy Director-General for health programmes in the national Department of Health, South Africa. Prior to his appointment as DDG he held the positions of chief director

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  • Meg O’Brien, PhD

    Dr. Meg O’Brien is an infectious disease epidemiologist who has spent more than 20 years working with health ministries and health care providers to expand access to affordable, high-quality treatmen

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  • Izukanji Sikazwe, MBChB, MPH

    Dr. Izukanji Sikazwe, MBChB, MPH is the Chief Executive Officer for the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDERZ). Dr. Sikazwe earned her medical degree from the University of Zamb

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  • Shannon Smith, PhD

    Dr. Shannon Smith serves as a professor of practice of security studies and director of engagement at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies. Her areas of expertise include U.S.-Africa policy, healt

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  • Ambassador Mark C. Storella, MALD

    Ambassador Storella is Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University.  He served for 35 years as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, incl

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