APRU World Institute

Conference Program

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Wednesday 24 June

5:30 pm

Depart from Hotel to Bloomberg School of Public Health

6:00 pm

Welcome Dinner
Hosted by:
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Venue:
Rooftop 9th Floor, Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N. Wolfe Street
Johns Hopkins University

Welcome Remarks

Richard DROBNICK
Managing Director, APRU World Institute
Director, Center for International Business Education and Research
Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California

Michael KLAG
Dean, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University

Self-introduction of Participants

9:00 pm

End

Thursday 25 June

8:00 am	Meet at Hotel Lobby & Depart for Bloomberg School of Public Health Feinstone Hall
8:15 am	Registration & Light Refreshments
9:00 am	Welcome Remarks
		Lynn GOLDMAN (Co-Chair) Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
		LIM Meng Kin (Co-Chair) AWI Public Health Director & Associate Professor Department of Community, Occupational & Family Medicine Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore Welcome
		Richard DROBNICK Managing Director, APRU World Institute Director, Center for International Business Education and Research Marshall School of Business University of Southern California
9:15 am	Opening Keynote: "Health and Financial Crisis: Tightening our Belts while Expanding our Minds"
		Chair: Michael KLAG Dean, Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University
		Speaker: Lincoln CHEN President, China Medical Board CMB - Health and Economic Crisis: Tightening Belts Expanding Minds
10:00 am	Q&A
10:15 am	Tea Break
10:45 am	Panel Discussion I “Health Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis: Country Experiences and Responses”
		Chair: Lynn GOLDMAN Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University
	Panel Speakers:
		Korea: Sung-Il CHO Associate Professor, Epidemiology School of Public Health Associate Dean, Office of International Affairs Seoul National University SNU - Korean Experiences
		Malaysia: Jamal Hishan HASHIM Professor of Environmental Health & Research Fellow International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) United Nations University UNU - Malaysia's Experiences and Responses
		US: Jon SAMET Director, Institute for Global Health Keck School of Medicine USC, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Centre University of Southern California USC - Research is Needed
	Q&A
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:45 pm	Panel Discussion II “Health Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis: What are the Vulnerabilities?”
		Chair: Carl A. JOHNSON Dean & Professor, School of Community & Global Health Claremont Graduate School
	Panel Speakers:
		Emmanuel JIMENEZ Sector Director Human Development, East Asia Region World Bank
		Keith WEST Professor, George G. Graham Professor of Infant & Child Nutrition Department of International Health, School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University JHU - Nutritional Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis: What are the Vulnerabilities?
		Bao LIU Associate Professor Department of Health Economics, School of Public Health Fudan University FU - Health Impact of the Global Economic Crisis: the Mechanism Issues
		PHUA Kai Hong Associate Professor Health Policy & Management Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore NUS - Health Impact of the Global Economic Crisis: What are the Vulnerabilities?
	Q&A
3:15 pm	Tea Break
3:45 pm	Panel Discussion III “The Role of Universities in Strengthening the Evidence Base: the AWI Research Collaboration in Chronic Non-Communicable Disease”
		Chair: LIM Meng Kin AWI Public Health Director & Associate Professor Department of Community, Occupational & Family Medicine Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore NUS - MK
	Panel Speakers:
		Karen EGGLESTON Centre Fellow & Professor, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pac Research Center Stanford University SU - Comparative study of the economics of diabetes in Pacific-Rim cities
		Carl A. JOHNSON Dean & Professor, School of Community & Global Health Claremont Graduate University CGU - Implications of the China Seven Cities
		Masamine JIMBA Professor International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine Tokyo University TKU - Challenges & Opportunities for overcoming Health Workforce Shortage against NCD Threats in the Asia Pacific Region
		Stephen LEEDER Professor, Public Health and Community Medicine Director, Australian Health Policy Institute Co-Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy University of Sydney USyd - Proposal for an AWI APRU Public Health Research Collaboration
	Q&A
5:15 pm	Group Photo
5:30 pm	End of Workshop Day 1
5:45 pm	Informal Reception Hosted by: Bloomberg School of Public Health Venue: Gallery
7:15 pm	End

Friday 26 June

8:00 am	Meet at Hotel Lobby & Depart for Bloomberg School of Public Health Feinstone Hall
8:15 am	Registration & Light Refreshments
9:00 am	Panel Discussion IV “Role of Universities in Strengthening Public Health Systems”
		Chair: Robert BLACK Edgar Berman Professor in International Healthand Chairman Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health
	Panel Speakers:
		Hong Kong: Eng Kiong YEOH Director & Professor, Centre for Systems for Health Faculty of Medicine Chinese University of Hong Kong CUHK - Context of Public Health Security
		China: WANG Peiyu Professor and Chair Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health Peking University PKU - Role of Universities in Strengthening Public Health System
10.00 am	Keynote II
		Chair: HU Yonghua Dean and Professor School of Public Health Peking University
		Speaker: Carlos Santos-BURGOA Director General, Health Promotion Former Dean, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico Ministry of Health, Mexico MOH - Mitigation of the Influenza A (H1N1) Epidemic in Mexico
10:45 am	Tea Break
11:15 pm		Chile: Catterina FERRECCIO Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, School of Medicine Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile PCUC - The role of the Universities in Public Health Surveillance in a middle developing country
		Peru: Claudio LANATA Senior Investigator Nutritional Research Institute, Peru NRI - How universities can help?
		Vietnam: LE Cu Linh Professor & Chair, Department of Demography, Head, Department of Graduate Education Hanoi School of Public Health HSPH - For a Sustainable Development of Public Health
	Q&A
12:45 pm	Lunch
1:45 pm	Panel Discussion V “Role of Universities in Strengthening the Public Health Workforce through Training and Education”
		Chair: Leiyu SHI Professor & Co-Director Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy Center for the Underserved Johns Hopkins University
	Panel Speakers:
		Michael KLAG Dean, Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University JHU - Public Health Worksforce Needs
		Sian GRIFFITHS Professor and Director, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine Chairman, Department of Community and Family Medicine Chinese University of Hong Kong CUHK - Strengthening the public health workforce through training and education
		Tung-Liang CHIANG Professor and Dean, College of Public Health National Taiwan University NTU - Role of Universities in Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Through Training and Education
		Hasbullah THABRANY Professor & former Dean, Center for Health Economics and Policy, School of Public Health University of Indonesia UI - Role of Universities in Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Through Training and Education
		Kun CHEN Dean & Professor, School of Public Health Zhejiang University ZJU - How to Deal with the Shortage of the Public Health Workforce in China
	Q&A
3:30 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Panel Discussion VI: “The Role of Foundations, International Organizations and Universities in Mitigating Adverse Impacts of the Economic Crisis on Public Health around the Pacific Rim”
		Chair: Richard DROBNICK Managing Director, AWI Director, Centre for International Business Education and Research Marshall School of Business University of Southern California
	Panel Speakers:
		Wei YANG President, Zhejiang University Interim Chairman, Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) ZJU - Public Health in China under Economic Downturn
		Carlos Santos-BURGOA Director General, Health Promotion Former Dean, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico Ministry of Health, Mexico MOH - Mexico
		Tanya Pagan RAGGIO Director & Chief Medical Officer Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities U.S Dept of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration HRSA
		Sophie SCHLETTE Project Director Bertelsmann Foundation BF - Foundations and the crisis
		Scott ZEGER Acting Provost Professor for Biostatistics Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University JHU - Forging Public Health Partnerships in Response to the Global Economic Crisis
5:45 pm	End of Workshop
6:00 pm	Closing Reception Hosted by: APRU World Institute Venue: E9519
7:15 pm	End