Handover Symposium: Celebrating LSHTM’s global partnerships
30 June 2021 from 11:00 BST London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Virtual Screening
Symposium to celebrate LSHTM’s global partnerships and a symbolic handover from Professor Peter Piot to Professor Liam Smeeth as Director of LSHTM
Welcome remarks: Anne Mills Deputy Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; PhD in Epidemiology & Population Health (1990) United Kingdom
LSHTM and the power of partnerships: Towards more equitable partnerships:
Keynote: Peter Piot Keynote: Marta Tufet Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Executive Director, UK Collaborative on Development United Kingdom Research United Kingdom Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General, World Health Organization Tumani Corrah MSc Immunology of Infectious Diseases (1992) Founder & Executive Chair, Africa Research Excellence LSHTM Honorary Fellow (2012) Fund Switzerland The Gambia
Ursula von der Leyen Amadou Sall President, European Commission CEO, Institut Pasteur de Dakar Belgium LSHTM Honorary Fellow (2021) Senegal Bill Gates Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija United States Founder, Nexus Hub and Co-Chair, African Union Africa Vaccine Delivery Alliance for Covid Chris Whitty MSc Public Health in Developing Countries (1994) Chief Medical Officer for England Nigeria MSc Epidemiology (1996) United Kingdom Rebecca Grais Director of Research, Epicentre, Médecins Sans Frontières France Regional partnerships: Partnerships for public goods:
Keynote: John Nkengasong Keynote: Anita Zaidi Director, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention President, Gender Equality and Director, Vaccine LSHTM Honorary Fellow (2021) Development and Surveillance, and Director, Enteric and Ethiopia Diarrheal Diseases, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation United States Matshidiso Moeti World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa George F. Gao MSc in Community Health for Developing Countries (1987) Director-General, Chinese Center for Disease Control and LSHTM Honorary Fellow (2018) Prevention Republic of Congo China
Fiona Watt Hiroki Nakatani UKRI Executive Chair of the Medical Research Council Chair & Representative Director, Global Health Innovative United Kingdom Technology Fund; Visiting Professor, Keio University School of Medicine Hugo Kavunga on behalf of Jean-Jacques Muyembe Japan Director-General, Institut National pour la Recherche Biomédicale Rajeev Venkayya Democratic Republic of the Congo President of the Global Vaccine Business Unit, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Global health research & innovation: United States and Japan
Keynote: Teo Yik Ying Paul Stoffels Professor and Dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Health, National University of Singapore Scientific Officer, Johnson & Johnson Singapore United States and Belgium
Anthony Fauci Planetary health: Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Keynote: Andy Haines United States Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Nísia Trindade Lima United Kingdom President, Fiocruz Brazil Richard Horton Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Srinath Reddy United Kingdom President, Public Health Foundation of India LSHTM Honorary Fellow (2009) Magdalena Skipper India Editor-in-Chief, Nature United Kingdom Koya Ariyoshi Professor of Clinical Medicine, Nagasaki University Jeremy Farrar MSc Clinical Tropical Medicine (1990) Director, The Wellcome Trust Japan United Kingdom
Closing remarks:
Liam Smeeth Incoming Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; MSc Epidemiology (1998), United Kingdom
Annalisa Jenkins Chair of Court, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Don Robert Chair of Council, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom