Global Health Conference of the Americas
Miami, Florida | September 3-5, 2024

Global Health Conference of the Americas

Bridging Borders, Building Health

Scientific Committee

  • Dr. Tomás R. Guilarte

    Dr. Tomás R. Guilarte
    Dean, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU

  • Dr. Rajiv Chowdhury

    Dr. Rajiv Chowdhury
    Chair, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU

  • Dr. Carlos Espinal

    Dr. Carlos Espinal
    Director, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU

  • Dr. Francisco Becerra

    Dr. Francisco Becerra
    Special Adviser, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU

  • Dr. Natalia Trujillo

    Dr. Natalia Trujillo
    Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU

  • Dr. Byomkesh Talukder

    Dr. Byomkesh Talukder
    Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work

  • Dr. Javier Escobar

    Dr. Javier Escobar
    Researcher, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU

Plenary Sessions

Speakers & Moderators

  • Dr. Ricardo Araya

    Dr. Ricardo Araya
    Director, Centre for Global Mental Health, King’s College London and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

  • Dr. Diana Azzam

    Dr. Diana Azzam
    Assistant Professor at Florida International University Co-Founder at First Ascent Biomedical, USA

  • Dr. Noël Barengo

    Dr. Noël Barengo
    Division of Medical and Population Health Sciences Education and Research; Associate Professor, Translational Medicine, USA

  • Dr. Manoel Barral

    Dr. Manoel Barral
    Senior Investigator at Fiocruz, Brazil

  • Dr. Francisco Becerra

    Dr. Francisco Becerra
    Special Adviser, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU

  • Dr. Elizabeth Béjar

    Dr. Elizabeth Béjar
    Provost, executive vice president and chief operating officer, FIU, USA

  • Oscar Bernal

    Oscar Bernal
    Global and Public Health expert, University of the Andes, Colombia

  • Dr. Ietza Bojorquez

    Dr. Ietza Bojorquez
    Mexico

  • Dr. Rajiv Chowdhury

    Dr. Rajiv Chowdhury
    Chair, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU

  • Dr. Alok Deoraj

    Dr. Alok Deoraj
    Teaching Professor and Graduate Program Director (MPH-EHS) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, USA

  • Dr. Mario De la Rosa

    Dr. Mario De la Rosa
    Distinguished University Professor, Endowed University Professor in Health Equity, Director, Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse (CRUSADA), U.S.A.

  • Dr. Germán Esparza

    Dr. Germán Esparza
    International Advisor of Antimicrobial Resistance, PAHO/WHO, WDC

  • Dr. Carlos Espinal

    Dr. Carlos Espinal
    Director, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU

  • Dr. Hermes Florez

    Dr. Jose Florez Hermes
    Professor & Chair of Public Health Sciences, and Associate Dean for Population Health at Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

  • Dr. Luiz Augusto Galvão

    Dr. Luiz Augusto Galvão
    Senior Researcher, Fiocruz (Brazil)

  • Dr. Tomás R. Guilarte

    Dr. Tomás R. Guilarte
    Dean, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU

  • Dr. Gamaliel Gutiérrez

    Dr. Gamaliel Gutiérrez
    Doctor in Medicine, Epidemiologist, PAHO, Nicaragua/USA

  • Dr. Iván Felipe Gutiérrez

    Dr. Iván Felipe Gutiérrez
    Head of Infectology Service, Colombia

  • Dr. Silvana Lucciani

    Dr. Silvana Lucciani
    Unit Chief, Noncommunicable Diseases, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), U.S.A.

  • Dr. Kleber Luz

    Dr. Kleber Luz
    Pediatrician and Infectious Disease Specialist, Brazil

  • Dr. Aileen Marty

    Dr. Aileen Marty
    Professor and Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Translational Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, U.S.A.

  • Dr. Keith Mintzer

    Dr. Keith Mintzer
    Program Officer for Clinical Trials, USA

  • Dr. Gabriela Naranjo

    Dr. Gabriela Naranjo
    Chair, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Infectious Diseases Service, Children National Hospital, Costa Rica

  • Dr. Leticia Nogueira

    Dr. Leticia Nogueira
    Scientific Director of Health Services Research American Cancer Society, USA

  • Dr. Cristina Palacios

    Dr. Cristina Palacios
    Professor and Chair Dietetics & Nutrition, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Venezuela/USA

  • Dr. Vikram Patel

    Dr. Vikram Patel
    Paul Farmer Professor and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Institution: Harvard Medical School, India/U.S.A.

  • Dr. Pablo Iván Pereira

    Dr. Pablo Iván Pereira
    Public Health Researcher, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Brazil

  • Dr. Pilar Ramón-Pardo

    Dr. Pilar Ramón-Pardo
    Antimicrobial Resistance Special Program Lead, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), U.S.A.

  • Dr. Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales

    Dr. Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
    Senior Researcher in Tropical, Emerging and Parasitic Diseases, Colombia

  • Dr. Eugenio Rothe

    Dr. Eugenio Rothe
    Professor of Psychiatry & Founding Faculty Member. Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, U.S.A.

  • Dr. Byomkesh Talukder

    Dr. Byomkesh Talukder
    Assistant Professor Global Health Department, FIU, U.S.A.

  • Dr. Natalia Trujillo

    Dr. Natalia Trujillo
    Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU

  • Dr. Enrique Vega

    Dr. Enrique Vega
    Unit Chief, Healthy Life Course Unit, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), U.S.A.

  • Dr. Taissa Vila

    Dr. Taissa Vila
    Editor In Chief at The Lancet Regional Health Americas, Brazil

  • Dr. María Virginia Villegas

    Dr. María Virginia Villegas
    Colombia

  • Dr. Jill Weatherhead

    Dr. Jill Weatherhead
    Baylor College of Medicine, USA

IMMUNIZATIONS EXPERT GROUP

Speakers & Moderators

  • Dr. Haliza Abdul Manaf

    Dr. Haliza Abdul Manaf
    Medical Officer of Health at Ministry of Health Malaysia, Malaysia

  • Dr. Siti Khatijah Abdul Rahim

    Dr. Siti Khatijah Abdul Rahim
    KP COMPUTING, INFORMATICS & MATHEMATICS, Maylasia

  • Dr. Piyada Angsuwatcharakon

    Dr. Piyada Angsuwatcharakon
    Medical Physician (Professional Level), Vaccine Preventable Diseases Section, Division of Communicable Disease, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

  • Dr. Edwin Asturias

    Dr. Edwin Asturias
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Guatemala

  • Dr. María Luisa Ávila Agüero

    Dr. María Luisa Ávila Agüero
    President, Latin American Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (SLIPE).

  • Dr. Francisco Becerra

    Dr. Francisco Becerra
    Special Adviser, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU

  • Dr. José Brea del Castillo

    Dr. José Brea del Castillo
    President of the Dominican Society of Vaccinology. President Latin American Society of Vaccinology, Dominican Republic

  • Dr. Pablo Bonvehí

    Dr. Pablo Bonvehí
    Member of the PAHO/WHO Vaccine Technical Advisory Group (TAG) (2019-2024), Argentina

  • Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi

    Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi
    Associate Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

  • Dr. Sunate Chuenkitmongkol

    Dr. Sunate Chuenkitmongkol
    Deputy Director Scientific Affair, Thailand

  • Dr. Wilfrido Coronell Rodríguez

    Dr. Wilfrido Coronell Rodríguez
    Pediatra y especialista en enfermedades infecciosas. Doctor en Medicina Tropical. Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia

  • Dr. Roberto Debbag

    Dr. Roberto Debbag
    Vice-President, Latin American Vaccinology Society (SLV)

  • Dr. Carlos Espinal

    Dr. Carlos Espinal
    Director, Global Health Consortium, Department of Global Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, FIU

  • Dr. Luiza Helena Falleiros Arlant

    Dr. Luiza Helena Falleiros Arlant
    Pediatrician, Brazil

  • Dr. Eder Gatti

    Dr. Eder Gatti
    Doctor in public health. Infectious disease doctor. Director in the National Immunization Program Ministry of Health, Brazil

  • Dr. Angela Gentile

    Dr. Angela Gentile
    Head of the Epidemiology Service Ricardo Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital, Argentina

  • Javier Guzman

    Javier Guzman
    Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development

  • Dr. Peter Hotez

    Dr. Peter Hotez
    American scientist, pediatrician, and advocate in the fields of global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical disease control, USA

  • Dr. Eduardo López-Medina

    Dr. Eduardo López-Medina
    Pediatrician Infectologist, epidemiologist, clinical researcher, professor. CEIP, Univalle, Imbanaco Clinic, Colombia

  • Yvonne Maldonado

    Yvonne Maldonado
    Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Development And Diversity, Taube Professor Of Global Health And Infectious Diseases, Professor Of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) And Of Epidemiology And Population Health

  • Dr. Cristina Mariño

    Dr. Cristina Mariño
    Colombia

  • Dr. Flor Muñoz

    Dr. Flor Muñoz
    Associate Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine

  • Dr. Mauricio L. Nogueira

    Dr. Mauricio L. Nogueira
    Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculdade de Medicina de SJ Rio Preto (FAMERP), Brazil

  • Dr. Jorge Osorio

    Dr. Jorge Osorio
    Professor in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Colombia/USA

  • Dr. Rolando Pajón

    Dr. Rolando Pajón
    Scientific and Medical Director and LATAM Head, Moderna

  • Dr. Enrique Paz Argandoña

    Dr. Enrique Paz Argandoña
    Bolivia/USA

  • Dr. Xavier Sáez-Llorens

    Dr. Xavier Sáez-Llorens
    Head of Infectious Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Researcher in Vaccines (Cevaxin, Senacyt), Panama

  • Dr. Daniel Salas

    Dr. Daniel Salas
    Executive Manager, Comprehensive Immunization Special Program, PAHO, Washington DC, USA

  • Dr. Carlos Torres

    Dr. Carlos Torres
    Professor at Universidad del Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia

  • Dr. Juan Pablo Torres

    Dr. Juan Pablo Torres
    Medical surgeon from the University of Chile (1999). Pediatrician, Infectologist and Doctor in Medical Sciences from the University of Chile, Chile

  • Dr. Jurai Wongsawat

    Dr. Jurai Wongsawat
    Senior Expert, Department of Disease Control, Thailand

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