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

Global Health Conference of the Americas

Bridging Borders, Building Health

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AGENDA

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

FIU
Pan American Health Organization
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine
Wisconsin
Sociedad Latinoamericana de Infectologia Pediatrica
Sociedad Latinoamericana de Vacunología
Baylor College of Medicine
ALAPE
SLAMVI
sylvester-comprehensive-cancer-center
FIOCRUZ