Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 Scheduled Speakers

Global Health Grand Rounds will resume in September 2013. 

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2012-2013 Schedule:

September 19, 2012
"Improving Diagnosis of TB Among HIV-Infected Persons in the Developing World"
Jay Varma, M.D.
Deputy Commissioner for Disease Control, NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene

October 22, 2012
"Health in the Time of Globalization"
Nils Daulaire, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

November 14, 2012  *Cancelled Due to Hurricane Sandy*
James Orbinski, M.D.
Former International President of Médecins Sans Frontières and Founder of Dignitas International

December 5, 2012
"Poverty, the Unbanked, and Microfinance"
Ritu Chattree, M.B.A.
International Finance and Development Executive
Former Vice President of Finance & Development for Grameen America

January 23, 2013
"Delivering Aid in the Hungriest Place on Earth: The Case of Akobo County, South Sudan"
Satchit Balsari, M.D., M.P.H. Director, Global Emergency Medicine Program at Weill Cornell Medical College
Michael Vortmann, M.D. Assistant Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

February 20, 2013
"The Health Impact Fund: Enhancing Justice & Efficiency in Global Health"
Thomas Pogge, Ph.D.
President and Director of the Health Impact Fund and Director of the Global Justice Program at Yale University

March 18, 2013
"The Role of Advocacy in Global Health"
Joanne Carter, D.V.M.
Executive Director of RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund and Board Representative to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

April 3, 2013
"HIV/AIDS: A Look to the Future"
Anthony Fauci, M.D.
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health

May 22, 2013
"Changing the Model: The Work of the Clinton Health Access Initiative"
Chelsea Clinton, M.P.H
Board Member of the Clinton Health Access Initiative and The Clinton Foundation
Member of the Board of Overseers at Weill Cornell Medical College
Special Correspondent for NBC News