The Neglected Global Diseases Initiative (NGDI) aims to bring together the technical expertise and perspectives of a variety of disciplines at UBC – including bench science, pharmaceutical and health research, business, social policy, and law – to develop interventions for neglected global diseases and ensure their delivery to those in need.
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts – September 18-19, 2010
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For more information on the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative, please go to: www.ngdi-ubc.com
KEYNOTE: Nigel Fisher, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti,
UN system Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator
Dr. Carol Dahl, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
Dr. Denis Martin, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi), Switzerland
Dr. Richard Lester, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Rachel Kiddell-Monroe, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM), USA
Dr. Shyam Sundar, Banaras Hindu University, India
Dr. Robert Hancock, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Peter Singer, Grand Challenges Canada, Canada
Dr. Allan Saul, Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Italy
Dr. Richard Kohl, Learning and Leading for Large Scale Change LLC and the Centre for Large Scale Social Change, USA