IMED 2021 Speakers
and Moderators
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria/Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Zaria, Nigeria
Panel Discussion: The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) Moderators’ Experiences with the COVID-19 Pandemic
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Panel Moderator: The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) Moderators’ Experiences with the COVID-19 Pandemic
Goddard Earth Science and Technology Research, NASA, USA
Talk Title: Anomaly Detection in Climate Data to Drive Rift Valley Fever Modeling
North-Western State Mechnikov Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Panel Discussion: The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) Moderators’ Experiences with the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute, New York, USA
Panel Moderator: Big Data for Pandemic Response: Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Responsibilities
Disease Ecology Laboratory – Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral (Universidad Nacional del Litoral – Consejo Nacional del Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Chaco Chico, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Panel Discussion: The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) Moderators’ Experiences with the COVID-19 Pandemic
Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Talk Title: Biosafety in Research on Potential Pandemic Pathogens
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, North Seattle, Washington, USA
Panel Moderator: Broadening the Evidence-base for Mitigating Risk of Emerging Disease: Knowledge Gaps and Research Challenges in the Face of Rapid Global Environmental Change
Director, One Health Center of Excellence, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Talk Title: The COVID-19 Witch Hunt: Are Virologists at Risk?
U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA
Panel Discussion: Broadening the Evidence-base for Mitigating Risk of Emerging Disease: Knowledge Gaps and Research Challenges in the Face of Rapid Global Environmental Change
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Talk Title: The Role of the Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hong Kong
Department of Immunology, Instituto Aggeu Magalhães, Recife, Brazil
Talk Title: Impact of Climate and Environmental Changes on Leishmaniasis
Animal Health Consultant, Ellicott City, Maryland, USA
Panel Discussion: The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) Moderators’ Experiences with the COVID-19 Pandemic
University of Saskatchewan & University of Calgary, Saskatoon and Calgary, Canada
Chair: The Impact of Media and Politics on Outbreak Preparedness and Control
Center for Health and the Global Environment, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Plenary Talk Title: Global Climate Change and Emerging Infectious Diseases
University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Talk Title: What Drives the Association Between Rainfall and Diarrhea – Interrogating Evidence in Support of the Concentration Dilution Hypothesis
Global One Health Initiative (GOHI), Ohio State University, USA
Chair: Global Climate Change and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, US Geological Survey, USA
Talk Title: Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases at Redeemer’s University in Ede, Nigeria
Plenary Talk Title: COVID-19, Ebola, Lassa Fever and More – Application of Genomics in Epidemic Surveillance and Response
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia One Health University Network, Selangor, Malaysia
Talk Title: One Health Response to Antimicrobial Resistance
Chair: Viruses in Bats and Potential Spillover to Animals and Humans
amfAR – The Foundation for AIDS Research, Washington, DC, USA
Panel Discussion: Big Data for Pandemic Response: Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Responsibilities
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Nigeria
Chair: COVID-19, Ebola, Lassa Fever and More – Application of Genomics in Epidemic Surveillance and Response
Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, India
Plenary Talk Title: The Next Pandemic – A Look into the Future
VP research & Development, Jamhuriya University of Science and Technology, Mogadishu, Somalia
Panel Discussion: The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) Moderators’ Experiences with the COVID-19 Pandemic
University of California – Davis, California, USA
Panel Moderator: Broadening the Evidence-base for Mitigating Risk of Emerging Disease: Knowledge Gaps and Research Challenges in the Face of Rapid Global Environmental Change
Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania
Panel Discussion: Participatory Surveillance: How Communities are Finding and Responding to Outbreaks Faster
National Influenza Center of Cambodia and H5 Reference Laboratory, WHO Global COVID-19 Referral Laboratory, Institut Pasteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Talk Title: Avian Influenza in the time of COVID-19: Stories from Cambodia
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Plenary Talk Title: COVID-19 – How Far Have We Come, and Where Do We Go?
Erasmus MC Department of Viroscience, Netherlands
Panel Discussion: Origins of SARS-CoV-2
Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN), Thailand
Panel Moderator: Transforming One Health Education During the Pandemic
Global Health Security Programme, Kampala, Uganda
Talk Title: Strengthening Partnerships to Tackle Emerging Infectious Diseases
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
Talk Title: Leveraging Wastewater Surveillance to Improve Health Security
EpiTrack (Brazil) & University of Zurich (Guardians of Health Project)
Panel Discussion: Participatory Surveillance: How Communities are Finding and Responding to Outbreaks Faster
VM Medicalpark Hospital, Infectious Diseases Department, Samsun, Turkey
Talk Title: Global Changes in Epidemiology and Burden of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Department for Interventions in Health Care Facilities, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
Plenary Discussion: COVID-19 Vaccinations for Children – A Global Discussion
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, USA
Chair: Global Health Security Risks
PR-CLIMAH, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Talk Title: Determining the Impact of Saharan Dust on Public Health and COVID-19 Patients in Puerto Rico
Thailand One Health University Network (THOHUN), Thailand
Panel Discussion: Transforming One Health Education During the Pandemic
Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
Talk Title: Global Change and the Ecology of Vector-Borne Disease
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Panel Discussion: Big Data for Pandemic Response: Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Responsibilities
Adebola Olayinka
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Nigeria
Chair: COVID-19, Ebola, Lassa Fever and More – Application of Genomics in Epidemic Surveillance and Response
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Plenary Discussion: COVID-19 Vaccinations for Children – A Global Discussion
Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Plenary Moderator: COVID-19 Vaccinations for Children – A Global Discussion
PODD Centre, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Panel Discussion: Participatory Surveillance: How Communities are Finding and Responding to Outbreaks Faster
Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Talk Title: Mers-CoV
Aarhus University, Institute for Clinical Medicine, Denmark
Talk Title: The Role of International Travel and Border Restrictions in Managing the Spread of Outbreaks
Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and Security, Washington, DC, USA
Panel Discussion: Big Data for Pandemic Response: Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Responsibilities
Vietnam One Health University Network (VOHUN), Vietnam
Panel Discussion: Transforming One Health Education During the Pandemic
ProMED Deputy Editor, USA
Chair: COVID-19 – How Far Have We Come, and Where Do We Go?
Praekelt Group, Johannesburg, South Africa
Panel Discussion: Participatory Surveillance: How Communities are Finding and Responding to Outbreaks Faster
Malaysia One Health University Network (MyOHUN), Malaysia
Panel Discussion: Transforming One Health Education During the Pandemic
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
Talk Title: Changes in the Epidemiology of Zoonotic Malaria in Southeast Asia
Ending Pandemics, San Francisco, California, USA
Panel Moderator: Participatory Surveillance: How Communities are Finding and Responding to Outbreaks Faster
One Health University Network (INDOHUN), Indonesia
Panel Discussion: Transforming One Health Education During the Pandemic
inSTEDD iLab Southeast Asia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Panel Discussion: Participatory Surveillance: How Communities are Finding and Responding to Outbreaks Faster
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Chair: The Next Pandemic – A Look into the Future
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Plenary Discussion: COVID-19 Vaccinations for Children – A Global Discussion
Programme in Emerging Infectious Disease, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Plenary Talk Title: Viruses in Bats and Potential Spillover to Animals and Humans
Towards a Safer World Network (TASW), Sweden
Chair: Impact of Climate Change and Human Migration on Parasitic Infections
Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Panel Discussion: Participatory Surveillance: How Communities are Finding and Responding to Outbreaks Faster
