On October 24 at 9:00-10:30 p.m. ET, the NAM and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will co-host a virtual seminar featuring Dr. Kai-ning Cheong, the second NAM-HKU Fellow in Global Health Leadership. Dr. Cheong will discuss the current evidence and future directions for effective strategies and policies that drive innovation, cross-sector integration, and transformation of pediatric health ecosystems vertically and horizontally. A discussion with eminent panelists and a Q&A with the audience will follow Dr. Cheong’s presentation.
Speakers:
Opening Remarks: Victor J. Dzau, MD, President, NAM, and David Bishai, MD, MPH, PhD, Director and Clinical Professor, School of Public Health, HKU
Presentation: Kai Ning Cheong, MBBS, MRCPCH, DTM&H, FHKAM, FHKCPaed, Associate Consultant, Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Hong Kong Children’s Hospital; Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU
Panelists:
Zulfiqar Bhutta (moderator), Robert Harding Chair in Global Child Health & Policy; Co-Director, SickKids Centre for Global Child Health; Senior Scientist, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children; Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Nutritional Sciences and Public Health, University of Toronto; Distinguished University Professor & Founding Director, Institute for Global Health & Development, The Aga Khan University South-Central Asia, East Africa & United Kingdom,
Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President of Research and Policy, American Board of Family Medicine; Co-Director, Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care,
Marla E. Salmon, ScD, RN, FAAN, Professor of Nursing and Global Health, University of Washington
