Pathways to Worldwide Health
A Forum on Collaborations between U-M and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
June 8, 2017
9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
1655 SPH I
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
Contact Information: Terri Mellow [email protected]
Faculty and students from the University of Michigan and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have been conducting research and exchange internships together for several years. This unique forum on June 8 featuring Israeli and American scholars showcases the world-changing ways these collaborations are improving health around the world.
Each of these exciting research partnerships pursues in some way the health and vitality of diverse populations, from health care delivery in resource-limited settings to disease prevention in children to transboundary contaminant control. Presenters work in the fields epidemiology, environmental health sciences, genetics, medicine, health management and policy, and many more.
If you are interested in refugee and migrant health, water sanitation and air quality, public health policy, health-worker safety, health management systems, or chronic disease including cancer, join us on Thursday, June 8 at the U-M School of Public Health.
Catered lunch will be provided. RSVP online by Monday, June 5 at 5pm.
9-9:10
Welcome and Introductions
Mark Katz, MD
Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Epidemiology, U-M SPH;
Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor
Medical School for International Health and Department of Health Systems Management, BGU
Head, Infectious Diseases, Clalit Research Institute
9:10
Vaccines in Global Disease Prevention
Arnold Monto, MD
Thomas Francis Jr. Collegiate Professor of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology, U-M SPH
9:30
Transboundary Health
Nadav Davidovitch, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Systems Management
Vice dean for Global Affairs, Faculty of Health Sciences, BGU
9:50
Program highlights up close (10-15 min each)
Understanding Water, Sanitation, and Polio Transmission in the Negev
Marisa Eisenberg, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, U-M SPH
Studying the Health Impacts of Air Pollution: Ongoing U-M and Israel Partnerships
Sara Adar, ScD, MHS
John Searle Assistant Professor of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, U-M SPH
Impact of Healthcare Worker Vaccination Against Influenza
Emily Martin, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, U-M SPH
10:30-1045
BREAK
Harnessing Microbial Genomics to Inform Public Health Policy
Jacob “Kobi” Moran-Gilad, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Health Services Management, BGU & Medical Director for Clinical Microbiology,
Soroka University Medical enter
Healthcare Delivery in Resource-limited Settings
Anat Rosenthal, PhD
Department of Health Systems Management, BGU
Clalit Research Institute: Informing Data-driven Policy and Practice
Becca Feldman, PhD
Head of Epidemiology unit, Clalit Research Institute
Health System Structure in Southern Israel and Epidemiological Research
Victor Novack, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, BGU
Head, Soroka BGU Medical Research Institute
Noon
Q and A; discussion: Opportunities for future research
12:30
Wrap Up
1:00
Lunch and Conversation—SPH Community Room
2:30
Adjourn
The Isadore Bernstein Fund provided support for today’s event. Named in memory of Isadore Bernstein, a professor of environmental and industrial health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health from 1953–1998, the goal of the fund is to broaden educational outreach to the community on environmental health issues. Today’s faculty forum honors Professor Bernstein’s memory and the scientific ideals that he spent his life advocating and exploring.
