Monday, December 7, 2020

7:00-7:15 ET/Boston / 20:00-20:15 CST/Shanghai
Welcome & Introductions

Speakers:
Professor Xiao-Nong Zhou
Director, National Institute for Parasitic Diseases (NIPD)
China Center for Disease Control & Prevention (China CDC)
People’s Republic of China

Professor Dyann F. Wirth
Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Infectious Diseases
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan)

7:15-7:35 ET/Boston / 20:15-20:35 CST/Shanghai
Opening Remarks

Speakers:
Mark C. Elliott
Vice Provost of International Affairs
Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese & Inner Asian History
Harvard University

Bin Li
Vice Minister
National Health Commission
People’s Republic of China

7:35-7:50 ET/Boston / 20:35-20:50 CST/Shanghai
Shaping Innovative China-Africa Global Health Partnerships 

Speakers:
Marcia Castro
Andelot Professor of Demography
Chair, Department of Global Health and Population
Harvard Chan

Wafaie Fawzi
Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences
Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Global Health
Harvard Chan

7:50-8:05 ET/Boston / 20:50-21:05 CST/Shanghai
Global Progress Toward Malaria Elimination

Speaker:
Pedro L. Alonso
Director, WHO Global Malaria Programme

8:05-8:15 ET/Boston / 21:05-21:10 CST/Shanghai
Q & A

Moderator: Professor Dyann F. Wirth
Harvard Chan

8:15-8:20 ET/Boston / 21:15-21:20 CST/Shanghai
Applying Genetic Epidemiology Approaches to Malaria Elimination

Introduction: Professor Xiao-Nong Zhou
China CDC/NIPD

8:20-8:45 ET/Boston / 21:20-21:45 CST/Shanghai
Lessons from Chinese Malaria Elimination Program

Speaker:
Professor Ning Xiao
Deputy Director
NIPD/China CDC
People’s Republic of China

Lessons from Chinese Malaria Elimination
Program in Jiangsu Province

Speaker:
Professor Qi Gao
Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases
People’s Republic of China

8:45-9:00 ET/Boston / 21:45-22:00 CST/Shanghai
The Impact of Applying Genetic-Epi Approaches
in Malaria-endemic Countries: Game Changing?

Speakers:
Dr Jennifer Gardy, Deputy Director
Surveillance, Data, and Epidemiology
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Professor Dyann F. Wirth
Harvard Chan

9:00-9:10 ET/Boston / 22:00-22:10 CST/Shanghai
Q & A

Moderator: Professor Xiao-Nong Zhou
Director, NIPD/China CDC
People’s Republic of China

9:10-9:30 ET/Boston / 22:10-22:30 CST/Shanghai
The Role of Public Health in Tackling Large-Scale
Challenges to Human Health and Development

Speakers:
Margaret Chan
Dean of the Faculty, Vanke School of Public Health
Tsinghua University

George F. Gao
Director-General and Professor
China CDC
People’s Republic of China

Professor Marcel Tanner
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Chair, WHO/Strategic Advisory Group on Malaria Eradication (SAGme)

9:30-9:40 ET/Boston / 22:30-22:40 CST/Shanghai
Q & A

Moderator: Professor Dyann F. Wirth
Harvard Chan

9:40-9:45 ET/Boston / 22:40-22:45 CST/Shanghai
Closing Remarks

Speaker: Professor Xiao-Nong Zhou
Director, NIPD/China CDC
People’s Republic of China

Adjourn (Day 1)