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Highly Effective Infectious Disease Prevention Strategy: Changing the Community Narrative
Dr. Weaver is an internationally recognized virologist and mosquito biologist with more than 350 publications in prestigious scientific journals, many invited presentations at international meetings, and international leadership roles. He has received many awards from and holds leadership positions in a number of national and international scientific societies and professional organizations, including the Walter Reed Medal from the American Society of Tropical medicine and Hygiene for career research contributions, and the Robert Gallo Award for Scientific Excellence from the Global Virus Network. Dr. Weaver is also a fellow of the American Academy of Inventors in recognition of his contributions to vaccine development, and a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. He holds nine patents for vaccine and diagnostics development for viral diseases.
Dr. Weaver’s research focuses on the ecology, evolution, epidemiology and pathogenesis of mosquito-borne viral diseases, arbovirus‐mosquito vector interactions, and vaccine development for arboviral disease prevention. Current projects include emergence mechanisms, pathogenesis and vector transmission of Zika and chikungunya viruses. Recently, his group has also focused on understanding the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants and evaluation of COVID vaccines. Dr. Weaver leads two NIH-funded centers: the World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses and the West African Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Weaver’s stature in the scientific community is also indicated by his service on many national and international committees and study sections, as well as his many editorial appointments including as editor for PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLoS Pathogens, the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and the Archives of Virology.
Highly Effective Infectious Disease Prevention Strategy: Changing the Community Narrative
The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health invite you to a hybrid seminar featuring Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, PhD, MPH Director of Community Outreach and Education at the Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research and Sheila Murphy, PhD Professor of Communication at USC Annenberg.
Dr. Baezconde-Garbanati is a tenured professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. She is also a member of the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center where she is co-Director and Project Leader of the Patient Education and Community Outreach Center. Dr. Baezconde-Garbanati has a solid reputation as a widely recognized national and international community engaged scholar in the areas of culture and community health, with an emphasis on Hispanic/Latino health. Dr. Sheila Murphy is trained in social psychology at the University of Michigan. She specializes in identifying the individual, interpersonal, community, and ethnic and cultural factors that shape people’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Understanding cultural diversity and tailoring messages to diverse audiences has been a major theme of her research both domestically and internationally (including India, Ethiopia, Uganda, Nigeria, El Salvador, Panama, Thailand, and Indonesia).
SARS-Cov-2 Infection and Excess Mortality in Canada, China, India and Sierra Leone 2020-2023
The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health invite you to a hybrid seminar featuring Prabhat Jha, MD, DPhil a Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
Dr. Jha is a lead investigator of the Million Death Study in India, which quantifies the causes of premature mortality in over 23 million people from 1997-2023, including the contribution of key risk factors such as tobacco and alcohol. Professor Jha is also widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in global tobacco control. He is the author of several influential publications on tobacco control, including two that helped enable a global treaty on tobacco control, now signed by over 180 countries.
Dr. Jha is also a former Rhodes Scholar, an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, and the recipient of many awards. Jha founded and directs the Centre for Global Health Research at Unity Health Toronto.
His IDEAS Seminar will be followed by departmental Grand Rounds where Dr. Jha will present on Death and Taxes: A Global and U.S. Perspective on the Hazards of Smoking, the Benefits of Tobacco Taxation, and the Influence of Education (flyer attached).
Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health in the Divisions of Infectious Diseases & Global Pediatrics. The seminar would be moderated by Dr. Andrea Kim, Director of Vaccine Preventable Disease Control Program at the LA County Department of Public Health.
Refugee Health and Infectious Disease
The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health invite you to a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Ghina Mumtaz, Assistant Professor at the American University of Beirut in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and Dr. Parveen Parmar, Director of Social and Global Emergency Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine.
Pediatric Vaccine Hesitancy in the US & Around the World
The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health invite you to a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. James Conway, Professor of
Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health in the Divisions of Infectious Diseases & Global Pediatrics. The seminar would be moderated by Dr. Andrea Kim, Director of Vaccine Preventable Disease Control Program at the LA County Department of Public Health.
What can Public Health learn from Games and TV shows like "The Last of Us"?
The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health invite you to a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Tom Chiller, Chief of Mycotic Diseases Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in conversation with junior scholars of the USC Creative Media and Behavioral Health Center moderated by Professor Marientina Gotsis of USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Cervical Cancer Control and Prevention in India
The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health invite you to a hybrid seminar featuring Purnima Madhivanan, MBBS, MPH, PhD an Associate Professor in Health Promotion Sciences at the Mel & Enid College of Public Health at University of Arizona.
Groundbreaking Findings from STI and HPV Cancer Screening During Pregnancy in Bangladesh
The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health invite you to a hybrid seminar featuring Roksana Karim, MBBS, PhD an Associate Professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at Keck School of Medicine of USC, and AKM Fazlur Rahman, MBBS, MPhil, PhD, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Bangladesh University of Health Sciences, and Executive Director, Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh.
Public Health Approach to Elimination of Hepatitis C
The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health invite you to a hybrid seminar featuring Prabhu Gounder, MD, an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at Keck School of Medicine of USC, and Rachael Fleurence, PhD, MSc, Senior Advisor to Dr. Francis Collins (Science Advisor to the President of the United States).
Malaria: Old and New Approaches Toward Control and Elimination
The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health invite you to a virtual seminar featuring Philip J. Rosenthal, MD, a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and Associate Chief for Academic Affairs and Research in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital.
The End of Antibiotics
The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health invite you to a hybrid seminar featuring Paul Adamson, MD MPH, an Infectious Diseases physician and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
