Humanitarian Assistance at the Crossroads:
Brown University's Role in Improving Humanitarian Effectiveness
Saturday, March 2, 2013
1pm - 5pm
MacMillan Hall
CV Starr Auditorium (Room 117)
167 Thayer Street, Providence
There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. Please register here.
For more information email Elizabeth_Jackvony@brown.edu or call (401) 863-1499.
Join experts from Brown University and other institutions as they explore the ways in which academia can partner with civil society and government agencies to improve the delivery of humanitarian assistance and disaster response in the 21st century.
Speakers
Opening Remarks: Christina Paxson, PhD
President, Brown University
Keynote: Jennifer Leaning, MD, SMH
Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University
FXB Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at Harvard School of Public Health
Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Lecture: Selim Suner, MD, MS
Director, Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT)
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Lecture: Adam Levine, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Closing Remarks: Edward Wing, MD
Dean of Biology and Medicine, Brown University
Panelists
Melani Cammett, PhD, MALD, MA
Associate Professor of Political Science, Brown University
Dupee Faculty Fellow, Watson Institute for International Studies
Faculty Associate, Population Studies and Training Center
Jennifer Chan, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Director of Global Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University
Associate Faculty, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Hilarie Cranmer, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health
Director of Disaster Response, MGH Center for Global Health
Director of Education, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Yong Suk Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor of Economics, Williams College
Albert J. Shimkus, Jr.
Associate Professor of National Security Affairs, US Naval War College
Moderator
Susan Cu-Uvin, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine
Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice