The听afternoon will begin at 1:30 p.m. with a series of three moderated panels. Jaime Sepulveda, MD, MPH, DrSC, a Senior Fellow and Director of Special Initiatives of the Global Health Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will deliver the keynote听lecture:听“Mesoamerica: Health Opportunities for a Neglected Region” as part of the Washington Global Health Alliance (WGHA) Discovery Series.
PERLA (Spanish for pearl) was formed by Dr. Joe Zunt, a neurologist with 15 years of research and training activities in Peru, and his colleagues in global health as a vehicle to increase networking for students, faculty and colleagues to synergize research, training and service activities in Latin American 鈥� especially those focusing on improving health.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
1:30 – 3:45 p.m. Panel Presentations:
Panel 1: Multidisciplinary collaborations, moderated by Adam Warren.
Panel 2: Women and adolescents, moderated by Caroline Mitchell.
Panel 3: Chronic diseases, moderated by Rafael Lozano.
4-5 p.m.听 WGHA Discovery Series Lecture by Jaime Sepulveda.
5-6 p.m.: Wine and hors doeuvres reception and PERLA poster presentations.
Location: Health Sciences Building (1959 N.E. Pacific Street), Room:听T-625, 91探花, Seattle Campus
All events are free of cost. Please RSVP to the PERLA Symposium by April 26: . For more information on the symposium, please contact Carolina Mejia at perla@uw.edu.