Session 1

Session 1: Holistic Approaches to Disease Surveillance | Moderator: Professor Pardis Sabeti

Building C Conference Center C-201

Keynote speaker: Dr. Francis Collins – Distinguished Investigator, Former Director of the National Institutes of Health. Topic: Genomics and Epigenomics of Common Diseases, with a Focus on Diabetes
09:30 – 09:40	Q&A
09:40 – 09:50	Keynote Speaker: Dr. John Nkengasong (Virtual) – U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Senior Bureau Official for Global Health Security and Diplomacy Bureau of Global Health Security and DiplomacyTopic: The Future of Pathogen Surveillance in Africa
09:50 – 10:00	Guest Speaker: Dr. Nelson Michael, Director, Center for Infectious Diseases Research, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Topic: Defense Health, Global Health: The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Approach
10:00 – 10:10	Guest Speaker: Professor Oyewale Tomori – Professor of Virology and Former Vice Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, President of West Africa Network of National Academies. Topic: Genomics: From the Lab to the Living Room, Impacting Our Daily Life
10:10 – 10:20	Guest Speaker: Dr Abdu Mukhtar – National Coordinator of the Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the healthcare value chain. Topic: Unlocking Nigeria’s Healthcare Value Chain
10:20 – 10:40	Q&A