2009-2010 Global Health Lecture Series:
Visions for Change
The Institute welcomes world-renowned global health leaders to USC to share their experience and to discuss the major issues of global health with faculty and students. Speakers are selected in collaboration with, and co-hosted by, different schools throughout the university, reflecting USC’s multidisciplinary approach to global health. Each distinguished guest delivers a keynote lecture open to the entire Trojan Family.
Download Visions for Change Flyer (PDF)
Download Visions for Change Brochure (PDF)
Lectures are available and can be downloaded HERE.
Fall 2009
Al Sommer, MD, MHS
Dean Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Global Health: Back to the Future
September 15: HSC Aresty Auditorium
September 16: UPC Town and Gown Ballroom
(Hosted in partnership with the Office of the Provost)
Download Al Sommer Flyer (PDF)
Download Al Sommer News Article from The Weekly (PDF)
Download Al Sommer's presentations
Mauricio Hernandez Avila, MD, MPH, ScD
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health, Mexico
Fighting the H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico
October 21: UPC Davidson Conference Center
The Rising Epidemic of Obesity in Mexico: Causes, Costs, and Control
October 22: HSC Aresty Auditorium
(Hosted in partnership with the Center for Public Diplomacy)
Download Mauricio Hernandez Avila Flyer (PDF)
Download Mauricio Hernandez Avila Presentations
Ruth Levine, PhD
Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
November 9: HSC Aresty Auditorium
Global Health Forecast: The Next Twenty Years
November 10: UPC Town and Gown Ballroom
Compassion, Conscience and Common Interest
(Hosted in partnership with the School of Policy, Planning and Development)
Download Ruth Levine Flyer (PDF)
Download Ruth Levine's Presentations
Gonghuan Yang, MD, MPH
Deputy Minister, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Medical Reform and Chronic Disease Prevention in China
EVENT CANCELED: Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts and the her inability
to travel abroad at this time, Dr. Gonghuan Yang will not be visiting USC.
Spring 2010
Judith Mackay, MD
Senior Policy Advisor, WHO
The Global Tobacco Epidemic: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
January 19: HSC Aresty Auditorium
January 20: UPC Town and Gown Ballroom
Provosts Distinguished Visitor
(Hosted in partnership with the US China Institute and the School of Social Work)
Download Judith Mackay Flyer (PDF)
Download Judith Mackay Presentations
Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH
Senior Vice President, PepsiCo
The Role of Business in Global Health
(Hosted in partnership with the Marshall School of Business)
EVENT CANCELED: Unfortunately, due to corporate business, Derek Yach will not be visiting USC this spring.
Senior Vice President, PepsiCo(Hosted in partnership with the Marshall School of Business)
Joe Cerrell
Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Global Advocacy, Policy and Change
March 2: UPC Town and Gown Ballroom
March 3: HSC Aresty Auditorium
(Hosted in partnership with Hollywood, Health, and Society)
Jon Cohen
Correspondent, Science Magazine
Follow the Money: Covering the Surge of Funds for HIV/AIDS
April 6: UPC Davidson Conference Center
April 7: HSC Aresty Auditorium
(Hosted in partnership with the Annenberg School for Journalism
and the Center for Health and Medical Communication)
Larry Gostin, JD
Director, Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Meeting the Survival Needs of the World’s Least Healthy People
May 11: HSC Aresty Auditorium
May 12: UPC Town and Gown Ballroom
(Hosted in partnership with the Gould School of Law and the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences)
All lectures will be held at 5:00 to 6:30pm at respective locations and followed by a reception
University Park Campus
Town and Gown
665 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90089
University Park Campus
USC Davidson Conference Center
3415 S Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Health Science Campus
Aresty Auditorium in the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
1450 Biggy Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
To RSVP and for further information call 323-865-0419 or email global.health@usc.edu