Mpox: Learnings from Effective Science and Human Rights-Based Responses

The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health invite you to join us for “Mpox: Learnings from Effective Science and Human Rights-Based Responses” on Thursday, Jan. 19, noon–1 p.m. PST.

Mpox, declared a public health emergency in July 2022, requires not only strong political commitment grounded in sound evidence and science, but explicit attention to human rights and the voices of affected communities. This one-hour, virtual event will bring together an esteemed panel of researchers, scholars, scientists and practitioners for a discussion on lessons learned from HIV, COVID-19, Ebola and mpox in developing, implementing and monitoring responses to public health emergencies, with attention to understanding and approaching structural inequalities and their role in epidemics moving forward.

Speakers:

• Anne Rimoin, Director, Center for Global and Immigrant Health; Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health Professor, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• Joel Breman, Senior Scientist Emeritus, Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health
• Nicole Hoff, DRC Country Director and Senior Administrative Analyst, UCLA-DRC Research Program; Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
• Placide Mbala, Director, Clinical Research Center, National Institute of Biomedical Research, DRC
• Gregg Gonsalves, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; Associate Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Co-Director, Global Health Justice Partnership
• Moderated by Sofia Gruskin, Director, USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health