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Pediatric Vaccine Hesitancy in the US and Around the World
November 9 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Applied Studies (IDEAS) Initiative and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (IIGH) invite you to a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. James Conway, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health in the Divisions of Infectious Diseases & Global Pediatrics. The seminar would be moderated by Dr. Andrea Kim, Director of Vaccine Preventable Disease Control Program at the LA County Department of Public Health.
Dr. Conway serves as Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director and Medical Director for UW Health Immunization Programs, as well as Director of the SMPH Office of Global Health. He is responsible for coordinating global health educational programs involving health professional students at UW-Madison, and oversight of international programs in the UW School of Medicine & Public Health through the Dept. of Academic Affairs. Dr. Conway has spent much of his career working to improve immunization systems and address vaccine hesitancy in the US and abroad.
Dr. Andrea Kim has 25 years of experience in the development, implementation, evaluation, and management of surveillance, epidemiology, and laboratory science programs at the local, federal, and international level. She has directed, managed, and served as Principal Investigator on research and non-research activities focused on disease surveillance, population-based surveys in high-risk and general populations, and program evaluations on the impact of prevention, care, and treatment programs on disease epidemics.
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