Speaker: Ann Marie Kimball, Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House
This presentation will be an overview of global pandemic experience and factors of disease emergence. Two illustrative case studies (Bird Flu and M-Pox) will be briefly presented. Finally tips on staying informed, the importance of local Public Health, and being prepared will be discussed.
Bio:
Ann Marie Kimball is a physician and epidemiologist. She is Senior Consulting Fellow for the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House. She recently completed a scholar residency at Bellagio Center. She served as technical and strategic lead for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation surveillance strategy formation. She was also senior program officer with the foundation, prior to which she served as professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health where she is now emerita. During her tenure at UW, Dr Kimball founded and directed the APEC Emerging Infections Network, and led research and training programs in Peru and Thailand. Her research focus on global trade and emerging infections earned her a Fulbright New Century Scholars award and a Guggenheim Scholars award. She is the author of Risky Trade: Infectious Diseases in an Era of Global Trade and has authored numerous scientific publications and served on several Institute of Medicine panels. Most recently she has worked with the West African Health Organization to establish a new post-Ebola infectious disease surveillance network in that region. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, and Refuge Place, Liberia. She is former President of the Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island (2023-2024) and co-chaired the COVID 19 Task Force for Rotary International (2021-2023). She now serves as a representative for the President of Rotary International, and represents Rotary International on the Research Committee of the Polio Eradication effort.