“No Country Left Behind: Transforming Global Health” will be the topic of the Adel Mahmoud Lecture Series in Global Health’s inaugural event on Tuesday, April 1, 2008.

The day-long conference, co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School and Princeton’s Department of Molecular Biology, will feature keynote speaker Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.  Fauci will present “HIV/AIDS in 2008: Much Accomplished, Much to Do,” at 2:00 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.

In addition to Dr. Fauci’s lecture, the event will feature scientific talks from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon in the Lewis Thomas Lab, followed by a luncheon.

A panel discussion beginning at 4:00 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, will feature Wilson School lecturer and former Senate Majority Leader Bill First ‘74; Claire Fraser-Liggett, Director of the Institute of Genome Sciences and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine; and Andrew Maguire, Executive Director of the Immunize Every Child Program of the GAVI Alliance. Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman will moderate the discussion.
         
The event will conclude with a reception in Schultz Dining Room, Robertson Hall.

The lecture series is funded by a grant from the Merck Company Foundation. It is named in honor of Dr. Adel Mahmoud, former president of Merck Vaccines, and Senior Policy Analyst at the Woodrow Wilson School and lecturer at the Department of Molecular Biology.  Mahmoud oversaw Merck's extensive vaccine portfolio, including its HIV vaccine program as well as new vaccines for rotavirus, human papilloma virus and shingles. His academic research has focused on international health, and he is a widely recognized expert on infectious disease and immunization in developing countries.

“No Country Left Behind: Transforming Global Health” is free and open to the public.  For more information visit the Department of Molecular Biology's website.