MassCPR Symposium 2023

Sponsored by Boston University, Harvard Medical School, and the Maxwell Finland Fund.

This annual symposium will convene both U.S. and global leaders to map a unified strategy for global pandemic preparedness. We will discuss how leading health organizations can come together to prepare for future outbreaks and what to do in the early stages of an outbreak to produce a coordinated and efficient response. The event is sponsored by Boston University, Harvard Medical School, and the Maxwell Finland Fund.

Featured Speakers

  • 2023 Symposium Chair:

    Dr. Nancy Sullivan

  • Co-chair:

    Dr. Richard Hatchett

  • Opening Remarks:

    Kenneth Freeman
    President Ad Interim, Boston University

     

  • Keynote Discussion:

    Rt Hon Dame Jacinda Ardern(in person)
    Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

    Sir Ashley Bloomfield (virtual)
    Professor, School of Public Health, University of Auckland
    Director, Public Policy Impact Institute, University of Auckland

    Dame Juliet Gerrard (virtual)
    Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Auckland

  • Moderator

    Louise Ivers
    Director, Harvard Global Health Institute
    Professor, Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

  • Panel Session I: Developing capabilities for global Pandemic Preparedness

  • Moderators

    Nancy Sullivan
    Director, Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL)
    Professor, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
    Professor, College of Arts and Sciences

    Bruce Walker
    Director, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
    Professor, Harvard Medical School

  • Panelists

    Daniel Bausch
    Senior Advisor for Global Health Security, FIND

    Cristina Cassetti
    Deputy Director for the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

    Sir Jeremy Farrar (virtual)
    Chief Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO)

    Richard Hatchett
    Chief Executive Officer, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)

    Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum
    General Director, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB)
    Professor Emeritus, University of Kinshasa Medical School

  • Panel Session II: Communicating in crisis: How to tell people what they need to know, reach a diverse public, and counter outright lies

  • Moderators

    Lindsey Baden
    Director of Center for Clinical Investigation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Director of Infectious Diseases, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
    Professor, Harvard Medical School

    Karen Weintraub
    Senior Health Reporter, USA TODAY

  • Panelists

    Nahid Bhadelia
    Founding Director, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research (CEID)
    Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine

    Agnes Binagwaho
    Professor, University of Global Health Equity
    Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

    Emilio Emini
    Chief Executive Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute

    Robert Goldstein
    Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

    Hilary Marston
    Chief Medical Officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

    Raj Panjabi
    Former White House Senior Director and Special Assistant to the President for Global Health Security and Biodefense

  • Closing Remarks:

    George Q. Daley, MD, PhD
    Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard University