EndocrinologyResponding To Global Health Crises: Seminar, Australia
How The World Health Organization develops its policy recommendations and responds to global health crises is the subject of a talk at The Australian National University today.
The seminar will be given by Dr Tikki Pang, Director of Research Policy and Cooperation at the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition to discussing his role at the WHO, Dr Pang will also talk about the role that primary health care plays in developing countries.
Dr Pang, an ANU graduate, is also Secretary of the WHO Research Ethics Review Committee and Advisory Committee on Health Research. Prior to joining the WHO, he was Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Malaya.
Dr Pang is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK), Institute of Biology (UK), American Academy of Microbiology (USA), Academy of Medicine of Malaysia and Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), and a Member of the International Molecular Biology Network (IMBN). He holds a PhD in Immunology-Microbiology from ANU.
SEMINAR: Global perspectives on health policy development: from evidence to practice
WHO: Dr Tikki Pang, World Health Organization, Director of Research Policy & Cooperation
WHEN: 3pm - 4.30pm, Monday 13 July
WHERE: Finkel Theatre, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Garran Road, ANU.
Australian National University