September 19 — Smart Power: Pursuing a Global Development Agenda to Thwart Health Pandemics and Extreme Poverty
If the world’s global public health threats are going to be addressed seriously, the United States will have to take the lead. But does that mean the government in DC or American citizens … or both?
When: Friday September 19, 1:30 PM
Where: DePauw University, Greencastle IN
Sally Smerz Cowal ’66, vice president for Population Services International. Sally Cowal leads Population Services International’s Americas Region (Latin America and the Caribbean) and maternal and child health initiatives. She came to PSI following a distinguished career in the U.S. Foreign Service, having served in India, Colombia, Israel, New York, Mexico, Washington, and Trinidad and Tobago, where she served as ambassador under presidents Bush and Clinton. Deeply committed to combating AIDS, Cowal is one of the founders of UNAIDS and served as its deputy director for four years.
Ernest Loevinsohn, director general of Health and Education, Canadian International Development Agency. After working in the U.S. House of Representatives, Erenst Loevinsohn went on to work with the Canadian Government. There, he established and became director general of the Program Against Hunger, Malnutrition and Disease in the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Loevinsohn also works with the board of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Stop Tuberculosis, WHO, the World Bank, NGOs and others.
John E. Tedstrom III ’84, executive director of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS. John E. Tedstrom is executive director of the Global Business Coalition, a rapidly expanding alliance of more than 220 international companies dedicated to combating the AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics by accessing the business sector’s unique skills and expertise. John E. Tedstrom is the founder of Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS and has also served as vice president for policy studies and vice president for global security at the EastWest Institute, and as director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian affairs at the National Security Council. He also serves as a member of the Clinton Global Initiative Health Advisory Committee.
Moderator: Sharon M. Crary, assistant professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, DePauw University . Assistant professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at DePauw University, Sharon Crary research emphasis is global health challenges. Crary has taught courses in Structure and Function of Biomolecules; Thermodynamics, Equilibria and Kinetics; Topics in Biochemistry: Viral Select Agents; and Biophysical Chemistry. Crary has also taught a Winter Term course, Saving the World? The Public Health Crisis in Developing Countries. Crary received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Duke University in 1999.
