Academic Integration into Pandemic Preparedness and Response Planning Workshop: Livestream (April 26-28, 2022)

About the event

As we entered the third year of the pandemic, UC Davis Grand Challenges, Healthy Davis Together, and Bay Area Global Health Alliance reflected with pride on how our communities have jumped in to help mitigate the devastating consequences of COVID-19 locally, nationally, and globally. The pandemic response showed not only the power of universities to play vital roles in public health crises, but also the opportunity to do more. We know future health crises are on the horizon, and we seized the chance to overcome longstanding silos among government, academia, and the private sector through a working meeting that brought together diverse partners from these sectors.

Together, we developed a roadmap for academic integration in pandemic preparedness and response planning that influences the future of public health. Watch the live-streamed plenary sessions to hear from leaders, changemakers, and cross-sector partners to begin charting the course for a healthier, safer future.

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Welcome Session & Case Study Presentation: April 26, 2022, 8:30 am – 1:00 pm PT

Opening Address:

Mary Croughan, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, University of California, Davis

Gloria Partida, Mayor, City of Davis, CA

Jonna Mazet, Vice Provost of Grand Challenges

Keynote Address:

Ambassador Eric Goosby, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Ambassador Eric Goosby is an internationally recognized expert on infectious diseases and worked at the center of the HIV epidemic as it blossomed in San Francisco in the 1980s. He was the founding director of the Ryan White CARE Act in 1991, and as global AIDS coordinator under President Barack Obama, he was responsible for implementing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). He also served as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Tuberculosis. Ambassador Goosby is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, professor of medicine at UCSF, and a former member of President Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board. He is an experienced cross-sector collaborator who has and continues to effectively integrate academic expertise and resources into the public realm.

Keynote Case Study Presentation:

Congressman John Garamendi

Healthy Davis Together: Putting the power of academia to work for public health

• Brad Pollock, Director, Healthy Davis Together, Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Arline Miller Rolkin Chair in Public Health Sciences, Department of Public Health Sciences, Associate Dean of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine
• Aimee Sisson, Public Health Officer, Yolo County
• Mike Webb, City Manager, Davis, CA

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign/ Illinois Department of Public Health

• Ron Watkins, Managing Director, Shield Illinois, Associate Dean of the Gies College of Business at UIUC
• Charles Williams, Chief of Testing, Illinois Department of Public Health

University of Texas Health/Harris County Public Health

• Jose-Miguel Yamal, Director of the Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Texas Health
• Allison Reese, Associate Director, Covid- 19 Division, Harris County Public Health

University of California, San Diego/San Diego County of Public Health

• Robert “Chip” Schooley, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases UCSD Health, Co-Lead of “Return to Learn” Program
• Natasha Martin, Co-Lead of “Return to Learn” Program, Associate Professor in Department of Medicine
• Seema Shah, Medical Director, Epidemiology & Immunization Services Branch, Public Health Services, County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency 

University of California, San Francisco/ Collaborative Initiatives

• Kelly Taylor, Senior Research Scientist, Director of Community Engagement, UCSF Pandemic Initiative for Equity and Action Institute for Global Health Sciences
• Mike Reid, Associate Director, Center for Global Health Diplomacy, Delivery & Economics

Continued Case Study Presentations: April 27, 2022, 8:30 – 9:30 am PT

American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges

• Andrew Maccabe, Chief Executive Officer of AAVMC

University of Washington/Washington State Department of Health

• Peter Rabinowitz, Co-Director of UW Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness, Director, UW Center for One Health Research, COHR, Professor: UW Depts. Of Environmental/Occupational Health Sciences, Family Medicine, Global Health. Adjunct Professor: Depts. of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Epidemiology
• Umair Shah, Washington State Secretary of Health
• Lacy Fehrenbach, Washington State Deputy Secretary for Prevention, Safety and Health

Summary Session: April 28, 2022, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm PT

Gary S. May, Chancellor, University of California, Davis

Carrie Byington, Executive Vice President and Head of University of California Health

Presentation of Academic Integration Roadmap