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How does the CDC work globally to ensure that the health of the American population is secured?

11 January 2023, 4:30 pm–6:00 pm

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Chief Global Strategist at PDTI Limited, Mitchell Wolfe discusses the role the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plays in keeping the American population safe. Using the CDC as an example, this drinks and networking reception and seminar will be a great US focused case study on ways to improve global health capacity.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Global Business School for Health

Location

Cinema
One Pool Street
1 Pool St, London
London
E20 2AF

We cordially invite you to attend our 'How does the CDC work globally to ensure that the health of the American population is secured?' seminar with guest speaker Mitchell Wolfe, Chief Global Strategist at PDTI limited as part of our Health Leaders Voices series.

This series invites leaders to speak frankly about their experience as health leaders. All of the speakers are individuals who have made an incredible difference to health and healthcare through their courageous and transformative leadership.

The seminars is designed to be highly interactive, with speakers presenting their thoughts for 20 – 30 minutes before opening up for an engaging conversation with the audience. The powerful stories that will be shared offer you as the audience opportunities to reflect and learn about the world of health and leadership.

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About the Speaker

Mitchell Wolfe

Chief Global Strategist at PDTI Limited

Guest Speaker - Mitch Wolfe

Mitchell Wolfe is a medical epidemiologist, global health strategist, and diplomat with extensive global public health experience, including 21 years with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most recently as the CDC’s chief medical officer from 2019 to 2022. He has also held positions as deputy assistant secretary for global affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Global Affairs and as the CDC country director in Vietnam and in Thailand. In these roles, he has been a senior adviser to U.S. government leaders, led the implementation of the CDC’s global health strategy, and represented the HHS and CDC to the highest levels of foreign governments, multilateral institutions such as the World Health Organization, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations. He has extensive experience in working to combat global infectious disease threats, pandemic preparedness and response, and addressing non-communicable health issues. Earlier in his career, he was project officer for a large U.S.-based HIV/AIDS cohort study and was involved in the U.S. government response to anthrax attacks, as well as investigations of lead poisoning, heat-related mortality, syphilis outbreaks, and foodborne and waterborne diseases. Dr. Wolfe is a graduate of the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) program. He earned his medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, his master of public health degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in English literature. In 2020, Dr. Wolfe retired from the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service at the rank of rear admiral.