Agenda: Stakeholders meeting U.S.
10:00-10:30 a.m. Registration
10:30 a.m. Welcome, Introductions, and Setting the Stage
-International Academy Forum Partnership
-Meeting Objectives
-Outcomes from the planning meeting in Uganda
ALAN LESHNER
Neuroscience Forum Chair
Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
Executive Publisher, Science
10:45 a.m. “Burden of Disease” and Epidemiology
STEVEN HYMAN
Provost
Harvard University
11:05 a.m. Discussion
11:20 a.m. Brain disorders sub-Saharan Africa: leveraging other resources
GRETCHEN BIRBECK
Chikankata Epilepsy Care Team
Zambia
11:40 a.m. Discussion
Noon LUNCH: Remarks on Quality of Care in Developing Countries
HARVEY FINEBERG
President
Institute of Medicine
1:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Brain Disorders in Sub-Sahara Africa
Cost-effective quality care in resource-poor settings
RAMANAN LAXMINARAYAN
Senior Fellow
Resources for the Future
Delivering Neurological Care to the Developing World
FRANCISCO GONZALEZ-SCARANO
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurology
Professor
Department of Microbiology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Substance Abuse
JACQUES L. NORMAND
Director
AIDS Research Program
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Developing Primary Care Interventions for Addiction
WILSON COMPTON
Director
Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Millennium Village Project (MVP)
GARY S. BELKIN
Mental Health Coordinator of MVP
New York University School of Medicine
2:15 p.m. Discussion
STEVEN HYMAN
Provost
Harvard University
2:45 p.m. Next Steps: Taking action to be involved
ALAN LESHNER
Neuroscience Forum Chair
Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
Executive Publisher, Science
3:00 p.m. ADJOURN
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