On
behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you to
participate in the first session of the Winter/Spring 2015 CFR Academic
Conference Call series
on Wednesday, February 11, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM in WY 326. Thomas J.
Bollyky, CFR's senior fellow for global health, economics, and
development, will discuss the global rise of noncommunicable diseases.
In
addition to his role at CFR, Mr. Bollyky is an adjunct professor of law
at Georgetown University and consultant to the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation. Prior
to coming to CFR, he was a fellow at the Center for Global Development
and director of intellectual property and pharmaceutical policy at the
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). At USTR, he led the
negotiations for pharmaceuticals, biotechnology,
and medical technologies in the U.S.-Republic of Korea Free Trade
Agreement and represented USTR in the negotiations with China on the
safety of food and drug imports. Mr. Bollyky was also a Fulbright
scholar to South Africa, where he worked as a staff attorney
at the AIDS Law Project on treatment access issues related to HIV/AIDS.
As background for the discussion, you may wish to review the following materials:
1)
Mitchell E. Daniels Jr., Thomas E. Donilon, and Thomas J. Bollyky, "A
New Direction for Global Health," Op-ed, Project Syndicate, December 15,
2014.
2)
Thomas J. Bollyky, "Noncommunicable Diseases by the Numbers,"
Development Channel, Blog, Council on Foreign Relations, December 10,
2014.
3) "The Emerging Global Health Crisis," Task Force Report No. 72, Council on Foreign Relations Press, December 2014.
4) "The Emerging Global Health Crisis," Interactive, Council on Foreign Relations.
Please RSVP to Professor Seth Weinberger at sweinberger@pugetsound.edu ASAP if you're interested in
attending this call.
