Press Advisory
September 21, 2004
Contact: Timothy S. McCoy (mccoy@umbi.umd.edu) 410-706-1954
| What: |
Gates Foundation, Director
of Global Health to Speak |
| Where: |
Tuesday, September 21, 2004: 2 p.m. |
| When: |
Westminster Hall
500 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201. |
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 (BALTIMORE,
MD) - At the First Annual Stewart and Marlene Greenebaum Lecture hosted by the
Institute of Human Virology, Dr. Richard Klausner, executive director of the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health Program, will speak
on the “Grand Challenges in Global Health.”
Dr. Klausner, former director of the National Cancer Institute, led one of
the world’s largest research and health agencies creating successful national
and international programs aimed at applying science and technology to improving
the public health. With Dr. Anthony Fauci, he oversaw the creation and development
of the NCI’s Vaccine Research Center. Dr. Klausner is the author of more
than 280 scientific articles and several books and is a member of the National
Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine. He has won numerous honors
and awards for his work.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is focused on reducing global health
inequities by accelerating the development, deployment and sustainability of
health interventions that will save lives and dramatically reduce the disease
burden in developing countries. Fourteen thousand people become infected with
HIV every day, the majority in sub-Saharan Africa. Stopping the transmission
of HIV is the foundation’s top global health priority.
The Institute of Human Virology is dedicated to addressing the global AIDS
pandemic. The IHV, founded in 1996 by Dr. Robert C. Gallo, co-discoverer of
the virus that causes AIDS, is the first center of its kind with broad expertise
in AIDS research, treatment and prevention. The IHV has created a leading vaccine
candidate that is slated for human testing in 2005; treats approximately 4,000
patients locally and has international collaborations underway at 109 sites
in 36 countries. Baltimore ranks third nationally for HIV infection.
Stewart Greenebaum is a founding member of the IHV’s Board of Directors
and is committed to improving the human condition. Greenebaum and his wife,
Marlene, have received many humanitarian awards for their contributions. Together,
they have founded charitable organizations with worldwide reach, made countless
monetary contributions and devoted hours of service through leadership and volunteerism.
Greenebaum will be the recipient this fall of the IHV’s Lifetime Achievement
Award, the first dedicated to a non-scientist for his contributions to the cause.
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