Book Launch with Drs. Peter Berman and David Patrick

Join us for an engaging discussion on global health preparedness and response at the launch of Effective Pandemic Response: Linking Evidence, Intervention, Politics, Organization, and Governance, a groundbreaking multi-volume reference edited by Peter Berman, Emeritus Professor and Editor-in-Chief, David Patrick, Professor and Editor, Ashley Larnder, PhD Student and Editor, Candice Ruck, Editor.

This collection brings together diverse disciplines—from epidemiology and medical sciences to political science, economics, and governance—to explore the complex factors shaping global health crises. With insights spanning infectious disease outbreaks, non-communicable diseases, mental health, and the health impacts of climate change, the book introduces the Institutions, Politics, Public Health Systems Organization, and Governance (IPOG) framework as a critical tool for analyzing and improving pandemic preparedness and response.

At this event, the editors will share key takeaways from their work. Whether you are a public health professional, policymaker, researcher, or simply interested in the future of global health, this is an opportunity to gain fresh perspectives from leading experts.

The event includes a media interview, followed by an audience Q&A. Refreshments will be served.

In-person: Lobby, School of Population and Public Health, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z3

Online: Zoom

About the Speakers:

Prof. Peter Berman (MSc, PhD) is a health economist with five decades of experience in research, policy analysis and development, and training and education in global health. Prof. Berman is Emeritus Professor of Public Health at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver Canada. He was the Director of the School for 2019 and 2020 and remained as a faculty member until the end of 2022. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Global Health at Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University.

Prof. Berman was on the faculty of Harvard University for a quarter century, lastly as Professor of the Practice of Global Health Systems and Economics at Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) in Boston, USA. He is also affiliated as Adjunct Professor at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) in New Delhi, India and as advisor to the China National Health Development Research Center for health care financing and health accounts.

Prof. Berman was the founding faculty director of Harvard Chan's new Doctor of Public Health degree and was actively engaged in graduate education reform in global public health at Harvard. In recent years, Prof. Berman has led several innovative research projects on developing primary care systems, strengthening service delivery, and improving health care financing mechanisms for better outcomes, with a focus on work in Ethiopia, India, and Malaysia. Prof. Berman continued his work in Ethiopia while at UBC.

Pr. David Patrick is a public health leader, researcher and educator with expertise in epidemiology and infectious diseases. He joined the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) in 1991, working on sexually transmitted infections and HIV through the 1990s, and assume leadership of the BCCDC's epidemiology division in the 2000s. During that time, his team dealt with SARS, H1N1 pandemic influenza and rolled out new immunization programs. From 2011 to 2016, he was director of the UBC School of Population & Public Health, for which he was recognized for distinguished service. He served as the Director of Research for BCCDC from 2019-2023 and maintains an active program of research on antimicrobial use and resistance and the link between antibiotic use in infancy and atopic disease.Pr. Patrick has developed UBC's graduate course on Control of Communicable Diseases, and was responsible for the birth of the only tropical medicine course in western Canada.

During the COVID-19, Pr. Patrick was co-chair of BC's Strategic Research Advisory Committee. This allowed connection of top regional researchers with graduate students at UBC to produce timely expert reviews on interventions and challenges for the pandemic, the basis of the first volume of the series.

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