2017 APRU GLOBAL HEALTH CONFERENCE

16-19 October 2017

Novotel Hotel, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City

Monday, October 16
09:00am – 04:00pm Special Workshops with lunch (pre-registration required)
09:00am – 04:00pm Special Workshop #1:
09:00am – 11:00am Substance Abuse in the Philippines
11:30am – 04:00pm Migration in the Pacific Rim
09:00am – 04:00pm Special Workshop #2: New Directions in Cancer Research
06:00pm – 08:00pm Dinner: Advisory Group Meeting (by invitation only)
Tuesday, October 17
09:00am – 09:30am Opening Session
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Curtis Harris, National Cancer Institute, U.S.
09:30am – 10:15am
Precision Medicine Strategy: Environment and Human Cancer
10:15am – 11:00am Break and Group Photo
11:00am – 12:15pm Panel 1: Academics as Policymakers
12:15pm – 01:15pm Lunch and Student Poster Viewing
01:15pm – 03:15pm APRU Global Health Working Group Meetings
03:15pm – 03:30pm Break
03:30pm – 05:00pm CONCURRENT PANELS (5 speakers each from abstract review process)
06:00pm – 08:00pm Workshop Dinner
Wednesday, October 18
09:00am – 09:30am Update on the Manila Statement on Migration
09:30am – 10:15am Invited Speaker
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 12:15pm Panel 2: Air Pollution
12:15pm – 01:30pm Lunch and Student Poster Viewing
01:30pm – 02:00pm Invited Speaker
Invited Speaker: Dr. Leonardo De Castro, UP-Manila
02:00pm – 02:30pm
Bioethics in Research
02:30pm – 03:30pm Global Health Virtual Case Competition- Finals Screening and Judging
03:30pm – 03:45pm Break
03:45pm – 04:15pm Awards Ceremony
Update on APRU Global Health Program
04:15pm – 04:45pm
Dr. Mellissa Withers, University of Southern California
Closing
04:45pm – 05:00pm
Dr. Jonathan Samet, University of Southern California
Thursday, October 19
08:30am – 04:00pm Optional Networking Field Trip with lunch