Dr. Ali S. Khan will join APF President Shamila N. Chaudhary to discuss his book The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers. Dr. Khan offers an insider's account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases - and the panic and corruption that make them worse. In his long-career as a public health first responder, Dr. Khan has found that while rogue microbes will always be a problem, it is in fact people who often cause outbreaks. This webinar will discuss Dr. Khan's professional journey as a global public health expert and will focus on the consequences of our actions when it comes to global health emergencies.
Speakers:
Dr. Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, MBA, is Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and a former Assistant Surgeon General with the US Public Health Service. As Dean of the UNMC College of Public Health, his focus is on health system and community-based health transformations. Dr. Khan’s professional career has focused on health security, global health, and emerging infectious diseases. He completed a 23-year career as a senior director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which he joined as a disease detective, and where he led and responded to numerous high profile domestic and international public health responses. Dr. Khan is the author of The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind’s Gravest Dangers. He is an APF President's Circle member.
Shamila N. Chaudhary was appointed President of the American Pakistan Foundation in August 2019. Chaudhary is a foreign policy analyst specializing in South Asia. Her work is regularly cited and published in Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, the New York Times and she has frequently appeared on CNN, BBC News America, NPR, Fox News, and other outlets. She served 12 years in the Bush and Obama administrations, including at the White House as Director for Pakistan and Afghanistan on the National Security Council and on the U.S. Department of State’s Policy Planning Staff, where she advised Secretary Clinton and the late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke on Afghanistan and Pakistan.