Research!America's Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research and FamiliesUSA's Global Health Initiative hosted a Capitol Hill briefing, Global Health IS America's Health, on November 18. With the sponsorship of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Task Force on Health and the Environment and Congressional Global Health Caucus, the briefing illustrated how global health and America's health are intertwined.
Speakers
- Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH, Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Romel Lacson, MPH, Project Director, Amaya Lacson TB Photovoice Project
- Samuel Stanley Jr., MD, Vice Chancellor for Research, Washington University; Paul G. Rogers Society Ambassador
- Eric Bing, MD, PhD, MPH, Endowed Professor of Global Health & HIV, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science; Paul G. Rogers Society Ambassador
Rogers Society Ambassadors Samuel Stanley Jr., MD, and Eric Bing, MD, PhD, MPH, each spoke about the return the U.S. receives on its investment in global health research, both at home and abroad. "When we support research, there is a real economic impact," Stanley said. Bing discussed the importance of health diplomacy through research, saying, "Our relationships abroad are an asset, not a liability."
Stanley and Bing made use of their trip to Washington with personal visits to members and Committee staffers on the Hill before and after the briefing.