Abstract:
Global health security exists when strong and resilient public health systems prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats—wherever they occur in the world. These infectious disease threats can be naturally occurring, accidental, or deliberate. In this seminar. Dr. Stefanie B. McBride will share her experiences working in public health policy to address threats to global health security in the United States and around the world. She will share how her graduate training at the University of Illinois provided a strong foundation for a transition from the lab bench into public policy and explore the connections between national security and public health issues, including antimicrobial resistance.
Bio:
Dr. Stefanie Bumpus McBride is the Associate Director for Antimicrobial Resistance Policy and Partnerships in the Antimicrobial Resistance Coordination and Strategy Unit at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In this role, Stefanie supports strategic policy and partnership efforts to help CDC combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance in the United States and around the world. Prior to this role, Stefanie supported CDC programs to improve healthcare quality and patient safety and strengthen global health security. Stefanie also served as a Special Assistant to a former CDC Director during the emergency responses to West Africa Ebola outbreak and Zika virus. After graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Ph.D. in chemistry, Stefanie was an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow at the Department of Defense. Stefanie received her B.S. in chemistry from the University of Louisville (Louisville, KY) in 2005, graduating summa cum laude.
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