April 4, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Empowering Healthier Communities: How Health Promotion Research Can Advance the Philippines’ Universal Health Care Journey
Featuring Katherine Ann V. Reyes, MD, MPP, LEAD fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Thursday, April 4th, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
(Hybrid) 665 Huntington Avenue, Building 1, Room 1208, Boston, MA 02115 and via Zoom
To attend a hybrid seminar in-person, a Harvard ID is required to access the building.
For questions, please contact Jessica Majano jmajanoguevara@hsph.harvard.edu.
Dr. Katherine Ann Reyes is a licensed Philippine physician and holds a Master of Public Policy from the National University of Singapore. She was recently appointed Program Lead to establish the Institute of Health Promotion at the National Institutes of Health University of the Philippines Manila, a key component in the implementation of the country’s UHC Law. She co-founded the Alliance for Improving Health Outcomes (AIHO), a local non-profit public health organization that has worked to improve opportunities for aspiring professionals in their field. She served as an inaugural member of the Philippine Health Technology Assessment Council and the UP Manila Committee of Research Integrity. She was also the first Board Member for the Western Pacific Region at Health Systems Global, where she helped to formalize the society’s expansion work in the region. Further, Dr. Reyes is a founding member of the Philippine Society of Public Health Physicians and a co-convener of Women in Global Health Philippines. In recognition of her work, Dr. Reyes was awarded the Gawad Lagablab for Social Upliftment by the Philippine Science High School National Alumni Association in 2021.
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