Global Coalition of Deans of Schools of Public Health------Deans Lecture Series

Topic: Health and Sustainable Development

About the Speaker: Dr. Margaret Chan, obtained her medical degree from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. She joined the Hong Kong Department of Health in 1978, where her career in public health began. In 1994, Dr. Chan was appointed Director of Health of Hong Kong，the first woman to hold that position. In her nine-year tenure as director, she launched new services to prevent the spread of disease and promote better health. In 2003, Dr. Chan joined WHO as Director of the Department for Protection of the Human Environment. In June 2005, she was appointed Director, Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response as well as Representative of the Director-General for Pandemic Influenza. In September 2005, she was named Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases. Dr. Chan was elected to the post of Director-General on 9 November 2006. The Assembly appointed Dr. Chan for a second five-year term at its sixty-fifth session in May 2012. Dr. Chan’s last term began on 1 July 2012 and ended on 30 June 2017. On 2 April 2020, Dr. Chan was appointed as inaugural Dean of Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, China.

About the Lecture: Through concept analysis and case study, this lecture will interpret the important role of advancing global health in promoting sustainable development, as well as the inseparable and interlocking relationship among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Time: Monday 11 July 9:40 (Beijing Time)

Zoom ID: 857 8338 1621

Passcode: 0711

Live Stream Link: https://wx.vzan.com/live/tvchat-39004803?v=637915243203390638