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SPECIAL OFFERS FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!

Take advantage of discounted room rates as the Cherry Blossom Festival coincides with CUGH 2026! Book now here.

Early bird registration rate EXTENDED to February 21st. Register today! 

Purchase 10 registrations, get one free! Available until February 27th.

Speakers include:

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson, Science Communicator, Author, TV host, American Museum of Natural History, USA

  • Jarbas Barbosa, Director, Pan American Health Organization

  • Mohammed Ali Pate, Minister of Health, Nigeria

  • Peter Sands, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight HIV, TB, and Malaria, Switzerland

  • Fola Adeleke, Executive Director, Global Center on AI Governance, Canada

  • John Wong, Senior Vice President, Health Innovation & Translation, National University of Singapore

  • Solange Baptiste, Executive Director, ITPC Global, South Africa

  • Abebe Bekele, Dean, School of Medicine UGHE, Rwanda

  • Richard Damania, Chief Economist, The World Bank

  • Kashmira Date, Senior Director, Medical and Scientific Affairs Pfizer, USA

  • Wafaie Fawzi, Professor of Global Health, Harvard University, USA

  • Emilie Filmer-Wilson, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

  • Linda Fried, Dean Emerita, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University, USA

  • Sofia Gruskin, Director, Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, USC, USA

  • Adil Haider, Fmr. Dean of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Pakistan

  • Chris Hanley, Director, Grand Challenge on Climate and Health, National Academy of Medicine, USA

  • James Hospedales, Founder, EarthMedic and EarthNurse, Trinidad and Tobago

  • Judy Khanyola, Vice-President, AFREhealth, Kenya

  • Peter Kilmarx, Acting Director, Fogarty International Center NIH, USA

  • Pushpam Kumar, Chief Environmental Economist, UN Environment Program

  • Yodi Mahendradhata, Dean Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

  • Mogomotsi Matshaba, Executive Director, Botswana Baylor Children’s Trust, Botswana

  • Zoë Mullan, Editor in Chief, The Lancet Global Health, UK

  • Dean Peacock, Director, Global Coalition for WHO Action on Firearm Violence, South Africa

  • Carolina Palmieri, Director of Programs, Child Family Health International, Costa Rica

  • Mary Mulusa, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank- IDA

  • Richard Oberhelman, Associate Dean for Global Health, Tulane University, USA

  • Leila Hanafi, Senior Integrity Specialist, World Bank, and Senior Legal Specialist, Global Financing Facility

  • Priya Shyamsundar, Lead Economist, The Nature Conservancy, USA

  • Dorlim Uetela, Head of Research Programs on Endemic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Mozambique

Conference Highlights

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200+ Speakers

Leading experts from around the world sharing insights on global health challenges

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40+ Panels

Interactive discussions on critical topics shaping the future of global health

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500 Abstract

Comprehensive program including workshops, networking events, and special sessions

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Pre-Conference Workshops

Hands-on sessions to build skills, foster collaboration, and dive deeper into key topics.

Hotel Reservation

Rooms have been reserved at the Washington Hilton (conference venue) for the period of the meeting.

 

Attendees who wish to make a hotel reservation should follow the instructions below. Rooms will be reserved on a 'first come, first served' basis.

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Hotel Reservation

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Paige Alexander

Chief Executive Officer, The Carter Center, USA

Rhonda Sealey-Thomas

Assistant Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Monika Kosinska

Global Head of Economic and Commercial Determinants, WHO

Jorge Saavedra

Executive Director, AHF Global Public Health Institute, Mexico

David Peters

Dean, Faculty of Health, York University, Canada

Christian Acemah

Executive Secretary, Uganda National Academy of Sciences, Uganda

Kathleen M. Neuzil

Director, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, USA

Jimmy Kolker

Former Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, US State Department, USA

Eche Ezeanolue

Country Lead, West Africa Implementation Alliance, Nigeria

Ximena Garzon Villalba

Former Minister of Health, Ecuador

Patricia Garcia

Former Minister of Health, Peru

Elizabeth Bukusi

Chief Research Officer, The Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya

Elizabeth Bukusi

Chief Research Officer, The Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya

Elizabeth Bukusi

Chief Research Officer, The Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya

Elizabeth Bukusi

Chief Research Officer, The Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya

Elizabeth Bukusi

Chief Research Officer, The Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya

Stacy Rasmus

Director, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

Launette Woolforde

Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, Northwell Health

Calae Phillipe

Longevity and Regenerative Therapies, Bahamas

James Hospedales

Director, Earth Medic/Earth Nurse, Trinidad and Tobago

Prabhat Jha

Head, Department of Population Health, Oxford University, UK

Olawale Maiyegun

Director for Social Affairs, African Union, Nigeria

Roger Glass

President, China Medical Board, China

Sofia Gruskin

Director, USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health USA

Juliet Iwelunmor

Associate Director, Global Health and Dissemination, USA

Leo Anthony Celi

Senior Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Lauren Swan-Potras

Managing Editor, Journal of Health Communication, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health, USA

Yodi Mahendradhata

Vice Dean for Research and Development, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

Nelson Sewankambo

President, Makerere University. The African Forum for Research and Education in Health, Uganda

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