BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of Medicine - ECPv6.11.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:/medicine X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Department of Medicine REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T130000 DTSTAMP:20250510T181518 CREATED:20241015T131923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T135747Z UID:10001533-1729166400-1729170000@www.med.unc.edu SUMMARY:DOM Medicine Grand Rounds Dr. Nancy Messonnier presents: "Accomplishments and Opportunities for Impact in Public Health" DESCRIPTION:Nancy Messonnier\, MD\, has been dean of the şÚÁĎÍř Gillings School of Global Public Health and Bryson Distinguished Professor in Public Health since fall 2022. \nDean Messonnier’s dedication to achieving public health impact through successful implementation informs her leadership of the Gillings School across academics\, research\, practice\, policy and outreach. With a focus on impact both within North Carolina and around the world\, she works with Gillings School faculty\, staff\, students and partners to expand initiatives in public health practice\, behavioral health\, climate and health\, generative artificial intelligence and women’s health\, among other opportunities. \nBefore she joined the Gillings School as dean\, Dr. Messonnier’s 25-year career as a public health leader was devoted to developing and implementing accessible vaccines\, promoting vaccine confidence\, addressing disparities in immunization coverage and preventing future pandemics — all on a global scale. \nShe served in influential roles at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)\, including as director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) from 2014 to 2021. Dr. Messonnier led the NCIRD’s response to COVID-19 and served as the CDC’s chief architect of the COVID vaccine implementation program\, helping to develop\, evaluate and distribute vaccines across the United States. \nShe was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine in 2021 and served as executive director for pandemic prevention and health systems at the Skoll Foundation from 2021 to 2022. \nDr. Messonnier received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania\, earned a medical degree at the University of Chicago School of Medicine and completed internal medicine residency training at the University of Pennsylvania. URL:/medicine/event/dom-medicine-grand-rounds-dr-nancy-messionnier-presents-accomplishments-and-opportunities-for-impact-in-public-health/ LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR