The Alaska World Affairs Council Presents

Jan Agosti, MD
Senior Program Officer, Infectious Disease Development
Global Health Program Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

“Global Health: The Gates Foundation Approach to Global Health Inequity”

Friday, 27th February 2009 – Hilton Hotel
Doors open at 11:30 a.m. - Program begins at 12:00 p.m.
For Reservations
RSVP by Wednesday, 25th February to the Alaska World Affairs Council
by telephone 276-8038 or by email to AlaskaWorldAffairs.org .
Lunch Program $20 for Members - $25 for Non-Members - $6 for Coffee Only

Dr. Jan Agosti is a Senior Program Officer in Infectious Disease Development and Strategic Program Lead for Neglected and Other Infectious Diseases at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Her primary areas of focus are enteric vaccines, HPV vaccine and neglected tropical diseases. She directed clinical research at Immunex (Amgen) for the previous eleven years, conducting phase 1-4 studies and strategic development of multiple novel biologic compounds for immunologic disorders, infectious diseases and vaccines. These efforts led to first-in-class compounds and successful therapeutics. When on the medical school faculty of the University of Washington, she co-founded the AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Unit, founded the AIDS clinic at University of Washington Hospitals and Clinics and co-directed the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit. These efforts contributed to the first approved antiretroviral treatments. Author of over 50 scientific publications, she is board certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease and Allergy and Immunology. Jan completed her undergraduate education at Stanford University with honors and
received her medical degree at the University of California, San Diego. She finished her internal medicine internship at University of Chicago and internal medicine residency and research fellowships at the University of Washington where she did laboratory research in immunology and parasitology leading to the Young Investigator Award of the American Society of Allergy and Immunology. She has done fieldwork in developing countries, including India and the Thai/Cambodian border.