Friday 22nd November 2024
Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain
Speakers
Mr D'Agostino will deliver his feature presentation:
“The Digital Transformation of the Health Sector in the Americas: Opportunities and Challenges”
FEATURE SPEAKER
Mr Marcelo D'Agostino
PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Marcelo D'Agostino is the Chief of Information Systems and Digital Health in the Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization.
He is a Systems Analyst from Argentina, with a Master's in Information and Knowledge Management. Since the year 2000, Marcelo has held various technical and managerial positions at PAHO, such as Chief of the Regional Office Library, Senior Advisor for Knowledge Management, Director of Knowledge Management and Communications, and Director of Bioethics and Research. He led the development and approval of several strategies and policy documents on Information Systems and Digital Health for the Americas that were endorsed by all the Ministries of Health of the Region.
Recently, he led and implemented a renewed action framework for health information systems and currently leads the development and implementation of a framework for the Digital Transformation of the Health Sector in the Americas, and coordinates issues of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity in public health. Marcelo also acts as the PAHO focal point to the WHO for the implementation of the Global Digital Health Strategy.
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDEE
& FEATURE SPEAKER
Prof Dan Ramdath
GUELPH RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
Prof. Dan Ramdath BSc., MSc., PhD, FACN is a Human Nutrition Scientist with postdoctoral training in Clinical Biochemistry. He is currently the Director of Research and a Clinical Research Scientist (Human Nutrition) at the Guelph Research and Development Centre. His research focuses on clinical trials for regulatory approval of health claims and knowledge translation for health policy formulation. He was previously Full Professor and Head, the Department of Preclinical Sciences at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad, where his work focused on interventions to reduce chronic disease burden in adults and to promote healthy lifestyles in young school children.
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Dan’s early research led to the development of F100 therapeutic feed for severe malnutrition children; he also contributed to a standardized method for measuring the glycemic index of foods. He was involved in preparing clinical practice guidelines for diabetes and hypertension in the Caribbean, and led the development of the current WHO/PAHO Caribbean Dietary Reference Intake Guidelines.
Dan has served on several WHO/PAHO Technical Committees on promoting healthy eating and the prevention of childhood obesity. He was Vice Chair of WHO/PAHO Expert Committee to establish a Nutrient Profiling Model for the Americas. This policy document has served as the basis for development and implementation of front-of-pack labelling in the Americas. Presently he is a member of the WHO guideline development group on the consumption of tropical oils. He currently serves as a Member of the Caribbean Public Health Agency Research Advisory Committee. In this capacity, he has made significant contributions towards building research capacity in the Caribbean and securing funding for Caribbean students to train in Canada. He has supervised over 30 graduate students and published over 100 peer-reviewed research papers.
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Affiliations & Awards include: Adjunct Professor, University of Saskatchewan; Adjunct Professor, University of Guelph; Honorary Professor, University of the West Indies; Fellow of the American College of Nutrition; University of the West Indies Distinguished Alumni Award; Commonwealth Medical Fellow.
Professor Dan Ramdath will be awarded the 2024 Research for Health Lifetime Achievement Award, and will deliver his feature presentation:
“ Implementing Dietary Guidelines to Reduce NCDs:
Why aren't we there yet?”