Please join One Health Academy on Thursday, June 8th, 2017 at 6:30 PM at the Capital Yacht Club (660 Water St SW) in Washington, DC where our guest speaker will be Mr. Joshua Glasser. Please RSVP, by e-mailing [email protected].
Joshua Glasser is a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State's Office of International Health and Biodefense, where he holds a portfolio focused on human health and the global environment. He has also served with the Department's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and the Special Envoy for Climate Change. Josh has worked on a variety of One Health issues, including in the Arctic region, Southeast Asia, and India, and in the context of the Global Health Security Agenda and the World Health Organization. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in political science and public policy analysis. He holds a Master of Science in Global Health and Population from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where his thesis focused on mapping human vulnerability to climate-related health risks. He has also studied as a Fulbright Scholar in Vietnam (2007-2008). Josh joined the State Department as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2013; his work has been recognized with a Superior Honor Award, three Meritorious Honor Awards, and a Director's Award from the National Institutes of Mental Health.
There is a 50 person limit to our meeting so we suggest you register early. The cost of the evening is $20.00 per person and includes dinner, discussion with colleagues and networking. Students (with identification) may attend for $10.00.
Please RSVP by emailing
[email protected] with your name and the name of any guests attending. Payment will be
taken electronically by PayPal or by cash or check at the door. All RSVPs should be in by the Tuesday before the meeting, June 6th.
If you end up not being able to make it after your RSVP, please let us know at [email protected]
as we factor in the cost for food based on RSVP count.
The nearest Metro station is Waterfront-SEU.
The entrance to the club is facing the water where the old Channel Inn used to be.
Free Parking is now available to the left of the building in the surface lot labeled for Capital Yacht Club members
.
If you have any questions about this event you can contact us at
[email protected].
