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X-WR-CALNAME:Breakthrough Thinking session on health security
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DESCRIPTION:UNMC will continue its Breakthrough Thinking Conference Series 
 on Dec. 15\, with a hybrid presentation focused on health security and inf
 ectious diseases.\n\nThe annual series\, open to all UNMC faculty\, staff 
 and students\, is designed to challenge and inspire out-of-the-box thinkin
 g.\n\nAttendees will hear from Major Gen. (ret.) Paul Friedrichs\, MD\, de
 puty assistant to the president and inaugural director of The White House 
 Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy. His presentation\, ti
 tled “Rethinking Biopreparedness\,” will take place from noon to 1 p.m
 . CST. Attendees are invited to attend the talk via Zoom\, or in-person in
  Room 2006 of the UNMC Center for Drug Discovery and Lozier Center for Pha
 rmacy Sciences and Education. \n\nJoin the webinar here.\n\nIn his role\, 
 Major Gen. Friedrichs\, who will receive an honorary degree at UNMC’s De
 c. 15 commencement\, advises the president and coordinates U.S. government
  efforts to enhance the United States and its partners’ ability to prepa
 re for and respond to pandemics and other biologic events. He previously s
 erved as special assistant to the president and senior director for global
  health security and biodefense at the White House National Security Counc
 il\, where he coordinated U.S. policy to detect\, prevent\, prepare for\, 
 and respond to\, infectious diseases and biological threats. \n\nHe previo
 usly served as the Joint Staff Surgeon at the Pentagon\, where he provided
  medical advice to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Department
  of Defense (DOD) operations and also served as the medical advisor to the
  DOD COVID-19 Task Force. He also was the U.S. representative to the North
  Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medi
 cal Services. In addition to caring for patients in combat\, Antarctica an
 d other austere locations\, he has led DOD's global medical evacuation sys
 tem and assisted in multiple major domestic and international responses to
  natural disasters and biological outbreaks\, as well as multiple global h
 ealth engagements.
LOCATION:UNMC Center for Drug Discovery and Lozier Center for Pharmacy Scie
 nces and Education\, Room 2006
SUMMARY:Breakthrough Thinking session on health security
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 _health_security
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