Climate, Health, Finance : What are Crises?

Wednesday, March 1, 2023 18:30-19:30, L’ESPACE, 1 Rue du 23-Août, 1205 Genève, Switzerland
Website: https://lespacedapres.ch/
Organizer(s):
  • Boris Fernandez

Meeting agenda:

  1. Welcome and introduction (guest, lecturers)
  2. Lecture: Prof. Bettina Borisch, Should we still talk about Crises?
  3. Lecture: Coll MacDougall-HunterEvaluation of WPD & Beyond; what's new since?

Dr. Borisch is an MD and a Histopathologist, MPH and Fellow of the Royal College of Pathology (UK).

Dr. Bettina Borisch

She studied Medicine and Modern History in Kiel (Germany) and Lausanne (Switzerland). She completed her pathology residency in Kiel, Würzburg and Bern (Profs Lennert, Müller-Hermlink and Laissue). In 1995 she was appointed professor at the University of Geneva. She was director of the institute of Clinical Pathology until 2003. Since then she is at the Institute for Global Health. She has close collaborations with the World Health organisation, the International Agency for the Research in Cancer and is a board member of several foundations and academic societies both in Switzerland and internationally.  

She was president of Europa Donna – The European Breast Cancer Forum and Founding President of the Swiss Forum of Europa Donna. She teaches at the University of Geneva, the Swiss School of Public Health and also interacts with patient support groups.  She is authour of over 120 scientific papers and 2 books.  

For more information:

https://www.unige.ch/medecine/isg/en/staff/bettina-borisch/ https://www.wfpha.org/headquarters-team/ 

Coll MacDougall-Hunter

Mr. MacDougall-Hunter is a founding member of Rotary Genève International, Rotaract's sponsoring club. He is a Paul Harris Fellow

Mr. MacDougall-Hunter is the CEO of Hunter Global Tracking, a GPS world tracking company. He has previously occupied the positions of Special Advisor, Principal Advisor and Senior Advisor at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD).


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