ABOUT EVENT

In 2015, United Nations member states adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a Blueprint for achieving a set of interconnected targets to advance global health, equity and development. With just four years left before the SDGs’ 2030 end date, it’s clear many of these milestones won’t be met. What, then, was the value of adopting the SDGs, and what should come next?

With lessons from the SDGs as a guide, this Think Global panel will ask whether the world should adopt a new set of goals to succeed the SDGs after their 2030 expiration, and if so, what those goals should prioritize. Panelists will tackle these questions drawing on their diverse disciplines and expertise—political economy, public policy, family medicine, demography, disease modeling, financing and health economics. 

SPEAKERS

Gavin Yamey MD, MPH (moderator) is a Professor of Global Health at DGHI and Professor of Public Policy in the Sanford School. He directs DGHI’s Center for Policy Impact in Global Health based, an innovative policy lab that addresses critical challenges in financing, delivering, and implementing global health, with a particular focus on global public goods, infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and universal health coverage. He runs the Duke Geneva Global Health Fellows program, is core faculty at the Duke Margolis Institute of Health Policy, and affiliate faculty of Duke Science and Society. Gavin co-chairs the Financing Working Group for the WHO’s Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and served as a Commissioner for four Lancet commissions—Investing in Health; Tuberculosis; Global Surgery; and Peaceful Societies Through Health & Gender Equality.

Omar Karlsson is a Senior Research Associate at DGHI’s Center for Policy Impact in Global Health and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Duke University Population Research Institute. He has a background in economic demography and global health and received his PhD in Economic History from Lund University in Sweden. His research focuses on mortality, child health, obesity, population aging, health inequalities, and human development.

Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD, FAAFP, is a family physician, Professor and Director for Community Engagement in Duke University’s Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. She is President of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) (until November 2027) and previously served as WONCA’s liaison to the World Health Organization (2016-2021). Her academic work focuses on health equity, population health, primary health care, and access to care for Latine and immigrant communities. She is the Principal Investigator of FIEL-NC, a Duke initiative integrating research, community engagement, and education to improve health insurance enrollment and access to care among Latino communities in North Carolina.

Osondu Ogbuoji, MBBS, MPH, ScD, is an Associate Professor at the Duke Global Health Institute and the Department of Population Health Sciences at the Duke University School of Medicine. He is also Core Faculty at the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy and serves as Deputy Director and Research Lead at the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. Dr. Ogbuoji is a physician, health economist, and health systems researcher whose work focuses on improving health system performance, strengthening health financing, and advancing equitable access to care, particularly for populations living in poverty. His research applies quantitative and systems science methods to inform policy on health system strengthening, sustainable health financing, country-led transitions from donor support, and equitable child and maternal health. Dr. Ogbuoji serves as a commissioner on The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health, The Lancet Commission on Preventing Viral Spillovers, and The Lancet Commission on Global Hearing Loss. He is also a member of the Economics and Financing Workstream of the World Health Organization's Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health.

Mitu Sengupta, PhD, is Full Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University. Mitu has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto. Mitu has published widely on Indian market liberalization and development, on labor and migration in India, and on the politics of sporting events and film. Her more recent work focuses on normative concerns in international development and international relations. 
 

This is a hybrid event with both in-person and remote attendance options. Attendance in person is encouraged. Lunch will be available.