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Workshop Agenda and Participants


Old Havana

Thursday, February 15:

AM

Overview of biotechnology and medical research in Cuba
Dr. Agustín Lage Dávila

Historical experience with dengue, malaria, polio and meningitis
Dr. Gustavo Kouri

The Meningitis B vaccine
Dra. Concepcíon Campa

PM:

Meningitis and HIV/AIDS
Dr. Robert Mtonga

Sickle cell anemia research
Dra. Eva Sbach, Dr. Carlos Cabal Mirabal and Dr. Kenneth Bridges

Cancer immunotherapy
Elliott Schiffmann, Ph.D.

Genetic and Dietary factors in cervical cancer
Norma McFarlane-Anderson, Ph.D.

Friday, February 16:

AM

International medical cooperation: Infomed and the Global Health Council
Dr. Jeremías Hernández Ojito and Dr. Nils Daulaire

Effects of the US embargo on new medical treatments
Dr. Julían Pérez Peña

The embargo and international medical cooperation
Dr. Peter Bourne and Ms. Gail Reed

PM Visit to Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and Center for Molecular Immunology

Saturday, February 17:

AM

Ethical and social aspects of biotechnology and medical research
Dr. Jack Winkler and Lee Crandall, Ph.D.

Strengthening International Medical Research
Roundtable Discussion


Jorge Rodriguez Grillo, Orlando Fundora Lopez, and Lee Crandall

Workshop Participants

Participants From Cuban Delegation

Dr. Nestor Acosta Tieles
Doctor in Medicine, Specialist in Pediatrics, Professor of Medicine School, Vice-President for the Commission of Scientists of MOVPAZ, Havana, Cuba

Ms. Amina Aitsiselmi (Algeria)
(Student Young Pugwash Participant) Student in Medicine, St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, England

Dr. José Atlshuler
President of Cuban Society Technology and Science' History, President of the Pugwash Cuban Chapter, Cuba

Dr. José Baudilio Jardines Méndez
Ethic and Health Professor at Medicine University in Havana, Cuba

Dr. Peter Bourne
Vice Chancellor St. George's University, Grenada Dr. Jeffrey Boutwell
Associate Executive Officer, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA

Dr. Kenneth Bridges
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, and Director, Joint Center for Sickle Cell and Thalassemic Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Dr. Carlos A. Cabal Mirabal
Director of Medical Biophysics Center of Santiago de Cuba

Dr. Niviola Cabrera Cruz
Chief of the National Departament of Evaluation of Health Technologies of MINSAP, Cuba

Dr. Rolando Camacho
President of the National Commission of the National Program of Cancer Control, Chief of the National Group of Oncology and Radiobiology, Havana, Cuba

Dr. Conception Campa
President of National Center of Meningoccical Vaccines, Atabey, Cuba

Lee A. Crandall Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Chair for Administration, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Deputy Director, Comprehensive Drug Research Center, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL, USA

Dr. Nils Daulaire
President and CEO, Global Health Council, White River Junction, Vermont, USA

Dr. Yamila de Armas Aguila
Vice-Minister for Teaching and Searching in MINSAP, Havana, Cuba

Lic. Arturo Espinosa Hernández
Vice- President of Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of Peoples, Cuba

Dr. José Luis Fernández Yero
Director of the Center of Immunoassay, Havana, Cuba

Dr. Helenio Ferrer Gracia
Titular Professor of the School of Medical Sciences I.S.M.C.H, Cuba

Lic. Orlando Fundora López
President of the Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of Peoples, Cuba

Dr. Francisco O. González Menció
Director of Researches of the ISCM-H, Havana, Cuba

Dr. Gerardo Guillén Niebla
Director of Researches of the Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Cuba

Dr. Jeremías Hernández Ojito
Director of the National Center of Medical Sciences Information of the Ministery of Public Health, Cuba

Dr. Luis Herrera
Director of the Researches Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Cuba

Dr. Gustavo Kourí Flores
Doctor in Science, General Director of the Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí, Vice President of the Academy of Science from Cuba

Dr. Agustín Lage Dávila
Director of the Center of Molecular Immunology, Havana, Cuba

Dr. Eric Martinez Torres
National Director of Search and Development (Science and Technique) of the MINSAP, Havana, Cuba

Dr. Norma McFarlane-Anderson
Senior Lecturer, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

Dr. Robert E. Mtonga
Federation Vice President representing Africa, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), Zambia

Lic. Onaney Muñiz Gutierrez
President of the Commission for Scientists of MOVPAZ, Havana, Cuba

Dr. Julian Pérez Peña
Director of the National Center for Pharmaco-epidemiology, Havana, Cuba

Dr. Mario Pichardo Díaz
Consultant National OPS-OMS, Cuba

Prof. George Rathjens
Secretary-General, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs; Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA

Ms. Gail Reed
International Director, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC), Atlanta, GA, USA

Dr. Jorge Rodríguez Grillo, Ph.C.
Doctor in Sociological Sciences, Representative in Cuba of the International Association of Educators for World Peace, Official of the Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of Peoples, Cuba

Dr. Elliott Schiffmann
Scientist Emeritus, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA

Dr. Eugenio Selman-Hussein, Ph.D.
President of the Caribbean Medical Association, Cuba

Dr. Gustavo Sierra
Vice Director of Finlay Institute, President of Cuban Society of Immunology, Havana, Cuba

Dr. Rosa Elena Simeón
Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Cuba

Dr. Lidia Tablada
General Director of the National Center of Agropecuary Sanity, CENSA, Havana, Cuba

Lic. Pedro Urra González
Director of Infomed, Telematic Network of Health of Cuba

Prof. Jack Winkler, Ph.D.
Consultant, Food and Health Research, Visiting Fellow at Department of Postgraduate General Practice, London, UK Dr. Rafael Pérez Cristiá
Director of State Control Center, Havana, CubaDr. Eva Sbach
Doctor in Science and Titular Professor of the National Institute of Hematology, Havana, Cuba

PUGWASH STAFF

Rome Office: Claudia Vaughn, Pugwash Conferences, via della Lungara 10, I-00165 rome, Italy. Tel. (++39-06) 6872 606, Fax: (++39-06) 6878 376, E-mail pugwash@iol.it.

STUDENT/YOUNG PUGWASH PARTICIPANTS

Ms. Amina Aitsiselmi (Algeria), Student in Medicine, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, England, UK; Secretary, Cambridge Student/Young Pugwash Institution: St. Catharine's College, Cambridge CB2 1RL, England, UK, Tel.: (++44-1223) 505-910, E-mail: aa250@hermes.cam.ac.uk,
*Home: 6 Claygate, York YO31 0NW, UK,
Tel.: (++44-1904) 414 863, E-mail: see above

PARTICPANTS FROM OUTSIDE CUBA

Dr. Peter G. Bourne, Vice Chancellor, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies; Chairman of the Board, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) [formerly: Special Assistant to the President for Health Affairs (Carter White House); Chairman of the Board, American Association for World Health] Office: St. George's University, P.O. Box 7, St. George's, Grenada, W.I., Tel.: (++473) 444-4175, Fax: (++473) 444-4823, E-mail: pbourne@sgu.edu

Dr. Jeffrey Boutwell, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Cambridge, MA, USA [formerly: Staff Aide, National Security Council, Washington, DC] *Office: AAAS, 136 Irving St., Cambridge, MA 02138, Tel.: (++1-617) 576-5021, Fax: (++1-617) 576-5050, Email: jboutwell@amacad.org, Home Email: Boutwellvt@aol.com

Dr. Kenneth Bridges, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, and Director, Joint Center for Sickle Cell and Thalassemic Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Member, Board of Directors, Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Baroda, India *Office: Joint Center for Sickle Cell and Thalassemic Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Tel.: (++1-617) 732-8490/5842 (direct), Fax: (++1-617) 975-0876, E-mail: kbridges@rics.bwh.harvard.edu, Home: 36 Greylock Road, Newtonville, MA 02465, Tel.: (++1-617) 332-9190

Dr. Lee A. Crandall, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Chair for Administration, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Deputy Director, Comprehensive Drug Research Center, University of Miami School of Medicine Office: Comprehensive Drug Research Center, University of Miami School of Medicine, P.O. Box 016069, Miami, FL 33101, Tel.: (++1-305) 243-3021, Fax: (++1-305) 243-3384, E-mail: crandal@med.miami.edu

Dr. Nils Daulaire, President and CEO, Global Health Council, White River Junction, Vermont, USA [formerly: Senior Health Policy Advisor, U.S. Agency for International Development (1993-1998); John Snow Public Health Group, Director, International Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Major Childhood Diseases (INTERCEPT), Senior Health Administration Advisor and Chief of Party, Nepal Integrated Rural Health and Family Planning Services Project, Director, International Division (Dartmouth Medical School) (1983-1993) *Office: Global Health Council, 20 Palmer Ct., White River Junction, VT, USA 05001, Tel.: (++1-802) 649-1340, Fax: (++1-802) 649-1396, E-mail: ndaulaire@globalhealth.org

Dr. Norma McFarlane-Anderson, Senior Lecturer, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, Office: Biochemistry, Basic Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston 7, Jamaica, Tel.: (++876) 935-8792, Fax: (++876) 977-3823, E-mail: nander@uwimona.edu.jm, Home: 8 Edgecombe Ave., Kingston 6, Jamaica, Tel.: (++876) 927-4016, Fax: (++876) 978-7710

Dr. Robert Mtonga, Registrar, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia; Federation Vice President representing Africa, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) Office: University of Zambia, P.O. Box 50110, Lusaka, Zambia, Tel.: (++260-9) 7842922, Fax: (++260-1) 250753, E-mail: unza@zamnet.zm (or) Zhsr@yahoo.com, *Home: Flat 2A, Memaco, Mansaroad, Emmasdale, Lusaka, Zambia, E-mail: bobmtonga@hotmail.com

Prof. George Rathjens, Secretary-General, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs; Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA *Office: Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, AAAS, 136 Irving St., Cambridge, MA 02138, Tel.: (++1-617) 576-5022, Fax: (++1-617) 576-5050, E-mail: pugwashdc@aol.com (or) E 38-614, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA, Tel.: (++1-617) 253-7282, Fax. (++1-617) 253-9330, E-mail: gwrathje@mit.edu, Home: 39 Sewall St., W. Newton, MA 02465, USA, Tel.: (++1-617) 332-0767

Ms. Gail Reed, International Director, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC), Atlanta, Georgia, and Editor, MEDICC Review; Consultant, The Christopher Reynolds Foundation Institution: MEDICC, Emory University School of Nursing Building, Room 438, 1520 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA, 30322-4207, USA, E-mail: medic@infomed.sld.cu
Permanent home: 1453 W. Addison, Chicago, IL, 60613 Temporary home: Goicuria #102, Esquina a Luis Esteves, Santos Suarez, La Habana, Tel.: (++537) 53-9055, Fax: (++537) 57-7460, E-mail: see above

Dr. Elliott Schiffmann, Scientist Emeritus, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA *Office: National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, Tel.: (++1-301) 496-3324, Fax: (++1-301) 951-0361, E-mail: elliotts@mail.nih.gov Home: 3207 Pickwick Lane, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-4041, Tel.: (++1-301) 657-2863, Fax: see above

Prof. Jack Winkler, Ph.D., Consultant, Food and Health Research (current research focusing on links between genetics and food health policy, through genetically modified crops, genetic screening and gene therapy); Visiting Fellow, Department of Postgraduate General Practice, London, UK Mailing address: 28 Saint Paul Street, Islington, London N1 - 7AB, Tel.: (++44-20) 7226-1672, Fax: (++44-20) 7688-1636, E-mail: wink@talk21.com