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The 2021 BMI Prize Award

Zoom Webinar, October 17th, 2021 , 16:00 (Israel time)

 

Starting 2017, BMI awards a $100,000 prize to an exceptional researcher who has devoted his/her research and academic life to the solution of a strategic global challenge and whose research public action and ideas had transformative impacts on global policy formation, as well as a proven contribution to the welfare of a significant number of communities worldwide. 

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The 2021 BMI Prize Laureate is Dr. John N. Nkengasong, Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

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Agenda 

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16:00 

 

  • Awarding of the prize by TAU President, Prof. Ariel Porat

  •  Presentation of the Prize Laureate: Prof. Silvia Koton, Chair of the Prize Evaluation Committee, Head of the Herczeg Institute on Aging, Tel Aviv University; Head of PhD Program, Department of Nursing, School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine

  •  Greetings of BMI Founder and President, Dr. Boris Mints

  •  Greetings of Prof. Itai Sened, Dean of the Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences and Head of BMI

 

16:25  

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  • Acceptance speech and keynote lecture: 2021 BMI Prize Laureate, Dr. John N. Nkengasong, Director, CDC Africa​

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