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A World of Stories

GatesFoundLogo160.jpg A Conversation With Top Hollywood Writers and Dr. Tachi Yamada, President of the Global Health Program at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The Lear Center's Hollywood, Health & Society program and the Writer's Guild of America, West, invite you to this special event to hear compelling global health stories from experts in the heart of the action overseas, and meet TV writers who have turned stories on global health topics into top-rated television shows.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is in touch with heroes on the front lines of health and medical crises worldwide, and our keynote speaker Dr. Tachi Yamada oversees the largest health portfolio in the world.

Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Neal Baer, MD, Executive Producer, Law & Order: SVU ; Peter Blake: Writer, HOUSE; Larry Barat, MD, MPH: USAID, Senior Malaria Advisor, Presidential Malaria Initiative

This event is a presentation of Hollywood, Health & Society's Global Health Initiative.

Monday, July 20, 2009 :: Dinner – 6:30 p.m. :: Remarks and Q&A – 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Writers Guild of America, West :: 7000 W. Third Street, 2nd Floor :: Los Angeles, CA 90048

RSVP to Allison Curry Allison.Curry@usc.edu or 323-782-3323

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