CTSI hosts Uzbekistan public health leaders

The University at Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) recently hosted a delegation of public health leaders from Uzbekistan. During the visit to the Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) on February 1, the delegation gathered information to assist with the country’s plans to establish a national public health institute.

The Uzbekistan delegation was invited to the United States under the auspices of the US State Department International Visitor Leadership Program. The program included a grant to the International Institute of Buffalo (IIB). Representatives from the IIB, one of the CTSI’s community partners, contacted CTSI Recruitment and Special Populations Core Director Teresa Quattrin, MD, UB Distinguished Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Associate Dean for Research Integration, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, who organized the CTRC visit.

CTSI Director Timothy F. Murphy, MD, and Quattrin, the coordinator of the program for the CTSI, outlined the work of the CTSI and discussed public-private partnerships for improving health nationwide. In addition, a discussion of the Buffalo Translational Consortium focused on improving health through community public-private partnerships. The visit also involved representatives from UB’s Jacobs School and School of Public Health and Health Professions, the Erie County Department of Health, and the Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network.

The delegation started its journey in Washington D.C. before moving on to Buffalo and Atlanta, followed by planned visits to Iowa City, Iowa and Los Angeles. Accompanying the group were interpreters Elena Bell and Anatoli Samochornov.

Pictured at top, from left:

• Dr. Rafail Ibragimov, Leading Specialist, Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Committee, Ministry of Health
• Ms. Diloram Kuzieva, Advisor to the Chairman, Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Service
• CTSI Board Member Jennifer A. Surtees, PhD, co-director, Genome, Environment and Microbiome (GEM) Community of Excellence, and Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Jacobs School
  
• Dr. Botirjon Kurbanov, Deputy Head for Science and Innovation, Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Service, Ministry of Health
• CTSI Director Timothy F. Murphy, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor
• Stephen Turkovich, MD, President, Oishei Children’s Hospital
• Thomas A. Russo, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Professor and Chief, Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Jacobs School
• Dr. Klara Yadgarova, Consultant for the Department of International Relations, Republican Scientific Research Center of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• CTSI Recruitment and Special Populations Core Director Teresa Quattrin, MD, UB Distinguished Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Associate Dean for Research Integration, Jacobs School
• Kenneth V. Snyder, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Radiology, and Neurology, Department of Neurosurgery, Jacobs School