http://globalhealth.washington.edu/event/mairal WGHA Discovery Series: "Accelerating Innovation to Save Lives and Improve Health in Low-Resource Settings" Event date: Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Location Foege Auditorium, Room S-060, (Foege Building South/Genome Sciences), 3720 15th Ave N.E. Description Please join us for this Washington Global Health Alliance Discovery Series featuring Anurag Mairal, PhD, MBA, MS, Program Leader of Technology Solutions at PATH on "Accelerating Innovation to Save Lives and Improve Health in Low-Resource Settings." Dr. Mairal oversees PATH's work on the design and development, commercialization, and advancement of medical devices, diagnostics, and other technologies to improve health. Dr. Mairal has extensive experience collaborating with partners in India, China, and other countries to advance development, manufacturing and distribution. His work has been published in more than 20 publications, and he has been issued seven patents. The 5:30 p.m. lecture will be followed by a networking reception from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium lobby. All are welcome. Co-sponsored by: Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association (WBBA) and UW Department of Bioengineering. For more information about the Washington Global Health Alliance, visit www.wghalliance.org.