Get Your Passport Ready!

Seattle BioMed’s annual Passport to Global Health Celebration is hailed as Seattle’s premier global health education event when hundreds gather to hear about the latest in our field and support the Breakthrough Fund — Seattle BioMed’s sole source of unrestricted funding for infectious disease research and scientific training.

About the Passport to Global Health Celebration

Seattle BioMed hosts the Passport to Global Health Celebration, which is a large-scale community event aimed at increasing public awareness of global health while raising funds for innovative infectious disease research. Throughout the event's 7-year history, more than 4,000 people have joined Seattle BioMed to raise visibility of the need to improve health for underserved populations. During the event, guests are encouraged to make a $250 minimum ($500 for families) contribution to support Seattle BioMed's Breakthrough Fund.

Experience past events through photos and video, and learn how you can get involved.

A Focus on Women's and Children's Health

Join us on May 14, 2012, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at the Sheraton Seattle for our Eighth Annual Passport to Global Health Celebration. You will learn how infectious diseases impact women and children and hear from Seattle BioMed scientists who are striving for scientific breakthroughs in diseases such as malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS. By the end of the evening, you will have a solid understanding of how infectious diseases impact global health, and you'll have an opportunity to support scientific research that is leading to new solutions that will help women and their families lead healthy and productive lives.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Seattle BioMed appreciates all of our event sponsors, including corporate sponsors and individual table hosts, who help make sure that every dollar raised during the Passport Celebration goes to support Seattle BioMed's lifesaving research.

Learn more about corporate sponsorship.

Learn more about hosting a table.

Registration

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Contact Us

Please send your questions related to the Passport to Global Health Celebration to Advancement Officer Meredith Boyd at 206.256.7276 or passport@seattlebiomed.org

Passport Celebration Speakers:

2012: A conversation about women's and children's health with global health experts Alan Aderem, Seattle BioMed; Helen Horton, Seattle BioMed; Pattrick Duffy, NIH; and Regina Rabinovich, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Moderated by King 5 News Anchor Jean Enersen.

2011: Tachi Yamada, president of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2010: Hans Rosling, founder of Gapminder

2009: Paul Farmer, founder of Partners In Health

2008: Melinda Gates, co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2007: Julie Gerberding, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2006: Jeffrey Sachs, American economist and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University

2005: Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer of bestselling global health books