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**ZOOM ONLY**

The presentation will address ways in which academic medical and research institutions can support public health and health equity by fostering interdisciplinary and service learning opportunities, policy guidance and community service.

Featuring:
Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, FIDSA
Director of Health for the City of St. Louis

Dr. Matifadza (Mati) Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, FIDSA, was appointed Director of Health for the City of St. Louis in 2021. She is an internationally recognized infectious diseases physician and an expert on public health and health equity.

Dr. Hlatshwayo Davis earned her medical degree from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and a Master’s in Public Health from Case Western Reserve University. She then completed her internal medicine residency at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. Dr. Hlatshwayo Davis went on to complete her Infectious Diseases fellowship, subspecializing in HIV and STIs, at the Washington University School of Medicine, also completing a one-year dedicated non-ACGME HIV fellowship and a two-year dedicated Sexually Transmitted Infection fellowship. In September 2023, she was elected as a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America (FIDSA), an honor that recognizes individuals who have achieved professional excellence and provided significant service to the profession of infectious diseases.