Speaker Series - May 19, 2021
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About Dr. Aysha Akhtar
Aysha Akhtar, M.D., M.P.H., is a double Board-certified neurologist and preventive medicine/public health specialist focused on demonstrating how there is a mutual benefit to both humans and animals when animals are protected. Dr. Akhtar is the President and CEO of the Center for Contemporary Sciences, working on replacing animal testing with effective human-specific research techniques. She is also a U.S veteran previously serving as Deputy Director of the U.S. Army Traumatic Brain Injury Program and as a Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps assisting with national public health emergencies. For a decade, Dr. Akhtar was a Medical Officer at the Food and Drug Administration developing national preparedness strategies for public health threats. She is the author of two books, Our Symphony With Animals. On Health, Empathy and Our Shared Destinies and Animals and Public Health, and published in peer-reviewed journals including Lancet, Pediatrics, Journal of Public Health Policy and Reviews in the Neurosciences.