Julie Hamra

Senior Director, Emerging Markets Public Affairs, Pfizer Vaccines, USA

Julie Hamra is Senior Director of Emerging Markets Public Affairs at Pfizer, where she engages governments and partners to help support access to vaccines for people of all ages. During more than a decade in the pharmaceutical industry, she has focused on improving access to healthcare for everyone, everywhere through partnership and innovative collaborations. During Julie’s career she has worked in multiple disciplines of healthcare and scientific research. At the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine she was part of an interdisciplinary research teams developing novel research techniques and therapies in fields including autoimmune disease and gene therapy. She has held various leadership and management roles in organizations seeking to ensure underserved populations are able to access basic healthcare as well as enrol in research and clinical trials. In addition, Julie is a member of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (IFPMA) Vaccines Committee.

Julie holds a Master of Science in Health Policy & Management from the University of North Carolina’s (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and minor in Chemistry from UNC. She also serves as a Board Member for the Latino Commission on AIDS, a New York based non-profit organization dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community).