In August 2022, The Emmet A. Dennis National Scientific Conference 3.0, after a two-year hiatus, welcomed attendees to discuss emerging diseases and public health threats. The conference, themed “Maintaining Public Health during a Pandemic,” helped to relaunch scientific zest and innovation in Liberia.

The first and second editions of the conference were successfully held in 2018 and 2019, respectively. We planned and anticipated that this conference would be an annual event to give the scientific community in Liberia the chance to come together and discuss recent developments in public health and other related scientific disciplines. As the conference could not be held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID pandemic, which restricted travel and constrained resources and attention towards combating the public health threat, we are glad that COVID is significantly managed and the world has returned to relative normalcy.

We are equally saddened by the fact that for the first time since its establishment, this conference was held without the presence of the icon whose name it bears, Dr. Emmet Dennis. Dr. Dennis passed into sainted memories a few months ago. His absence has created a void that will be difficult to fill. We mourn his death every day and pray that his soul and the souls of all others rest in perfect peace.

Dr. Julius S.M. Gilayeneh, Sr. (Deputy Director General, Technical Services, NPHIL), who was the Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee (which was co-chaired by Dr. Maame Amo-Addae (the Resident Advisor for Liberia FETP), thanked our sponsors, including the US CDC, WHO, NIH, PREVAIL, GIZ, the University of Liberia, AFROHUN, AfricaBio Enterprises, etc. He also expressed our condolences to Prof. Emmet A. Dennis’s family, whose honor this conference is named after. May he rest in peace.

The conference lasted 3 days and offered a variety of sessions targeted for everyone interested in health, disease control, biomedical and public health research, in addition to relevant panel discussions, presentations, and parallel sessions that sparked additional scientific discussions. Although we organized a hybrid conference, we were glad to be able to meet many of public health practitioners in person, thanks to advancements in immunization, fewer travel constraints, and relaxed social distance restrictions as occasioned by the just-ended COVID-19 pandemic.

Thank you to all our sponsors and collaborators for a successful EADNSC 3.0.