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There is also an opportunity to submit a social enterprise pitch for
presentation at the conference. The registration rate increases after
January 31.
GH/Innovate 2010
Global Health & Innovation Conference
Presented by Unite For Sight, 7th Annual Conference
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Saturday, April 17 - Sunday, April 18, 2010
"A Meeting of Minds"--CNN
Registration & Details (Registration rate increases after January 31):
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
200 speakers
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/speaker-schedule-2010>, including
keynote addresses by Seth Godin, Jacqueline Novogratz, Jeffrey Sachs and
Sonia Sachs. Social innovation sessions by CEOs and Directors of Acumen
Fund, Partners in Health, Doctors Without Borders, Save The Children,
HealthStore Foundation, and many others. The conference schedule
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/speaker-schedule-2010> is now
online.
The Global Health & Innovation Conference convenes more than 2,200
students and professionals from 55 countries who are interested in global
health and international development, public health, medicine, social
entrepreneurship, nonprofits, philanthropy, microfinance, human rights,
anthropology, health policy, advocacy, public service, environmental
health, and education.
Call For Social Enterprise Pitches: Do you have an innovative idea or a
new program in development? Submit your idea for presentation. Complete
details on conference website <http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference>.
Keynote Speakers
"Using The Power of Stories and Tribes to Spread Your Messages and Change
The World," Seth Godin, MBA, Agent of Change; New York Times Bestselling
Author of Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us; Founder, Squidoo.com
Jacqueline Novogratz, MBA, Founder and CEO, Acumen Fund
Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University;
Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy
and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General
of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Village Project
Leaders in Social Entrepreneurship Speakers
Gene Falk, Co-Founder, Executive Director, mothers2mothers
"Franchising Healthcare in Africa," Scott Hillstrom, Chairman of the
Board, CEO and Co-Founder, HealthStore Foundation
"At The Intersection of Money and Meaning," Kevin Jones, Co-Founder, Good
Capital
"Creating Viable Enterprises For The Base of the Pyramid," Ted London,
PhD, Senior Research Fellow; Director, Base of the Pyramid Initiative,
William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan
"From Ideas To Action Workshop: Creating Viable Enterprises For The Base
of the Pyramid," Ted London, PhD, Senior Research Fellow; Director, Base
of the Pyramid Initiative, William Davidson Institute at the University of
Michigan
"Doing More With Less," Nancy Lublin, CEO, Do Something
"Innovation in PIH Implementation Sites," Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH, Medical
Director, Partners in Health; Director, Institute for Health and Social
Justice; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Division of Social
Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital
"Enabling Prosperity by Improving Lives," Julia Novy-Hildesley, Executive
Director, The Lemelson Foundation
"Achieving Global Health Through Community Wealth," Billy Shore, Founder
and CEO, Share Our Strength
"Investing in Local Social Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries,"
Jennifer Staple-Clark, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Unite For
Sight
"Solutions That Can Go Big: How To Think About Scalability," Kevin Starr,
MD, Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program, Mulago Foundation
"WaterCredit: Driving Financial Innovation in Water Supply & Sanitation
For The Poor," Gary White, Executive Director, Water.org
"The Investment/Re-Investment Cycle: Essentials to Advancing Social
Innovation," Andrew Wolk, CEO, Root Cause
Plus 200 Featured Speakers, including:
"Management of Macular Degeneration in 2010," Ron Adelman, MD, MPH,
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Yale University Eye Center
"HIV Medication to Empower Communities: An International Model," Jesus
Aguais, Executive Director, Aid for AIDS
"A Public Private Partnership to Improve Mental Health Services in
Northern Uganda," Stephen Alderman, MD, Co-Founder, Peter C. Alderman
Foundation
"Reconciling the WHO's International Classification of Functioning,
Disability and Health with the Multi-dimensional Resilience Index," Astier
Almedom, DPhil, Professor of Practice in Humanitarian Policy and Global
Public Health
"Large-Scale Effectiveness Evaluations of Maternal and Child Programs in
Low-Income Countries: A New Approach," Agbessi Amouzou, PhD, Assistant
Scientist, Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health
"Three Unique Models For Services For Orphans and Vulnerable Children:
Worldwide Orphans Foundation in Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Bulgaria," Jane
Aronson, MD, Director, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder
and Executive Officer, Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell
University
"Workshop -- How To Create an NGO That Does Community Work With Children
Abroad: The Ins and Outs, The Ups and Downs," Jane Aronson, MD, Director,
International Pediatric Health Services; Founder and Executive Officer,
Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
"High-Impact Entrepreneurship," Elmira Bayrasli, Policy & Outreach, Endeavor
"Innovations in Monitoring and Evaluation," Elvira Beracochea, MD,
President and CEO, MIDEGO
Bob Bollinger, MD, MPH, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International
Health; Director, Center for Clinical Global Health Education, Johns
Hopkins University
"Meeting The Global Physician Shortage: The Contribution of Cuba's Latin
American Medical School," Peter Bourne, MA, MD, Visiting Scholar, Oxford
University; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. George's University; Formerly
Special Assistant to the President of the United States for Health Issues;
Chair, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)
"Workshop - Social Enterprise: The Promise and the Perils," Jerr Bosch,
Founder, The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs
"Medical Innovation in Humanitarian Situations: The Work of Medecins San
Frontieres," Jean-Herve Bradol, MD, Former President of MSF-France; Former
Board Member, MSF-USA
"Surgery and Global Health - Are We There Yet?" Kathleen Casey, MD, FACS,
Director, Operation Giving Back, American College of Surgeons
"The Latin American and Carribean Initiative for the Integration of
Prenatal Care with the Testing and Treatment of HIV and Syphilis," Arachu
Castro, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Social Medicine; Department of
Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Partners in
Health
"Workshop - Best Practices in Treating Patients with Empathy and Cultural
Sensitivity," Barbara Ceconi, MSW, President, Access Umbrella Inc.
"The Global Health Workforce On The Move: Rethinking Policy Innovations to
Address Health Worker Migration," Peggy Clark, Executive Director,
Innovations in Global Health and Poverty Vice President, Policy Programs,
The Aspen Institute
"Sight Restoration, an Essential Ingredient for Health Promotion," James
Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic,
Ghana
"Global Environmental Health: It's More Than Being Hot," Luz Claudio, MD,
Associate Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine, Chief of the
Division of International Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
"Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Health Care Systems," Paul
Cleary, PhD, Dean of Public Health, Chair, Epidemiology and Public Health;
Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale University School of
Public Health, Yale School of Medicine
"One Size Does Not Fit All: Models of Collaboration for Improving Global
Health," Brenda Colatrella, Executive Director, Office of Corporate
Responsibility and Global Policy, Merck
"Innovative Tools for Education: Ophthalmic News and Education (O.N.E.)
Network," Zelia Correa, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology,
University of Cincinnati; American Academy of Ophthalmology
"Cervical Cancer Prevention Program in Rural El Salvador," Miriam Cremer,
President and Founder, Basic Health International
"Diagnosis and Treatment of Glaucoma For Persons on Medical Missions,"
Gustavo V. de Moraes, MD, Research Assistant Professor, NYU School of
Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
"From a Village Clinic to a Health System: Implementation Science in the
Millennium Villages," Prabhjot Dhadialla, PhD, Program Director of Health
Systems, Development and Research, Columbia Center For Global Health and
Economic Development, Community Health Worker Advisor, Millennium Village
Project
"Building a Distributed Village Model," Zoravar Dhaliwal, CEO, Community Lab
"Innovative Measures to Advance Health in Poor Countries During The Global
Financial Crisis," Ranu Dhillon, Health Advisor, Millennium
Villages/Global Health Equity BWH
"An Industry-Driven Approach to Mobility and HIV," Luke J.E. Disney,
Executive Director, North Star Alliance
Margaret Duah-Mensah, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
"Factors in the Adoption and Development of Agro-Biotechnology in Sub
Saharan Africa," Obidi Ezezika, PhD, MEM, Senior Fellow, McLauglin Rotman
Center for Global Health, University of Toronto and University Health
Network
"An Integrated, Food-Based Approach To Bettering Nutrition: A Case Study
in the Millennium Village of Western Kenya," Jessica Fanzo, PhD, Nutrition
Coordinator, Millennium Villages Project
"America's Vital Interests in Global Health," Harvey Fineberg, MD, PhD,
President, Institute of Medicine of The National Academies
"Pediatric Vision Screening in Hunan Province, China," Susan Forster, MD,
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Studies, Department of
Ophthalmology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale
University Health Services
"Gender and Eye Health," Ilene Gipson, PhD, Senior Scientist, Schepens Eye
Research Institute; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard
Medical School
"Simple Solutions To Complex Problems: How A Text Message Can Save A
Life," Ashifi Gogo, Co-founder, Sproxil; Holekamp Family PhD Innovation
Fellow, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
"Workshop: How To Advance Global Health Through Technology and Social
Entrepreneurship," Ashifi Gogo, Co-founder, Sproxil; Holekamp Family PhD
Innovation Fellow, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
"Embracing Plants For Curse With New Eyes," Martin E. Gordon, MD, Former
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
"Obstetric Fistula - The Ultimate Indignity, Gender Inequality, and
Poverty," Kate Grant, Executive Director, The Fistula Foundation
"Global Health and Innovation: The Challenges From An Aid Effectiveness
Perspective," Stephen P. Groff, Deputy Director, Organisation For Economic
Co-Operation and Development
"Using Human Rights To Improve Global Health Efforts: Examples,
Challenges, and Opportunities," Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA, Associate
Professor in Health and Human Rights Director, Program on International
Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health
"Managing the African Glaucomas: Should We Incise or Instill?" Michael
Gyasi, MD, Ophthalmologist, Ghana
"Presentation Patterns of Glaucoma in Rural and Urban Ghana," Michael
Gyasi, MD, Ophthalmologist, Ghana
"Co-Creating Impact-Driven Health Innovations: The Case For Increased
Partnership Between Business and Non-Profits," Allen Hammond, PhD, Senior
Entrepreneur in Residence, Ashoka
"Authentic Corporate Engagement in Global Health," Laura Herman, Managing
Director, Social Impact Advisors
"Increased Access to Selected HIV/AIDS Interventions in the Dominican
Repubilc," Sabrina Hermosilla, Assistance Director, International Family
AIDS Program, Columbia University
"Preterm Birth: Global Prevalence and Opportunities for Intervention in
Middle- and Low-Income Countries," Christopher P. Howson, PhD, Vice
President for Global Programs, The March of Dimes Foundation
"Prospects and Challenges of Genetic Manipulation of Mosquitoes for
Malaria Control," Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, PhD, Department of Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology, Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins
School of Public Health
"IQCare Technology Innovation For Low Resource Clinics," Bobby Jefferson,
Health IT Project Manager, Futures Group
"Integrating Clinical Trials and Pubilc Health Initiatives: Data
Collection Challenges," Heather Kelly, Senior Project Manager, Institute
For OneWorld Health
"War and Public Health: What is the Role of Public Health Professionals?"
Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice,
Division of Epidmiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public
Health
"Ending Health Apartheid: How Universities Can Make a Difference," Rachel
Kiddell-Monroe, President of the Board, Universities Allied for Essential
Medicines
"From The Inside Out: Uncovering Solutions To Intractable Problems Through
Positive Deviance," Lisa Kimball, President, Plexus Institute
"Health Micro-Insurance in Pakistan's Northern Areas: Adapting Modern
Concepts To A Developing Market Context," Holly Korda, Deputy Director,
Systems Research and Initiatives and Research Director, Innovative Care
Delivery, Altarum Institute
"Food Security and the Right to Health," Robert Lawrence, MD, The Center
for a Livable Future Professor, Professor of Environmental Health
Sciences, Health Policy, and International Health; Director, Center for a
Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
"Development of a National Food Fortification Program in Rwanda," Amy
Lockwood, Executive Director, Project Healthy Children
"Breeding Better Food: A New Solution To Reduce Vitamin A Deficiency,"
Bonnie McClafferty, Head, Development and Communications, HarvestPlus
"An AIDS Vaccine: Progress To End The Epidemic," John McGoldrick, JD,
Senior Vice President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)
"Rights-Based Approaches to Global Health Policy: The World Health
Organization and an Evolving Human Right to Health," Benjamin Mason Meier,
JD, LLM, PhD, Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Equity in Treatment & Research," Carole
Mitnick, Sc.D., Instructor, Department of Global Health and Social
medicine, Harvard Medical School
"Society, Migration, Culture and Women," Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, MPhil,
CHES, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management,
Global Health Program Director, New York Medical College School of Public
Health
"Sustainable Development for Persons with Disability Living in the Poorest
Countries in the World," Ron Nabors, Chief Executive Officer, Christian
Blind Mission-USA
"Supporting Early-Stage Social Entrepreneurs," Michael Norton, Director,
Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action
"The International Activities of the American Academy of Pediatrics:
Caring For All Children," Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD, FAAP, Pediatric
Faculty, Family Practice Group; Director of Nurseries, Middlesex Hospital;
Chair, AAP Section on International Child Health
"Workshop: Good and Better Ways To Participate Globally: Partnering To
Empower Communities," Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD, FAAP, Pediatric Faculty,
Family Practice Group; Director of Nurseries, Middlesex Hospital; Chair,
AAP Section on International Child Health
"Influencing Health Outcomes From Outside the Health Sector: Social
Capital, Structural Interventions, and Development Policy," Jeffrey
O'Malley, UNDP
"Role of Inflammation in Retinal Degeneration," Santa Ono, PhD, Sr. Vice
Provost for Undergraduate Education and Academic Affairs, Emory University
"The Unfinished Child Survival Agenda," David Oot, Associate Vice
President for Health, Save The Children
"Monitoring Public Health Innovations From Bright Idea To Scaled-Up
National Practice," Michel Pacque, Senior NGO/PVO Advisor, ICF Macro
"Eye Care Needs and Solutions in South Korea," Sung Chul Park, MD,
Glaucoma Fellow, New York Medical College, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
"The Principle of Replication as Applied to Eye Care in Developing
Nations," David Paton, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology Emeritus, Baylor
College of Medicine; Founder, ORBIS
"Workshop - Creating Champions in our Issues: The Champion Scale--A Tool
For Advocates," Ken Patterson, Grassroots Manager, RESULTS Educational
Fund
"Contemplations on American Health Care Reform," Matthew Paul, MD, Danbury
Eye Physicians and Surgeons
"Implementation of a Community Health Worker Model of Care to Improve
Treatment Adherence Among HIV-Positive Children in Central China,"
Elizabeth Petrow, MSc, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Pediatric
HIV/AIDS Treatment Support
"Global Health Partnerships--Critical Success Factors and Lessons Learned
> From A Private Sector Perspective," Steven Phillips, MD, Medical Director,
Global Issues and Projects, ExxonMobil Corporation
"Piecing Together The Global Puzzle: Creating Sustainable Partnerships to
Address Autism Worldwide," Molly Ola Pinney, Founder and CEO, The Global
Autism Project
"Vision 2020/USA and The Future of Collaborative Efforts in Blindness
Prevention," Louis Pizzarello, MD, MPH, Secretary General, International
Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
"Online Innovation and Trends in Global Health," Suzanne Rainey, Forum One
Communications
"Epidemiology-Driven Program Design," Ian Rawson, Board Chair, Hopital
Albert Schweitzer Haiti
"Leveraging Advances in Nanotechnology and Consumer Electronics to Detect
Infectious Diseases at the Point of Care," Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD,
Stanley C. Moore Professor and Chair of Bioengineering, Rice University
"Modifying 21st Century Surgery For The Developing World," Aron Rose, MD,
Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Associate Clinical
Professor, Yale University School of Nursing
"MDG5.com: A Film and New Media Initiative to Improve Maternal Health,"
Lisa Russell, MPH, Filmmaker
"Time To Lower The Bar For Social Entrepreneurship - Rwandan Lessons from
Agribusiness and Health," Josh Ruxin, Founder and Director of Rwanda
Works, The Access Project and Millennium Village Rwanda
"An Innovative Academic Partnership to Support Capacity Development: The
Makere University Yale University Collaboration in Global Health," Majid
Sadigh, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
"How To Develop a Sustainable Eye Care Plan For Rural Regions," Sarang
Salam, Kalinga Eye Hospital, Orissa, India
"Glaucoma Screening" Sarwat Salim, MD, Assistant Professor of
Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee-Memphis
"Corporate Governance Approaches to Global Health Investments and Social
Entrepreneurship Partnerships," Georgia Sambunaris, Senior Advisor to the
Director, Office of Economic Growth, US Agency for International
Development
"Meeting Community Reproductive Health Needs Through Creative Partnerships
in the Peruvian Amazon," Diana Santana, Senior Program Officer, Planned
Parenthood Federation of America
"Avoidable Blindness and Eye Care in Latin America and the Caribbean,"
Juan Carlos Silva, MD, MPH, Regional Advisor in Prevention of Blindness,
PAHO-WHO
"Meeting the Needs of the Medically Underserved in Southwest Virginia,"
Audrey Snyder, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University
of Virginia
"Reducing Childhood Malnutrition by Improving Children's Oral Health in
Rural El Salvador," Karen Sokal-Gutierrez, MD, MPH, Associate Clinical
Professor, University of California Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program
"Integration of Surgery Into Population-Based Healthcare in Learning
Models of Integrated Care," David Spiegel, MD, Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia; Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine
"Where There Is No Light: Using Solar Power to Reduce Maternal Mortality
in Nigeria," Laura Stachel, MD, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health, UC
Berkeley School of Public Health; Founder, WE CARE Solar
"CSR and The Global Health Agenda: Can Business Really Help Heal The
Planet?" John E. Tedstrom, PhD, President and CEO, Global Business
Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC)
"Carbon Credit Enabled Social Enterprise for Sustainable Development in
Rwanda and Afghanistan," Evan Thomas, Executive Vice President, Manna
Energy Limited
"Trabeculectomy Glaucoma Surgery: Clinical Pearls," James C. Tsai, MD,
Robert R. Young Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and
Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of
Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
"Russia's Progrses in Caring for People Living with HIV/AIDS," Alexandra
Vacroux, PhD, Program Officer, Eurasia Program, Social Science Research
Council
"Eye Care Needs and Solutions in Northern Ghana," Seth Wanye, MD,
Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana
"Workshop - Fostering a Creative Culture in Health Care," Harry West, CEO,
Continuum
"Can We Eliminate Blinding Trachoma by 2020?" Sheila West, PhD,
El-Maghraby Professor of Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
"Innovation in Global Health Research," David Zakus, BSc, MES, MSc, PhD,
Director, Centre for International Health; Associate Professor, Dalla Lana
School of Public Health; Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy,
Management and Evaluation; Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto,
Canada
"New Career Options in Global Health" Derek Yach, Vice President of Global
Health Policy, PepsiCo
"The Global Fight Against Malaria: U.S. Strategy for Combating Malaria
Around The World," Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer, U.S. Malaria Coordinator,
President's Malaria Initiative
"Integrated Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases," Katie Zoerhoff, N&E
Associate, NTD Control Program, RTI International
Call For Applicants: Social Enterprise Pitch
GH/Innovate 2010 will include special sessions where selected participants
will present their new idea or program-in-development in the format of a
5-minute social enterprise pitch. Following the pitch, there is a
5-minute period for questions and answers, as well as feedback from the
audience. This will provide participants with an opportunity to formulate
and present their idea, collaborate with others interested in their idea,
and receive feedback and ideas from other conference participants.
Complete details about submitting a social enterprise pitch online at
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/social-enterprise-pitch
Young Leader of Social Change Speakers
Young Leaders of Social Change Speakers are students and young
professionals engaged in global health research and effective program
delivery. Approximately 25 students and young professionals have been
selected to speak at the conference.
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