April 14-15, 2018- Conference Schedule

Saturday, 7:00am: Check-in and Registration Begins

Saturday, 8:00-8:15am: Opening Remarks

• Jennifer Staple-Clark, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Unite For Sight

Saturday, 8:15-9:00am: Keynote Address

• "Creating Change Through Ubuntu: Putting Humanity at the Center of Development," Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

Saturday, 9:05-9:50am: Cultivating Cultural Competence: How to Develop Respectful Organizations and Partnerships

• Jane Aronson, Pediatrician; President and CEO, Worldwide Orphans Foundation

• James Clarke, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director

• Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.

• Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

• Marie H. Martin, Assistant Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

• Paul Spiegel, Director, Center for Humanitarian Health; Professor of the Practice, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Saturday, 10:05-11:35am

Shubert: Insights and Advice for Responsibly Innovating and Sustaining

• "How to Pitch Your Social Enterprise Idea: Insights and Advice," Bobby Jefferson, VP, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

• "Would You Really Crowdsource a Rubik’s Cube or the SDG’s? Solving Complex Problems When Juggling Purpose, Competencies, and Demands by All to Participate," Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• "Putting the Social in Social Enterprises: How to Ensure Your Impact is Real and Lasting," Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.

• Longevity and the NGO,” Jane Aronson, Pediatrician; President and CEO, Worldwide Orphans Foundation

Coop: Designing Global Health Programs

• "Designing Integrated Services to Manage Chronic NCDs in Haiti and Rwanda," Gene Kwan, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine; Health and Policy Advisor, Partners In Health

• "Global Health Innovation: The Possibilities and Challenges for Startups," Sri Muthu, CEO and Founder, HealthVenture

• "Enhancing Care and Leveraging Resources Through Technology-Based Task Sharing," Arti Varanasi, President and CEO, Advancing Synergy, LLC

• "Home-Made Continuous Positive Airways Pressure Device with an Innovative Air-Oxygen Blender for Neonates," Subhashchandra Daga, Professor of Pediatrics, Pacific Medical College and Hospital, Udaipur, India

CALH: Community-Based Programs Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• “First Aid in Detroit: Utilizing Medical Students as Community Health Educators to Improve Health Outcomes,” Nicole Schnabel, MD Student, Wayne State University School of Medicine

• “Solving the Problem of Urban Eviction with Energy,” Himaja Nagireddy, Undergraduate Student, University of Connecticut

• “Make the Minute Matter. Leveraging Social Marketing to Combat Drowning: The Preventable Global Epidemic,” Rebecca Wear Robinson, President and Founder, Make the Minute Matter

• “Rehema Afya Bora's Clinics: Creating Thriving Communities in Tanzania's Most Remote Areas,” Sameer Moulali, Co-Founder, Krishna Veni Charitable Clinic

Engage in conversation with the pitch presenters and with the session's expert panelists, who will provide guidance, mentoring, and advice to the pitch presenters and to the audience.

Expert Panelists:

• Marie H. Martin, Assistant Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

• Sten Vermund, Dean and Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine

LC101: Maternal and Child Health

• "Post-Ebola Restoration of Maternal and Child Health Services in Liberia: Improved Use of Quality Services," Swaliho Kamara, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Officer, Maternal and Child Survival Program, Liberia

• "Bridging the Gap Between Stigma and Access to Maternal Mental Health Care Using GPS, Group Peer Support, at a Women's Health Program Serving Rural Guatemalan Mothers and Children," Annette Cycon, Founder and Director, MotherWoman and GPS: Group Peer Support

• "The Feminization of Aging: New Challenges and Potential Solutions," Patricia Davidson, Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

LC102: Responsible Global Engagement and Innovation Panel

• Aron Rose, Bioethics Chair, Cancer Diagnosis and Care in Sub-Saharan Africa, a White House Initiative; Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine; Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Nursing; Faculty, Program in Bioethics, Yale University

• Lindsay Palazuelos, Senior Program Development Officer, Partners In Health

• Richard Skolnik, Former Director for HNP, South Asia Region at the World Bank; Former Lecturer, Yale University and The George Washington University; Author, Essentials of Global Health/Global Health 101; Instructor, Yale/Coursera - 'Essentials of Global Health'

• Seth Wanye, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Friends Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner

• Jana Zindell, Chief Strategy Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

• Shin Daimyo, Senior Advisor for Mental Health, Partners In Health

LC211: Leadership Interactive Workshop

• "Leadership by Example: The Ten Key Principles of all Great Leaders," Sanjiv Chopra, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

LC317: Design Thinking Interactive Workshop

• "Incorporating the Needs of Users into Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Global Health," Jacqueline Linnes, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, Elizabeth Johansen, Founder, Spark Health Design, formerly Diagnostics For All, and Ashok (AJ) Kumar, Chief Scientific Officer, Jana Care; formerly Harvard University

Loria 250: Community-Driven Impact

• "Challenges to a Silver Bullet Approach in Malaria Control," Amy Lehman, CEO and Founder, Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic

• "Effective Communication: A Vital Tool in Eye Care," James Clarke, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director

• "Developing Emergency Medicine: Our Hidden Curriculum," Keegan Checkett, Co-Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Partners In Health; Director of International Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago

• "From Reaching Out to Scaling Up: Pursing a Decade of Community-Driven Impact," Julius Mbeya, Managing Director, Lwala Community Alliance

Loria 351: Media Interactive Workshop

• "Creating Media to Save Lives," Firdaus Kharas, Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift

Loria B51: Technology Solutions for Infectious Diseases Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

“Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship: Global Heath Project OTTER,” Jenny Ho, Project Manager, Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship (ADE)“UniDx: Low-Cost, Drop-Based Microfluidics Platform for the Ultra-Sensitive Detection of Malaria,” Neil Davey, Undergraduate Student, Harvard College“Endometriosis: Developing a Globally-Utilizable Early Diagnostic Method,” Abhaya Moturu, Co-Founder and CEO, UterinePower; MSL Student, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law“Re-Examining the Design of the Neonatal Bubble-CPAP for Application in the Developing World,” Solomon Mensah, PhD Candidate, Northeastern University; CEO, Therapeutic Innovations, Inc.

• Engage in conversation with the pitch presenters and with the session's expert panelists, who will provide guidance, mentoring, and advice to the pitch presenters and to the audience.

  Expert Panelists:

  • Brian Heuser, Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

  • Ted London, Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; Senior Research Fellow, William Davidson Institute

WLH 119: Community-Based Programs: Presentations by Student and Young Leaders in Global Health

• "Social Connectedness and Health: Lessons Learned from Boston Seniors Who Live Alone," Anthony Formicola, Undergraduate Student, Northeastern University

• "Assessment of the mHealth Pilot Intervention for Maternal Health Management at a BRAC Health Center in Dhaka, Bangladesh," Shaan Ahmed, MD Student, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

• "Feasibility of an Innovative, Ultra-Low-Cost, Bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Package, with a Novel Blender and Pulse Oximetry, in India," Alice Won, MD Student, Tufts University School of Medicine

• "Renal Function in Haitian Migrant Sugarcane Workers in the Dominican Republic," Jelena Ivanis, MD Student, Frank Netter School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

• "Conditions, Roles, and Healthcare Improvement Efforts Among Physicians in the Ghana Medical Association," Erica Goldstein, MD/MPA Student, NYU School of Medicine, NYU Wagner School of Public Service for Health Policy and Management

WLH 208: Maternal and Child Health Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• “The EPED (Early Preeclampsia Detection) Strip,” Denali Dahl, PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• “Empowering Spiritual Leaders to Support and Advocate for Improved Care, Education, and Inclusion of Children with Disabilities,” Jessica Charles, MPH, Development Director at Kupenda for the Children

• “Adama Martha Memorial Health Center Malnutrition Treatment Program,” Jon Zelasko, MD Student, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo

• “Hearing and Vision Services for Preschool Children: A mHealth Supported Community-Based Program,” De Wet Swanepoel, Professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa, Co-Founder and Scientific Advisor, hearX Group

Engage in conversation with the pitch presenters and with the session's expert panelists, who will provide guidance, mentoring, and advice to the pitch presenters and to the audience.

Expert Panelists:

• Pam Bolton, Head of Partnerships, Tech Care for All

• Charles MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save the Children; Executive Chair, Health MDG Alliance

Saturday, 11:35am-12:25pm

Lunch

• Eat lunch at one of New Haven's 300 downtown eateries.

Saturday, 12:30-1:05pm

Coop: Poster and Networking Session

• View the Poster Presentations at Coop Arts.

• Explore the Exhibits at the SH Theater, and speak with the exhibitor representatives.

• Extend your lunch and network with others.

Saturday, 1:05-2:35pm

Shubert: Lessons Learned in Healthcare Delivery

• "Wellbeing: A Systems Approach. Sickcare Falls Far Short," David Aylward, Senior Advisor, Community Health Center, Inc.

• "Why Community Health Workers Fail, and When They Thrive," Daniel Palazuelos, Senior Health and Policy Advisor for Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• "Sharing Audio Knowledge in Remote Villages: Latest Innovations with UNICEF," Cliff Schmidt, Executive Director, Amplio

• "Urine-Derived Fertilizers: Developing Resilient and Productive Sanitation Systems, Creating Public Acceptance and Completing the Nutrient Cycle,” Kim Nace, Executive Director, Rich Earth Institute

Coop: Human Rights and Ethical Considerations in Global Health

• "Human Rights in Global Health Governance," Benjamin Mason Meier, Associate Professor of Global Health Policy and the Zachary Taylor Smith Distinguished Chair in Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• "Ethical Issues Bringing Cancer Diagnosis and Care to Sub-Saharan Africa," Aron Rose, Bioethics Chair, Cancer Diagnosis and Care in Sub-Saharan Africa, a White House Initiative; Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Nursing; Faculty, Program in Bioethics, Yale University

• "Vaccine Clinical Trials in Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries," Mary Holland, Faculty and Director, Graduate Lawyering Program, NYU School of Law

• "Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Developing Countries: The Experience of Sri Lanka," Audrey Chapman, Professor of Community Medicine and Healthcare; Healey Chair in Medical Humanities and Bioethics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

CALH: Technology Solutions for Infectious Diseases Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• “An Innovative, Rapid, and Low-Cost Solution for Tuberculosis Diagnosis: The QTB Test,” Olanisun Adewole, Physician, Obafemi Awolowo University Hospital; Co-Founder, Gapor Health Initiatives and Diagnostics

• “X-Change for Impact,” Joelle Hopkins, Co-Founder of X-Change; Undergraduate Student, Ohio University

• “HepTrack: An Intelligent Self-Learning System for Hepatitis Surveillance and Outbreak Preparedness,” Ata Ul Razzaq Khan, MPhil International Community Health Student, Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo

• “VectorWEB: A Network of Cloud-Connected, Smart Mosquito Traps,” Collyn Heier, MSE Candidate, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University

Engage in conversation with the pitch presenters and with the session's expert panelists, who will provide guidance, mentoring, and advice to the pitch presenters and to the audience.

Expert Panelists:

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• Bobby Jefferson, VP, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

LC101: Violence and Injury Prevention

• "Violence as a Public Health Issue," Peter Donnelly, President and CEO, Public Health Ontario; Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Adjunct Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen’s University; Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University

• "Controlling Behavior and Lifetime Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa," Heather McClintock, Assistant Professor of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Arcadia University

• "Navigator Scotland and the Reachable Moment: An Emergency Room Intervention for Violence," Christine Goodall, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant, University of Glasgow; Director, Medics Against Violence

• "The Smoking Gun: Public Health Lessons," Woodie Kessel, Senior Scholar, Koop Institute, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College; Professor of Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College; Professor of the Practice, School of Public Health, University of Maryland

LC102: The Art of Effective Leadership Panel

• Tricia Bolender, Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach, Tricia Bolender Consulting

• Sanjiv Chopra, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

• Charles MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save the Children; Executive Chair, Health MDG Alliance

• Mark Roithmayr, CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

LC211: Storytelling Interactive Workshop

• "Responsible Storytelling: Changing the Narrative of Global Health," Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, StoryShifter

LC317: Healthcare Systems Strengthening Interactive Workshop

• "Intersectoral Approaches to Enabling Health: When the Ministry of Health is Not Enough, What Should Be Done?" Richard Skolnik, Former Director for HNP, South Asia Region at the World Bank; Former Lecturer, Yale University and The George Washington University; Author, Essentials of Global Health/Global Health 101; Instructor, Yale/Coursera - 'Essentials of Global Health'

Loria 250: Community Health

• "Blindness Burden to Economically-Challenged Women in Developing Countries," Sabita Swain, Director, Kalinga Eye Hospital

• "Signing Safe Futures: Responding to the Protection and Safeguarding Needs of Deaf Infants, Children, and Young People," Steve Crump, Founder, DeafKidz International

• "From Conventional to Creative: Expanding Access to Blood Pressure Screening Through Non-Traditional Providers," Helen McGuire, Global Program Leader for Noncommunicable Diseases, PATH

Loria 351: Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health

• "Emerging Evidence and Challenges in Sexual Reproductive Health Programming for Girls," Aissatou Diallo, Program Manager, BRAC USA

• "Accelerating Cervical Cancer Screening in Rural Ethiopia Using Existing Community Health Infrastructure," Gelila Goba, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Director of the Global Women’s Fellowship Program, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

• "Implementing the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist to Strengthen the Quality of Maternity Care and Evidence-Based Decision Making in a District Hospital in Haiti," Jacklin Saint-Fleur, Director, St. Nicolas de Saint Marc, Partners In Health, Haiti

• "Cost-Effectiveness of Mentorship and Quality Improvement to Strengthen the Quality of Prenatal Care and Child Health in Rural Rwanda," Anatole Manzi, Cross-site QI Mentorship Program Director, Partners In Health

Loria B51: Innovative Health Initiatives

Organizational information sessions for organizations, products, or services that may be of interest to the audience.

• "Behavioral Health Intervention Technologies to Improve Patient Care," Golnaz Agahi, Assistant Director of Behavioral Health, Kaiser Permanente

• "Antimicrobial Copper in Healthcare: Saving Lives and Reducing Costs,” Alannah Cervenko, Lead, Strategic Partnerships, Teck Resources Limited

• "See and Treat: A Low Tech Community Led Approach to Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention in Rural Haiti," Mikal Finkelstein, Medical Director, CapraCare, Inc.

WLH 119: Global Health Technology Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• “The Organized Path: An App Based Solution for Pathology Medical Record Systems in Low Resource Settings,” Dana Razzano, MD Resident, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY

• “Developing Mobile Video Courses for Spinal Cord Injury Therapy Guidance and Local Peer Mentoring Worldwide,” Jonathan Sigworth, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, More Than Walking Incorporated

• “mHealth for Systematic Screening and Self-Management of Diabetes in Pakistan,” Sabeen Shah, Hepatitis C Treatment and Prevention Program Manager, Global Health Directorate, Indus Health Network

• “PaperEMR: A Unique Paper-to-Digital Approach to Electronic Medical Records,” Pratap Kumar, Institute of Healthcare Management, Strathmore Business School; Health-E-Net Limited, Nairobi, Kenya

Engage in conversation with the pitch presenters and with the session's expert panelists, who will provide guidance, mentoring, and advice to the pitch presenters and to the audience.

Expert Panelists:

• Cal Bruns, CEO andChief Innovationist, Matchboxology

• Brian Heuser, Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

WLH 208: Women's Health Initiatives Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• “Restore Cup: Providing Women an Innovative Solution to Manage Chronic Urine Leakage from Obstetric Fistula,” Nessa Ryan, PhD Candidate, New York University College of Global Public Health; Director of Research, Restore Health

• “We the Women: Preventing an Increase in the Incidence Rate of Cervical Cancer in Black Women Residing in San Francisco,” Divya Sridhar, MPH Student, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health

• “HysTone: A Manually-Powered Postpartum Hemorrhage Treatment Device,” Molly Munsell, Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan

• “Partnering with Midwives to Improve Maternal-Infant Health and Eliminate Chagas Disease,” Pamela Pennington, Director, Center for Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

Engage in conversation with the pitch presenters and with the session's expert panelists, who will provide guidance, mentoring, and advice to the pitch presenters and to the audience.

Expert Panelists:  

• Sten Vermund, Dean and Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine

• Marie H. Martin, Assistant Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Saturday, 2:50pm-4:20pm

Shubert: Design Thinking in Global Health

• "A Case Study in Human-Centered Design: Medic Mobile's Open Source Health Equity Analytics," Isaac Holeman, Co-Founder and Research Lead, Medic Mobile

• "Let's Transform Empathy into an Asset that Generates Measurable Returns," Cal Bruns, CEO and Chief Innovationist, Matchboxology

• "The Storytelling Cloth: Textile Design for Community Engagement During Health Campaigns in West Africa," Eliza Squibb, Executive Director, GAIA Vaccine Foundation; Assistant Professor, Textiles Department, Rhode Island School of Design

• "Building Businesses with Impact: A Roadmap to Scale," Ted London, Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; Senior Research Fellow, William Davidson Institute

Coop: Health Policy and Advocacy

• "Are Shouting and Silence Our Only Two Options: Bringing Bipartisanship and Transformation to Citizen Activism on Global Health," Sam Daley-Harris, Founder and Principal, Civic Courage, A Program of RESULTS Educational Fund

• "Accountability in Global Health: From the MDGs to the SDGs and Beyond," Alicia Ely Yamin, Member, UN Secretary General’s Independent Accountability Panel for the Global Strategy in Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents' Health; Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

• "Global Health: The National Security Threat We Forgot," Michael Schmoyer, Assistant Deputy Secretary for National Security and Director, Office of Security and Strategic Information (OSSI), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• "Quality and Effect of Relationships in Health Care," Katherine Gottlieb, President and CEO, Southcentral Foundation

CALH: Technology Interventions for Global Health Challenges Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• “MindCotine: Tackling Nicotine Addiction with an Immersive Mobile Treatment Based on Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies,” Nicolas Rosencovich, CEO and Co-Founder MindCotine, Inc.

• “Innovating to Tackle Tuberculosis in the Mountains of Himachal Pradesh,” Ethel Yang, Development Manager, Operation ASHA; MBA/MPH Candidate, University of California, Berkeley

• “Expanding the Capacity to Treat Hearing Loss Through Mobile Technology and Community Health Workers,” Asitha Jayawardena, Surgical Resident, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology

• "Environment and Neurodevelopment: Community-Centric, Technology-Enabled Approaches to Assess and Mitigate Impact of Environmentally Polluting Exposures on Child Cognitive Outcomes," Suhela Kapoor, Tata Trusts Research Fellow, Public Health Foundation of India

Engage in conversation with the pitch presenters and with the session's expert panelists, who will provide guidance, mentoring, and advice to the pitch presenters and to the audience.

Expert Panelists:

• David Aylward, Senior Advisor, Community Health Center, Inc.

• Bobby Jefferson, VP, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

LC101: Student-Centered Education Programs

• "Play and Joyful Learning," Alison Porcelli, Interim Principal, Roaring Brook Elementary School, Chappaqua, NY; Co-Author, Purposeful Play: A Teacher's Guide to Igniting Deep and Joyful Learning Across the Day

• "Rediscovering the Joy of Teaching through Authentic Assessment in Student-Centered Classrooms," Julie Mountcastle, Head Teacher and Director of Creative Arts, Slate School

• "Classroom Practices that Lead to Equity and Achievement for International Students," Rhonda Bondie, Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education

• "Learning Sustainability Science at Classroom, Cohort, and Community Levels at University of Michigan," Rebecca Hardin, Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

LC102: Healthcare for The Last Mile Panel

• Amy Lehman, CEO and Founder, Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic

• Julius Mbeya, Managing Director, Lwala Community Alliance

• Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• Charles MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save the Children; Executive Chair, Health MDG Alliance

• Seth Wanye, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Friends Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner

• Daniel Palazuelos, Senior Health and Policy Advisor for Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

LC211: Leadership Interactive Workshop

• "The Art and Science of Non-Profit Leadership," Mark Roithmayr, CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

LC317: Film Interactive Workshop

• "'Heroines of Health': Documentary Screening and Workshop to Change the Narrative of Women in Global Health," Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, StoryShifter

Loria 250: Innovative Health Initiatives

Organizational information sessions for organizations, products, or services which may be of interest to the audience.

• "The Role of Mobile Surgery in Global Health," Edgar Rodas, President, Cinterandes; Associate Professor of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University; Co-Director, Program for Global Surgery at Virginia Commonwealth University

• "Global Eye Health Center (Unité de Santé Visuelle Internationale): A New Multidisciplinary Collaborative Center at University of Montreal, Canada," Marie-Josée Aubin, Founding Director, Unité de Santé Visuelle Internationale (Global Eye Health Center); Associate Professor, University of Montreal

• "Low-Cost and Innovative Methods for the Treatment of Preterm Infants in Developing Countries,” Shwetha Maddur, Founder, Seva Corps

• "FHI Ventures, Social Enterprise Facilitator (SEF)," Wellington Pak, President, FHI Ventures; Head of Strategy and Innovation, FHI 360

Loria 351: Social Impact Lab: Innovative Solutions to Global Health Challenges

Social Impact Pitches:

• “It Takes a Community to Improve Workplace Health in Nail Salons,” Mary O’Reilly, President Emeritus, Workplace Health Without Borders-US; Adjunct Professor, State University of New York (SUNY) School of Public Health; Adjunct Professor, Empire State College

• “Facility Dogs International: Optimizing the Delivery of Healthcare through Canine Facilitated Interventions™,” Cate Dorr, Founder and Director, Facility Dogs International

• “The Efficacy of Genetic Biomarkers in Evaluating Precancerous Cervical Lesions,” Michele Bresler, DO Student, Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Engage in conversation with the pitch presenters and with the session's expert panelists, who will provide guidance, mentoring, and advice to the pitch presenters and to the audience.

Expert Panelists:

• Peter Donnelly, President and CEO Public Health Ontario; Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Adjunct Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen’s University; Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University

• Jana Zindell, Chief Strategy Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

Loria B51: Community-Based Programs: Presentations by Student and Young Leaders in Global Health

• "Facilitating Dengue Vector Surveillance for Disease Control: A Pilot Study," Gulaiim Almatkyzy, PhD Student, Oregon State University

• "Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Assessing Transmission and Burden of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Rural Madagascar," Liana Langdon-Embry, MD Student, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

• "Perceptions of Traditional Care in Ghana," Ryan Lokkesmoe, Undergraduate Student, Cedarville University

• "Evaluation of a Low Cost Ophthalmoscope (Arclight) for Red Reflex Assessment Amongst Healthcare Workers in Malawi," Edward Saxby, ST3 Ophthalmology Trainee, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

• "Household Food Security and Public Health in Rural Southern Kyrgyzstan," Christian Scott, PhD Student, Pennsylvania State University

• "Deworming, Hookworm, and Macronutrients: What's the Story?" Lucy Wilson, Master's Degree Student, McGill University

WLH 119: Improving Global Engagement Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• “Building a Community of Practice to Support Stem Cell Donor Recruitment in Canada,” Warren Fingrut, Director, Stem Cell Club; Internal Medicine Resident, University of Toronto

• "Global Health Marketplace: A Simple Solution to Match Global Health Resources with Those in Need," W. Tyler Winders, Global Health and International Emergency Medicine Fellow, Medical University of South Carolina

• “Mahaliana: Leveling the Playing Field for Malagasy Scientists,” Elizabeth Toomey, MSc. Candidate, Western Illinois University

• “Tackling Tobacco-Concurrent Addictions Among At-Risk Youth in Ottawa: Using the Peer-Led "PROMPT" Approach for Harm Reduction,” Alzahra Hudani, PhD Student, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa

• Engage in conversation with the pitch presenters and with the session's expert panelists, who will provide guidance, mentoring, and advice to the pitch presenters and to the audience.

Expert Panelists: 

• Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

• Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.

WLH 208: Preventative Global Health Technology Interventions Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• “Arclight: A Low-Cost Solar Powered Tool to Prevent Unnecessary Blindness and Deafness Worldwide,” Martin Anderson, Honorary Research Fellow, University of St Andrews, UK; Ophthalmology Specialist Trainee, Edinburgh, UK

• “TEMPO: A Mobile Health E-collaborative Using Play-Based Interventions to Help Children with Developmental Trauma in Resource Limited Settings,” Ardalan Vossoughi, Founding President, TEMPO; Clinical Research Affiliate, Indiana University IU-Health

• “Development of CERVIS (Cervical Cancer Early Response Visual Identification System),” Lea Daran, Undergraduate Student, Santa Clara University

• “Digital-Based Mental Health Education for Low- to Middle-Income Countries,” Brian Price, Professor, Department of Counselor Education and Counseling, Adler University

Engage in conversation with the pitch presenters and with the session's expert panelists, who will provide guidance, mentoring, and advice to the pitch presenters and to the audience.

Expert Panelists:

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• Gene Kwan, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine; Health and Policy Advisor, Partners In Health

Saturday, 4:35-6:05pm

Shubert: Effective Healthcare Systems Strengthening

• "Equity and Sustainability in Global Health Partnerships: Lessons from Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Liberia," Corrado Cancedda, Associate Physician, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• "Rebuilding Health Systems After Ebola in Rural Sierra Leone," Regan Marsh, Director of Clinical Systems, Partners In Health; Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• "Outcomes of the Ghana Blindness and Visual Impairment Study," Seth Wanye, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Friends Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner

• "Value-Based Healthcare: Costing Primary Care in Haiti. The Strategy to Maximize Value for Patients in Low Resource Countries and Change the Paradigm of How NGOs Fundraise," Mahek Shah, Senior Researcher, Harvard Business School

Coop: Environmental Health

• "Mitigating Health Consequences of Climate Change," Sten Vermund, Dean and Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine

• "Big Data Informatics to Create a Search Engine to Discover Environmental Exposures in Disease Risk," Chirag Patel, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School

• “The Urban Asthma Epidemic,” Matthew Perzanowski, Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

• "Innovative Intervention of Childhood Lead Dust Exposure: Lessons from New Orleans," Howard Mielke, Research Professor, Tulane University

CALH: Education and Training Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• “Interactive Video-Based Obstetric Fistula Trainer: An Innovative Solution for Improving Surgical Education in Low- and Middle-Income Countries” Priyanka Gupta, Assistant Professor of Urology, University of Michigan; Project Manager, Medical Simulation International

• “Development and Implementation of Distant-Blended Learning Course for General Practitioners,” Hiba Ashraf, Consultant and Head of the Department, Family Medicine Indus Health Network

• “Palliative Care Innovation: Coupling Music, Art, and Traditional Counseling Therapy to Program Development,” Preeya Desh, Founder, Wabi Sabi Health

• “Learning by Jamming: Co-Design of Serious Games to Foster Cultural Safety by Medical Students in Colombia,” Juan Pimentel, PhD Student, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University

Engage in conversation with the pitch presenters and with the session's expert panelists, who will provide guidance, mentoring, and advice to the pitch presenters and to the audience.

Expert Panelists:

• Marie H. Martin, Assistant Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

• Richard Skolnik, Former Director for HNP, South Asia Region at the World Bank; Former Lecturer, Yale University and The George Washington University; Author, Essentials of Global Health/Global Health 101; Instructor, Yale/Coursera - 'Essentials of Global Health'

LC101: Surgery and Global Health

• "Reflections on an NGO’s Ongoing Efforts to Strengthen Surgical Capacity," Kathleen Casey, Chief Medical Officer, Physicians for Peace; Founder and Former Director, Operation Giving Back

• "Improving Postoperative Follow-up in Rural Rwanda: Detection and Referral for Surgical Site Infections Post-Cesarean Delivery," Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• "Innovations in Safe Surgery: Experiences from Safe Surgery 2020 in Ethiopia," Erin Barringer, Partner, Dalberg Advisors

LC102: Building a Fulfilling Career in Global Health Panel

• Rebecca Hardin, Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

• Brian Heuser, Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

• James Nardella, Principal, Skoll Foundation

• Lindsay Palazuelos, Senior Program Development Officer, Partners In Health

• Dan Pawson, Vice President, Global Health Strategies

• Shin Daimyo, Senior Advisor for Mental Health, Partners In Health

LC211: Impact Interactive Workshop

• "Playing Big in Global Health: How to Quiet Your Own Inner Critic so You Can Live a Life of Purpose and Impact," Tricia Bolender, Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach, Tricia Bolender Consulting

LC317: Biomedical Ethics Interactive Workshop

• "Bioethical Considerations in Surgical and Medical Volunteerism," Aron Rose, Bioethics Chair, Cancer Diagnosis and Care in Sub-Saharan Africa, a White House Initiative; Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine; Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Nursing; Faculty, Program in Bioethics, Yale University

Loria 250: Community-Based Healthcare Programs

• "Agents of Change: Impact Evaluation of the NAMWEZA (‘Yes, together we can!’) Intervention with People Living with HIV (PLH) and Members of Their Social Networks in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania," Mary Smith Fawzi, Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• "FXBVillage: A New Public Health Paradigm," Karina Weinstein, Program Director, FXB USA

• "Strengthening Health Systems Through Improved Emergency Care," Shada Rouhani, Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Senior Advisor, Emergency Medicine, L'Hopital Université de Mirebalais, Haiti

• "Eye Care is the Life Line for Survival and Development of Community in India," Sarang Samal, Founder, Kalinga Eye Hospital, NYSASDRI, India; Unite For Sight Partner

Loria 351: Innovative Health Initiatives

Organizational information sessions for organizations, products, or services, which may be of interest to the audience.

• "Ophthalmology in Armenia: From State of Crisis to Center of Excellence," Roger Ohanesian, Founder and President, Armenian Eye Care Project

• "Using Evidence to Better Outcomes by Increasing Cultural Competence During the Disaster Cycle: Innovation Transformation of Nursing Knowledge," Stephanie Pierce, Program Director, Cornerstone of Cultural Competency in the Disaster Cycle (C3DC), Louisiana State University Health New Orleans School of Nursing

• "A Sustainable Solution for Comprehensive Cleft Care," Ewa D'Silva, Manager, Evaluation, Smile Train

• "InciSioN - Building the Next Generation of Global Surgeons," Dominique Vervoort, Chair, InciSioN, the International Student Surgical Network

Loria B51: Design Thinking Workshop

• "Bridging Research and Action," Elizabeth Johansen, Founder, Spark Health Design; Adjunct, Olin College of Engineering; formerly Design that Matters and IDEO

WLH 119: Refugee and Immigrant Health Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• “The Global VRET Project: Treating PTSD Symptoms of Syrian Refugees Through the Use of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy,” Sofia Salahpour, MPH Student, Keck School of Medicine

• “Overcoming Refugee Barriers to Citizenship: The Inter-Professional N-648 Clinic,” Nicole Damari, MD Student, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

• “Love on the Move: An Integrated Immigrant Health Mobile Clinic,” Ijeoma Nnodim, Wayne State University Global Health Alliance, Wayne State University School of Medicine

• “Training and Outreach to Provide Mental Health Services to Refugee Communities in Jordan,” Meira Yasin, PMHNP-BC Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, East Tennessee State University

Engage in conversation with the pitch presenters and with the session's expert panelists, who will provide guidance, mentoring, and advice to the pitch presenters and to the audience.

Expert Panelists:

• Charles MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save the Children; Executive Chair, Health MDG Alliance

• Paul Spiegel, Director, Center for Humanitarian Health; Professor of the Practice, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

WLH 208: Maternal and Child Health: Presentations by Student and Young Leaders in Global Health

• "Societal Factors Influencing the Breastfeeding Practices of the Women in the Bateyes of the Dominican Republic," Stephanie Batson, MD Student, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

• "Survival Sex, Drug Use, and Reproductive Autonomy: A Study of Hysterectomy Rates Among High-Risk Reproductive Aged Women," Alissa Mirochnitchenko, Master's Degree Student, University of North Texas Health Science Center

• "Access to Antenatal Care and Hospital Delivery Among Haitian Migrant Mothers Within Batey Communities in La Romana, Dominican Republic," Chandler Ford, MD Student, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

• "Intimate Partner Violence and Child Death in Togo," Erica Hartmann, MPH/PA Student, Arcadia University

• "Helping Babies Breathe in a Mountainside Hut," Jordan Reed, Resident, University of Iowa Emergency Medicine Residency

Saturday, 6:45-8:45pm

Innovation & Ideas Evening Networking Reception: This special 2-hour networking reception will convene conference participants who are interested in networking, discussion, collaboration, and intense conversation about global health and innovation. The reception with hors d'oeuvres will be held at the historic SH Theater in New Haven, which is the main conference venue.

• When: Evening of Saturday, April 14

• What: Innovation & Ideas Evening Networking Reception With Hors d'Oeuvres

• Where: Shubert Theater, 247 College Street, New Haven

• Space is limited, and advance online registration is required. Register online at the time that you register for the Global Health & Innovation Conference.

Sunday, April 15

Sunday, 9:00-9:50am: Keynote Address

• "How Health For All Is Within Our Grasp," Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University; University Professor, Columbia University; Director, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network; Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General, António Guterres

Sunday, 9:55-10:45am: Keynote Address

• "Lessons from the Millennium Villages Health System," Sonia Sachs, Director of Health, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University; Health Coordinator, Millennium Villages Project; Director, One Million CHW Campaign

Sunday, 11:00am-12:30pm

Shubert: Community Health Academy: Reinventing Education for Community Health Workers and Leaders in the Digital Age

• James Nardella, Principal, Skoll Foundation

• Claire Qureshi, Senior Advisor, Frontline Delivery, Office of the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Health in Agenda 2030 and for Malaria

• Abigail McDaniel, Director of Health Systems Strengthening - Community Health Academy, Last Mile Health

• April Opoliner, Project Lead, HarvardX, Harvard University

Coop: Storytelling and Communications

• "Sesame Street: At the Intersection of Global Health and Girls' Empowerment," Alyson Moskowitz, Project Manager, Sesame Workshop

• "Jumping for Joy: “Lakou Kajou”--A Haitian Creole-Language Children’s Media Initiative to Promote Healthy Habits," Charlotte Cole, Executive Director, Blue Butterfly Collaborative

• "Storytelling in the Age of Data: Harnessing the Power of Both to Motivate Global Health," Jonathan Smith, Lecturer, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases and Global Health, Yale University School of Public Health

• "More than Words: The Role of Communications in Safe Abortion Care," Alexandra Kendall, Vice President, Global Health Strategies

CALH: Innovative Health Initiatives

Organizational information sessions for organizations, products, or services that may be of interest to the audience.

• "Bridge Over Troubled Water: Real-Time Hospital Alerts in the Fight Against Opioid Deaths," Laura Adams, President and CEO, Rhode Island Quality Institute

• "Intake - Center for Dietary Assessment: Measuring Diets for Health," Megan Deitchler, Director, Intake, FHI 360

• "Harnessing the Power of Analytics to Tell Your Story," Stefani Drake, Founder and Lead Strategist, Drake Strategies

LC101: Global Perspectives on Nutrition

• "A National Study of Global Health and International Nutrition Perceptions: How U.S. Political, Religious, Social Conservatives, and the General Population Respond to Global Health and Nutrition Issues," Brian Heuser, Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

• "Staying Abreast: New Debates and Developments in Infant Nutrition," Pam Bolton, Head of Partnerships, Tech Care for All

• "Mapping the Financing Landscape for Nutrition: Global Resource Need and Donor Contributions," Mary D'Alimonte, Program Officer, Results For Development

LC102: Cutting-Edge Ideas in Development: GHIC Innovation Prize Semifinalist Pitches

Learn from the 4-minute Social Impact Pitches of semifinalists for the $10,000 and $5,000 GHIC Innovation Prize, which will be awarded to the best two Social Impact Pitches.

Semifinalists

• “Developing Mobile Video Courses for Spinal Cord Injury Therapy Guidance and Local Peer Mentoring Worldwide,” Jonathan Sigworth, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, More Than Walking Incorporated

• “Rehema Afya Bora's Clinics: Creating Thriving Communities in Tanzania's Most Remote Areas,” Sameer Moulali, Co-Founder, Krishna Veni Charitable Clinic

• “Love on the Move: An Integrated Immigrant Health Mobile Clinic,” Ijeoma Nnodim, Wayne State University Global Health Alliance, Wayne State University School of Medicine

• “Mahaliana: Leveling the Playing Field for Malagasy Scientists,” Elizabeth Toomey, MSc. Student, Western Illinois University

• “HepTrack: An Intelligent Self-Learning System for Hepatitis Surveillance & Outbreak Preparedness,” Ata Ul Razzaq Khan, MPhil International Community Health Student, Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo

• “Palliative Care Innovation: Coupling Music, Art, and Traditional Counseling Therapy to Program Development,” Preeya Desh, Founder, Wabi Sabi Health

• “HysTone: A Manually-Powered Postpartum Hemorrhage Treatment Device,” Molly Munsell, Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan

• “The EPED (Early Preeclampsia Detection) Strip,” Denali Dahl, PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• “Tackling Tobacco-Concurrent Addictions Among At-Risk Youth in Ottawa: Using the Peer-Led "PROMPT" Approach for Harm Reduction,” Alzahra Hudani, PhD Student, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa

• “Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship: Global Heath Project OTTER,” Jenny Ho, Project Manager, Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship (ADE)

• “Partnering with Midwives to Improve Maternal-Infant Health and Eliminate Chagas Disease,” Pamela Pennington, Director, Center for Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

• “PaperEMR: A Unique Paper-to-Digital Approach to Electronic Medical Records,” Pratap Kumar, Institute of Healthcare Management, Strathmore Business School; Health-E-Net Limited, Nairobi, Kenya

• “Hearing and Vision Services for Preschool Children: A mHealth Supported Community-Based Program,” De Wet Swanepoel, Professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Co-Founder and Scientific Advisor, hearX Group

• “Restore Cup: Providing Women an Innovative Solution to Manage Chronic Urine Leakage from Obstetric Fistula,” Nessa Ryan, PhD Candidate, New York University College of Global Public Health; Director of Research, MSCI Restore Health

• “Innovating to Tackle Tuberculosis in the Mountains of Himachal Pradesh,” Ethel Yang, Development Manager, Operation ASHA; MBA/MPH Candidate, University of California, Berkeley

Expert Judges:

• Tricia Bolender, Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach, Tricia Bolender Consulting

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• Bobby Jefferson, VP, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

• Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

• Charles MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save the Children; Executive Chair, Health MDG Alliance

LC211: Essentials of Global Health Interactive Workshop

• "Essentials of Global Health: What Do People Get Sick, Disabled, and Die From? Which People? Why Does This Happen to Them? Why Should We Care? What Can Be Done?" Richard Skolnik, Former Director for HNP, South Asia Region at the World Bank; Former Lecturer, Yale University and The George Washington University; Author, Essentials of Global Health/Global Health 101; Instructor, Yale/Coursera - 'Essentials of Global Health'

LC317: Civic Engagement for International Development Interactive Workshop

• "Drop the Mystery: Learn How to Make Grassroots Action for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Work," Sam Daley-Harris, Founder and Principal, Civic Courage, A Program of RESULTS Educational Fund

Loria 250: Innovations in Environmental Health

• "The Need for Building for Environmental Health Research Capacity in Low and Middle Income Countries around the Globe," Gwen Collman, Director of the Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

• "Agricultural Biodiversity for Healthy Diets and Better Nutrition," Gina Kennedy, Senior Scientist, Healthy Diets Initiative, Bioversity International

• "Impact of Affordability, Accessibility, and Awareness (3As) on Adoption of Cleaner Cooking Systems in Rural India," Praveen Kumar, Assistant Professor, Boston College School of Social Work

• "Designing for Health at all Scales: From Products, Buildings to Communities," James Connelly, Vice President of Products and Strategic Growth, International Living Future Institute

Loria 351: Patient Perceptions of Health: Presentations by Student and Young Leaders in Global Health

• "Patient-Perceived Barriers to Eye Care and Patient Knowledge of Eye Care in Rural Odisha, India," Connor Orrico, MD Student, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo

• "Shebeen Attendees’ Perceptions of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa," Katherine Kuenzle, Undergraduate Student, Yale University

• "Factors Influencing Breast Cancer Screening and Education in Rural Haiti," Christina Yang, MD Student, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

• "The Estimation of Awareness about Diabetic Retinopathy in the Adult Population in Chennai," Elsa George, MD Student, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

• "Increasing Malaria Case Detection with Community Health Workers: A Case Study from Southern Senegal," Abigail Pershing, JD Student, Yale Law School

Sunday, 12:40-1:40pm: Lunch

• Eat lunch at one of New Haven's 300 downtown eateries.

Sunday, 1:40-3:40pm

Shubert: Outcomes and Impact

• "From Evidence to Influence: Five Must-Haves," Kim Longfield, Founder, Databoom

• "From Aspirations to Reality: Management Lessons from a Decade at PIH," Lindsay Palazuelos, Senior Program Development Officer, Partners In Health

• "Building Blocks for a Useful Program Monitoring and Evaluation System," Anthony Salandy, Director of Research Programs, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

• "Knowing What We Need to Know for Evidence-Based Healthcare: Getting the Outcomes Right," Ian Saldanha, Assistant Professor, Brown University School of Public Health

• “Shared Value and Global Health: How Companies are Evolving Their Strategies to Save More Lives,” Laura Herman, Managing Director, FSG

Coop: Health Policy and Health Care

• "NCDs, SDGs, and the Poorest Billion: Hopes for the 2018 UN High-Level Meeting and Beyond," Andrea Feigl-Ding, Health Economist, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

• "Analyzing Patient Outcomes and Economic Impact of an Ambulatory Surgical Center: One World Surgery’s Holy Family Surgery Center, Honduras," Peter J. Daly, Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder, One World Surgery

• "Disability, Health, and Human Development," Sophie Mitra, Professor of Economics, Fordham University

• "How to Turn a Disability into a Competitive Edge," Connie Hasemann, CEO, conniehasemann.dk; Founder and Patron, All People Foundation; Founder and Former CEO; All Ears Telemarketing Denmark

CALH: Innovative Tools for Global Health Equity Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• “StoryShifter: Changing the Narrative of Global Health Through an Entertainment Driven Software and Data Science Solution for the Social Good Industry,” Lisa Russell, Emmy-Award Winning Filmmaker and Founder, StoryShifter

• “Good Bowls: Empowering Communities to Achieve Good Food Access and Health Equity,” Alice Ammerman, Professor, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health; Director, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• “Helping Adolescent Mothers in the Developing World Make the Grade,” Mona-Lee Belizaire, Founder, Pearls of Potential, Inc.

• “Diabeatit: A Human-Centered Approach to Health Education,” Manali Kulkarni, Undergraduate Student, University of California at San Diego; Project Advisor, Global TIES

• “An Innovative Solution for the Follow-up of Maternal Health Services in Afghanistan,” Alia Rasoully, Executive Director and Founder, WISE Afghanistan

Engage in conversation with the pitch presenters and with the session's expert panelists, who will provide guidance, mentoring, and advice to the pitch presenters and to the audience.

Expert Panelists:

• David Aylward, Senior Advisor, Community Health Center, Inc.

• James Clarke, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director

• LC101: Global Health Education

• "Creating Change in Global Health," David Bouslough, Assistant Clinical Professor and Director, Division of International Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Director of Life Support Education, Clinical Advisor for Emergency Medicine, Emergency Preparedness, and Palliative Care, LBJ Tropical Medical Center, American Samoa

• "Implementing Online Curriculum in Global Health: Lessons Learned," Marie H. Martin, Assistant Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

• "Building a Global Health Program at Columbia University School of Nursing: Challenges and Successes," Jennifer Dohrn, Director, Office of Global Initiatives and WHO Collaborating Center in Advanced Practice Nursing, Columbia University School of Nursing

• "The Rise of Research Capacity in Rwanda: Key Steps and Novel Methods to Building Global Research Infrastructure," Naz Karim, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Director of Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Brown University

LC102: GHIC 2018's Six Best Cutting-Edge Ideas in Development: GHIC Innovation Prize Finalist Pitches and Judging

Six finalists will be selected from the morning semifinalist session. The finalists will present a 5-minute pitch, which will be followed by 10 minutes of Q&A and dialogue with the expert judges. During the judge deliberations, the audience will engage in Q&A and dialogue with the finalists. The session will conclude with the GHIC Innovation Prize award of $10,000 and $5,000 to the two best pitch presenters.

• Expert Judges:

  • Tricia Bolender, Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach, Tricia Bolender Consulting

  • Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

  • Bobby Jefferson, VP, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

  • Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

  • Charles MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save the Children; Executive Chair, Health MDG Alliance

Loria 250: Pathways to Sustainable Scale-Up and Impact

• "Collective Leadership: Identifying Competencies, and Understanding Impact," Jacob Gomez, Impact and Learning Manager, Global Health Corps

• "Bridging the Deadly Implementation Gap and Improving Healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa," Grace Humbles, Communications Officer, LifeNet International

• “Social Innovation and Sustainable Solutions to Health,” Darren Back, Senior Director, Social Investments and Global Health Programs, Pfizer Inc. and the Pfizer Foundation

• "Crisis Text Line: How Data and Technology Can Save Lives," Shairi Turner, Chief Medical Officer, Crisis Text Line