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Keynote Addresses

"A Conversation on Leadership" with Sanjiv Chopra, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School moderated by Mark Roithmayr, CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

"The Stories that Shape Us," Mary-Ann Etiebet, Lead and Executive Director, Merck for Mothers

"Economics of Covid-19," 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

Expert Panels

Crafting Your Journey in a Fulfilling Global Health Career Panel

• Jane Aronson, Pediatrician; Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Director, International Pediatric Health Services

• Arachu Castro, Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin America and Director of the Collaborative Group for Health Equity in Latin America, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

• Rebecca Hardin, Associate Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan

• Eve Heyn, Director, Eve Heyn Communications, Specializing in Global Health

• Daniel Palazuelos, Director of Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• Lindsay Palazuelos, Director of Policy and Program Development, 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'

Lessons Learned in Authentic Innovation and Collaboration Panel

• David Aylward, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Senior Advisor, Eugene Farley Jr. Health Policy Center, University of Colorado

• Cal Bruns, CEO and Chief Innovationist, Matchboxology

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

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

• Eliza Squibb, Co-Founder and Art Director, ZTwist Design LLC; Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design; Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lessons Learned in Healthcare Delivery, and Embracing Every Challenge as an Opportunity to Grow Panel

• Arachu Castro, Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin America and Director of the Collaborative Group for Health Equity in Latin America, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

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

• Scott Corlew, Global Health Consultant; Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• Charles MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save the Children; Senior Fellow, Interaction: The American Council for Voluntary International Action

• Chris Underhill, Founder, BasicNeeds; Co-Founder, mhNOW

We Are All Teachers and Learners: Humility and Respect in Innovation and Leadership Panel

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• Charles MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save the Children; Senior Fellow, Interaction: The American Council for Voluntary International Action

• Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Grade 2 Teacher, Slate School

Innovative Health Initiatives

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

• "Solar Light and Power Enabling Health Innovations," Megan Birney, President and CEO, Unite to Light

• "Building Medical Journal Capacity in Africa," Dan Gerendasy, Chief of International Programs, US National Library of Medicine

• "Eradicating Stigma and Igniting Change Through Global Mental Health Education," Sameen Hosseini, Director of Public Relations, National Network of Depression Centers - India Foundation

• "Using Data Science to Tell the Story of a Community's Health and Drive Policy Change," Maria Julian, Executive Director, Counter Tools

• "Participatory Visual Methods in Health and Healthcare: Engaging, Empowering, and Educating," Laura Lorenz, Co-Founder and Educator, PhotovoiceWorldwide LLC; Visiting Scholar, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

• "The Role of Advocacy in Achieving Health for All: Lessons from the Global Health Advocacy Incubator," Daniel McGoldrick, Vice President, Global Health Advocacy Incubator

Poster Presentations

A list of poster presentations included in the 2020 Global Health & Innovation Conference may be viewed here.

Social Impact Labs

Community-Based Programs Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• "Health Cartographers: Mapping Community Paths to Improved Youth Mental Health and Healthcare," Joanna Yang Yowler, Founder and CEO, Health Cartographers; Senior Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic

• "Momentum Center for Social Engagement: A Grassroots Approach to Reducing Stigma and Improving Mental Health," Barbara Lee VanHorssen, Experi-Mentor and Founder, Momentum Center

• "Why We Swab: Developing a Library of Stories in Stem Cell Donation in Canada," Warren Fingrut, Hematology Resident Physician, University of British Columbia; Chair, Why We Swab Committee

• "The Malawian Marketplace: Exploring the Value of Agriculture Education in Nutritional Cost Reduction," Korinne Thorne, Medical Student, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo

• "Community-Based STEM Education in Low-Resourced Inner-City Schools," Rachel Wagner, President, START Science

Expert Panelists:

• David Aylward, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Senior Advisor, Eugene Farley Jr. Health Policy Center, University of Colorado

• Pam Bolton, SVP, Global Health, Tech Care for All

Health Innovations Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• "Increasing the Sensitivity of Sputum Smear Microscopy," Bonolo Mathekga, Co-Founder, Drizzle; Graduate Student, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University

• "Innovative Financing in Healthcare: World's First Pay-for-Performance Instruments For Tuberculosis," LM Singh, Project Director, PAHAL

• "Equitable Innovation in Cataract Surgery," Joshua de Souza, Co-Founder, ForSight Innovation; Graduate Student and Abell Fellow, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University

• "Innovation for Global Nutrient Management," Alison Weber, Global Health Analyst, Biomass Controls PBC; PhD Student, Behavioral and Social Health Sciences, Brown University

• "Providence Care: A Community-Based, Innovative Health Solution to an Aging Crisis, Bringing Quality Home Care to Our Elderly," Mathias Larivière, MD Student, Université de Sherbrooke; Unite For Sight Global Impact Fellow

Expert Panelists:

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• Paris Pitsillides, Director of Strategy, Matchboxology

Innovations in Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• "PAHAL's Innovative Financing Mechanism to Reduce Catastrophic Maternal Care Expenditure for Urban Underserved," Shoumik Guha, Senior Expert Advisory, IPE Global Limited

• “Urogynecology Global Health Initiative: Combining Education, Training, Research and Service to Tackle Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in the Dominican Republic," Anna Pancheshnikov, PGY-4 OB/GYN, Yale New Haven Hospital

• "NeMo: Empowering Mothers to Identify Neonatal Illness," Grace Weyand, MSE Student, Johns Hopkins University

• "Advancing Oral Health of Mothers and Young Children Leveraging Existing Prenatal Oral Health Programs," Hyewon Lee, Assistant Clinical Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

• "Pediatric Preventable Blindness: The Suriname Project," Adriana Grossman, Public Health Director, Pediatric Preventable Blindness Initiative; SOAR Fellow, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; MD Candidate, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Expert Panelists:

• Marie Martin, Associate Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Assistant Professor, Health Policy, Vanderbilt School of Medicine

• Rebecca Robinson, Founder and President, Make the Minute Matter, Inc.

Innovative Tools to Address Global Health Challenges Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• "The MAMI Project," Justo Vera, Project Director, The Kayros Group

• "The Perfect Fit: A Smart Entry Point to Reshape Menstrual Health Education in Indonesia," Tungga Dewi Winarno Putri, Senior Analyst, Kopernik

• "Socio Connect: A Novel Digital Platform for Increasing Access to Social Determinants of Health," Semran Thamer, Co-Founder, Socio Connect; MD Student, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

• "VecTech: AI-Driven Mosquito Surveillance Tools for Targeted Disease Prevention," Adam Goodwin, CTO and Co-Founder, VecTech LLC

• "'Jojolo' by Neo Childcare: A Mobile Sick Bay Service for Schools Reducing Childhood Mortality in Africa," Yusuf Shittu, Executive Director, Neo Childcare

Expert Panelists

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

• Marie Martin, Associate Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Assistant Professor, Health Policy, Vanderbilt School of Medicine

Technology Interventions for Global Health Challenges Social Impact Lab

Social Impact Pitches:

• "PETRA Test: Preventing Diabetic Foot Amputations by Harnessing the Invisible Warning Signs," Kayla Huemer, Biomedical Engineering Affiliate Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• "HELP Hand," Fatima Israr, Undergraduate Student, Santa Clara University

• "Lediscan: A Novel Hand-Held, Point-of-Care Device to Detect and Treat Cervical Precancerous Lesions in Developing Countries," Obieze Nwanna-Nzewunwa, Maine Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Portland Maine; Joint Medical Lifesavers Foundation, Nigeria

• "OmwanaThrive: A Mobile Application for Neonatal Survival in Rural Uganda," Tatiana Valentine, Undergraduate Student, Santa Clara University

• "Beat Betel: Using an AI-Driven Tool to Prevent and Detect Mouth Cancer," Jacklyn Liu, Research Affiliate, Association for the Global Advancement of ENT Surgery and Head and Neck Cancer Research

Expert Panelists:

• Charlie MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save the Children; Senior Fellow, Interaction: The American Council for Voluntary International Action

• Rebecca Robinson, Founder and President, Make the Minute Matter, Inc.

Speaker Presentations

Child Health in Low-Resource Settings

• "The Reaching Children’s Potential Demonstration Project in Ukwega, Tanzania," Melinda Lull, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wegmans School of Pharmacy, St. John Fisher College

• "Identifying and Treating Children with Low Vision in India: Review of a Large-Scale Pilot Screening Program," Aditi Kumar, Intern, Aravind Eye Hospital

• "Children for Health," Clare Hanbury, CEO and Founder, Children for Health

Collaboration and Impact

• "Shining a Light on Safe Childbirth," Christina Briegleb, Senior Director of Global Programs, We Care Solar

• "Innovating Faculty Mentorship: A New Program Model at the University of Zambia," Marie H. Martin, Associate Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Assistant Professor, Health Policy, Vanderbilt School of Medicine

• "Equity Investments: A Barrier to Equity, and What to do About It," Andy Posner, Founder and CEO, Capital Good Fund

• "Why Is It Such a Mystery? You Can Make a Profound Difference on Big Issues with Your Voice As a Citizen!" Sam Daley-Harris, Founder and Principal, Civic Courage, A Program of RESULTS Educational Fund

Community-Based Health Programs

• "Connecting Spinal Cord Injury Patients to Peer Mentors Worldwide Through Film," Jonathan Sigworth, President and Co-CEO, More Than Walking

• "A Policy Analysis of Access to Post-Acute Rehabilitation Services for People with Acquired Brain Injury," Laura Lorenz, Visiting Scholar, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University; Co-Founder and Educator, Photovoice Worldwide LLC

• "Improving Management of Adult Ankle Fractures in Malawi: Examination of Providers’ Knowledge and Treatment Strategies," Kiran Agarwal-Harding, Harvard Global Orthopaedics Collaborative, Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program; Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

• "Incentives for Nursing Students to Work With the Elderly —a Discrete Choice Experiment for Eliciting Job Preferences," Dijuan Meng, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine; Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

• " . . . and Duties as Assigned - the Non-Physician Educator Abroad," Margaret Tarpley, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Botswana

Community-Based Strategies to Improve Health and Wellbeing

• "Improving Neonatal Health Through Community Health Workers in Rural Haiti," Shannon Findlay, Emergency Medicine Physician, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics

• "FXBVillage Model: Integrated Approach to Poverty Alleviation," Karina Weinstein, Program Strategy and Innovation Director, FXB USA

• "When You Can't Do More with Less: A Healthcare Dilemma in Haiti," Jack Long, Pediatrician, Health Equity International

• "Ending Obstetric Fistula: Lessons from a National Treatment and Outreach Network in Kenya," Lindsey Pollaczek, Vice President of Programs, Fistula Foundation

Design Thinking

• "Improving Health Information Equity: Creating Local Art for Local Care," Eliza Squibb, Co-Founder and Art Director, ZTwist Design LLC; Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design; Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• "Design Thinking for Greater Impact," Stefani Zimmerman Drake, Public Relations Manager, Water Mission

• "Purposeful Play: Development Frameworks for Driving Healthcare Innovation Through Games," Margaret Wallace, Games for Change

• "Climate Change: A Public Health Emergency," Natacha Poggio, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, University of Houston Downtown; Founder and Director, Design Global Change

Digital Health Innovations & Trends

• "Emerging Innovations in Digital Health Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa and India," Hima Kher, Chief Technology Officer, Tech Care for All

• "Improving Health Access and Equity Through Digital Initiatives," Steve Ollis, Senior Digital Health Advisor, Center for Digital Health, John Snow Inc.; Team Lead, MEASURE Evaluation Project, John Snow, Inc.; Co-Chair, Global Digital Health Network

• "Innovative Financing Mechanisms: The Key to Unlocking Private Capital for Development?" Marissa Leffler, Health Program Director, UBS Optimum Fund

• "Digital Health Innovation in Africa and India: Can We Find Sustainable Business Models?" Pam Bolton, SVP, Global Health, Tech Care for All

Global Health: Using Data and Creativity in Pursuit of Improved Outcomes

• "Learning from the Null: Evidence, Policy, and Lessons from the BetterBirth Study," Katherine Semrau, Director, BetterBirth Program, Ariadne Labs; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Epidemiologist,

• "The Evolution of the INSIGHTS (International Surveys Investigating Global Health Information Trends) Research Program for Guiding Global Health Promotion Efforts," Gary Kreps, University Distinguished Professor, George Mason University; Director, Center for Health and Risk Communication, George Mason University

• “Translating Data and Research into a National Action Plan,” Rebecca Wear Robinson, Founder and President, Make the Minute Matter, Inc.

• Making Systematic Reviews Interactive: How Might I as an End-User Benefit?" Ian Saldanha, Assistant Professor, Brown University School of Public Health

Health Promotion

• "Six Classes: A New Approach for Reducing Chemical Harm," Tom Bruton, Senior Scientist, Green Science Policy Institute

• "Prospects of Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Products: Experiences from Tulip Filters Scale-Up in Northern Ghana," Yussif Abdul-Rahaman, Executive Director, Pumping is Life

• "Peer Navigation Initiative to Promote Mammography Follow-Up Among Underserved Women in Bronx, New York," Alyson Moadel-Robblee, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Director, BOLD Cancer Wellness Program, Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care

• "Healthcare Facility Capacity Mapping: Its Importance and Role in Designing Strategic, Impactful Health Systems Strengthening Programs: Case Study Northern Haiti," Barbara Campbell, Executive Director, The Dalton Foundation and Relink Global Health

Health Systems Strengthening

• "The Year of the Nurse and Midwife: Implications for Global Health," Patricia Davidson, Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

• "Nurses and Doctors for Rural Regions: What Educational and Retention Strategies are Needed?" Sten Vermund, Dean and Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine

• "Global Surgery 2020: Opportunities and Realities Or, So You Want to be a Global Surgeon?" John Tarpley, Head of Department, Surgery Faculty, Medicine University of Botswana

• "Leveraging Technology to Bridge Gaps in Health Literacy and Access," Arti Varanasi, President & CEO, Advancing Synergy, LLC

Human Rights and Health

• "Men Against Violence: Formative Research for the Development of a Male-Led Community Program on Gender-Based Violence During the Perinatal Period in Rural Rajasthan, India," Soumya Singh, Intervention Coordinator, Project Men Against Violence, Mata Jai Kaur Maternal and Child Health Center

• "Obstetric Violence: A Human Rights Violation that Impacts Maternal and Child Health Outcomes," Arachu Castro, Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin America and Director of the Collaborative Group for Health Equity in Latin America, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

• "The Arc of Feminism Bends Towards Empowerment: Applying New Conceptual Models in Ghana and Beyond," Myralyn Nartey, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Nartey Sports Foundation

Innovation in Education

• "Illuminating Connections in the Child-Centered Classroom," Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Grade 2 Teacher, Slate School

• "Harnessing Innovation to Leapfrog in Education," Lauren Ziegler, Project Director, Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution

• "Agile Thinking: How Teachers Decide to Teach Every Learner in Classrooms Around the World," Rhonda Bondie, Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education

• "Lili, Tilou ak Zanmi (Lili, Tilou and Friends): Using Video to Promote Socio-Emotional Learning in Haiti," Charlotte Cole, Executive Director, Blue Butterfly Collaborative

Innovative Solutions to Global Health Challenges

• "National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anesthesia Plans: Implementation from the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery," Scott Corlew, Global Health Consultant; Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• “Building Sustainability Competence in Nurses: Effects of a Gala Case Study,” Megan Czerwinski, Hillman Scholar, University of Michigan School of Nursing

• "Modeling Shows High Potential of Folic Acid Fortified Salt to Accelerate Global Prevention of Neural Tube Defects," Vijaya Kancherla, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

• "The Stark Investment Gap for the World's #1 Killer and the Promise of Blended Finance," Surabhi Bhatt, Co-Founder and Director of Strategy and Operations, Health Finance Institute

Presentations by Student and Young Leaders in Global Health:Improving Health Access and Health Outcomes

• "Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Physician Deployment Program to Improve Access to Healthcare in Rural and Underserved Areas in the Philippines," Anton L.V. Avanceña, PhD Student, University of Michigan School of Public Health

• "Community Health Workers in Dominican Republic Bateyes: Understanding the Influence of Programmatic and Contextual Factors," Shanelle D'Alessio, MD Student, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

• "Evaluating the Limitations of Kangaroo Mother Care for Preterm Birth Complications in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Updated Analysis," Katherine Pan, DO Student, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

• "Predictors of Poor Postoperative Outcomes in Pediatric Surgery Patients in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa," Sarah Peiffer, MD/MPH Student, Penn State College of Medicine

• "Impacts of Austerity on Greek Healthcare: The Greek Healthcare Crisis," Vafa Behzadpour, MD Student, University of Kansas School of Medicine

Presentations by Student and Young Leaders in Global Health: Innovative Health Initiatives

• "A Qualitative Analysis of a Maternal Prenatal Egg Supplementation and Education Program in Rural Honduras," Kevin Long, MD Student, University of Pittsburgh

• "Using a Screening Toolkit to Determine the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases in an Urban Slum of Mumbai, India," Ria Rungta, MPH Student, Yale School of Public Health

• "Integrating Methadone into Primary Care Settings Improves Quality Health Indicators Relative to Remaining on Methadone in Specialty Addiction Treatment Settings in Ukraine," Oleksandra Pashchenko, MD Student, Dartmouth Medical School

Reproductive Health

• "Effective Anonymous Partner Notification to Address Sexually Transmitted Infection Epidemics," Anatole Menon-Johansson, Sloan & Legatum Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• "Group Care for the First 1000 Days: The Case for Better Outcomes," Sharon Schindler Rising, Board Member, Group Care Global; Founder, CenteringPregnancy

• "What Does it Take to Establish RMNCH Centers of Excellence Across the Continuum of Care: Learnings from Program Experience and Implementation Strength Study Findings," Nebreed Zemicheal, Technical Director of JSI/L10K Project Ethiopia

• "Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: The Health Care Professional's Role," Anna Pancheshnikov, 4th Year OB/GYN Resident, Yale New Haven Hospital

• "Self Help Groups and Positive Trends: Global Perspectives on Outcomes in Bihar, India," Kala Mehta, Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco

Social Entrepreneurship and Transformative Change

• "E Pluribus Unum. One, Collective Impact Through Collaboration of Many," Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• "Disrupting US Health: Profits from Serving the Poor," David Aylward, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Senior Advisor, Eugene Farley Jr. Health Policy Center, University of Colorado

• “Creating Transformative Social Change Through Marketing,” Rebecca Wear Robinson, Founder and President, Make the Minute Matter, Inc.

Workshops

"Situational Awareness: Improving Your Chances in Complex Environments," Kirk Allison, Adjunct Faculty, Health Humanities Program, College of Saint Scholastica; Adjunct Professor, Department of Theology, University of Saint Thomas

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