The Global Health & Innovation Conference embraces and nurtures diverse talents, creativity, curiosity, and collaboration. We dive deep into the complexities, impact, challenges, joys, and lessons learned in global health, innovation, education, and social impact. Join this unique forum where everyone is inspired to dive deep, to have meaningful conversations, and to embrace our collective extraordinary potential for growth and impact.

This year’s event includes eight phenomenal hour-long keynote conversations, as well as plenary panel conversations with 4-6 thought leaders in each. Each session is an in-depth conversation, with no lectures, memorized talks, or PowerPoints. The sessions are not siloed based on discrete topics, but instead the conference is designed as a unique forum and exchange of ideas across disciplines.

Below is the working schedule for April 2021, which is subject to slight adjustments.

THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021

All times are Eastern Time.

9:00-9:55am “A Conversation with Jordan Levy about the Power of Positive Messaging During Challenging Times, ” Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways, in dialogue with Nozibele Qamngana-Mayaba, HIV Activist; Ambassador, South African International Youth Committee; Member, International Youth Forum

10:00-10:45am “A Conversation about Leadership and Public Service with Caroline Kennedy,” Honorary President, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation; Former United States Ambassador to Japan, in dialogue with Julie Mountcastle, Head of School, Slate School

11:00-11:55am: Beyond Bold Commitments: Transforming Delivery

• Jeffrey Blander, Chief Innovation Office Coordinator, PEPFAR Program Management, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State 

• Lena Fiebig, Head of Tuberculosis, APOPO

• Abraham Zerihun Megentta, Ethiopia Program Director, Last Mile Health

• David Scheiman, Vice President of Programs, LifeNet International

• In Conversation With Jana Zindell, Chief Strategy Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

11:00am-11:55am: Interventions to Build Capacity Social Impact Lab 

• “Evaluation of Mental Health Mobile Application, UFEEL (Understanding Feelings Effectively & Enhancing Life),” Tia Halsey, Undergraduate Student, Santa Clara University 

• “Expanding Access to Eye Care: Task-Shifting of Screening in Rural India,” Alejandro Chara, Master's Student, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University 

• “The Development of Culturally-Tailored Educational Modules for Community Health Workers in India,” Orlando Caballero, Undergraduate Student, Santa Clara University 

Expert Panelists:

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

• Bobby Jefferson, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

12:00-12:55pm: The Art of Listening, and Authentic Cultural Humility

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• Ash Rogers, Co-CEO, Lwala Community Alliance 

• Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, Create2030

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

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

12:00-12:55pm: Interact with Exhibitor Americares

1:00-1:55pm: Beyond Imagining: The Power of Creativity in Innovation 

• Ashok (AJ) Kumar, Head of Field Experimentation, Agronomic Products, Indigo; Scientific Advisor, Jana Care

• Wendy Ostroff, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science and Developmental Psychology, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies, Sonoma State University

• Eliza Squibb, Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Krishna Udayakumar, Associate Professor of Global Health and Medicine, Duke University; Director, Duke Global Health Innovation Center; Executive Director, Innovations in Healthcare

• Chris Underhill, Founder, BasicNeeds; Co-Founder, citiesRISE; Co-Founder, Elders Council for Social Entrepreneurs; Member, Global Future Council on Mental Health, World Economic Forum; Founder and Principal, Mentor Services

• In Conversation With Cal Bruns, CEO and Chief Creative Incubationist, Matchboxology

1:00-1:55pm: Interact with Exhibitor University of Miami - Global Health Studies

2:00-2:55pm: A Deep Dive into Responsible Global Engagement

• Michael Ekuoba-Gyasi, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Saint Thomas Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner

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

• Laura Herman, Principal, Dalberg

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

• Jana Zindell, Chief Strategy Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

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

2:00-2:55pm: Interactive Workshop: "Bridging Research and Action"

• Elizabeth Johansen, Founder, Spark Health Design; Director of Product Design, Vaxess Technologies; formerly Design that Matters and IDEO

3:00-3:55pm: Lessons from the Field: Authentic Collaboration in Low Resource Settings 

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

• Marc Julmisse, Chief Nursing Officer at Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais; Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, Partners In Health

• Alyson Moadel-Robblee, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Director, BOLD Cancer Wellness Program, Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care

• Natacha Poggio, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, University of Houston Downtown; Founder and Director, Design Global Change

• Arti Patel Varanasi, President & CEO, Advancing Synergy, LLC

• In Conversation With 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

3:00-3:55pm: Interactive Workshop: “Discover Your Purpose in Global Health”

• Tricia Bolender, Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach, Tricia Bolender Advisory LLC

4:00-4:55pm: Taking Risks and Embracing Failure: Humility and the Path to Innovation

• Kiran Agarwal-Harding, Harvard Global Orthopaedics Collaborative, Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program; Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

• Ned Breslin

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

• Ana Rowena McCullough, CEO, Co-Founder, and Board Chair, QuestBridge; Co-Founder and Co-President, Global Leadership Incubator

• Laura Stachel, Executive Director and Co-Founder, We Care Solar

• Rich Thorsten, Chief Insights Officer, Water.org

• In Conversation With Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

4:00-4:55pm: Interact with Exhibitor Toyota Gibraltar Stockholdings

5:00-5:55pm: Interact with Exhibitor International Conference on Family Planning

5:00-5:55pm: Nurturing the Next Generation of Global Health Leaders and Practitioners

• Kaveh Khoshnood, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; Faculty Director, InnovateHealth Yale; Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Program Director BA-BS/MPH Program in Public Health, Yale University

• Rachel Leatham, Associate Director, Internships and Experiential Learning, Carleton College

• Rachel Tomas Morgan, Associate Director, Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame

• 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'

• Harsh Sule, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Associate Director, Office of Global Health, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

• In Conversation With Lanch McCormick, Director of Student Engagement for Undergraduate Research & Distinguished Scholarships, University of Oregon

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021

All times are Eastern Time.

8:00-8:55am: “A Conversation with Agnes Binagwaho about Innovations in Global Health Equity,” Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda; Former Minister of Health, Rwanda; Senior Lecturer, Harvard Medical School; Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine in dialogue with Jeffrey Blander, Chief Innovation Office Coordinator, PEPFAR Program Management, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State

9:00-9:55am “A Conversation with Peter Singer about Creative Solutions to Global Health Challenges, “ Special Advisor to the Director General, World Health Organization; Former CEO, Grand Challenges Canada in dialogue with Elizabeth Bradley, President, Vassar College

10:00-10:55am: Effective Building of Healthcare Workforce Capacity

• Jennifer Dohrn, Director, Office of Global Initiatives and WHO Collaborating Center in Advanced Practice Nursing, Columbia University School of Nursing

• Naz Karim, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Brown University

• Martin Klein, Director, Executive MPH, Yale School of Public Health; Executive Director, Yale Center for Climate Change and Health; Lecturer, Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health

• Margaret Tarpley, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Botswana

• In Conversation With Patricia Davidson, Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing; Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Wollongong (May 2021)

10:00-10:55am: Innovative Tools to Address Global Health Challenges Social Impact Lab

• “MedSurplus Network: An E-Platform for Efficient Surplus Medical Supply Exchange,” Sasvi Kulasinghe, CEO and Co-Founder, MedSurplus United; Undergraduate Student, University of Maryland 

• “Why We Swab: A Library of Stories in Stem Cell Donation in Canada,” Warren Fingrut, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Director, Stem Cell Club 

Expert Panelists:

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

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

11:00-11:55am: Accountability and Transparency in Science: How Do We Know What Is Effective?

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

• Lisa Hirschhorn, Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Senior Director, Implementation and Improvement Science, Last Mile Health

• Leslie London, Chair of Public Health Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Steering Committee Member, People’s Health Movement South Africa and the Network on Governance, Ethics and Conflict of Interest in Public Health (GECI-PH)

• Anatole Manzi, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Quality & Health Systems Strengthening; Director, Learning Collaborative, US Public Health Accompaniment Unit, Partners In Health; Lecturer, Harvard Medical School 

• In Conversation With David Tovey, Chair, Scientific Committee, Center for Biomedical Research Transparency; Co-Editor in Chief Elect, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology; Senior Adviser, COVID-END and COVID-NMA; Emeritus Editor in Chief, Cochrane

11:00-11:55am: Interventions for Global Health Challenges Social Impact Lab

• “Petra System: Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Low-Resource Settings,“ Kayla Huemer, MS Bioengineering Student, Stanford University 

• “Increasing Global Access to Orbital Prostheses: Rapid and Cost-Effective Fabrication via Automated Non-Contact Facial Topography Mapping and 3D Printing,” Courtney Goodman, MD Student, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine 

• “The Effects of Prosthodontic Speech Aid Appliances on Nasality and Perceptions of Resonance: Use of the Nasality Severity Index, a Multiparametric Approach,” Jennifer Hanners Gutierrez, Founder and President, The Storyteller And The World: Global Medicine and Rehabilitation; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine  

Expert Panelists:

• Elizabeth Johansen, Founder, Spark Health Design; Director of Product Design, Vaxess Technologies; formerly Design that Matters and IDEO

• 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'  

12:00-12:55pm: Focus on the Whole Child 

• Ned Breslin

• Alexandra Harrison, President and Co-Founder, Supporting Child Caregivers; Assistant Professor Part-Time in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Core Faculty, University of Massachusetts Boston Infant Parent Mental Health Post Graduate Certificate Course

• Morgan Lance, CEO, OneSky for all children

• Alison Porcelli, District-Wide Staff Developer, Katonah-Lewisboro School District in Westchester County, NY; Co-Author, Purposeful Play: A Teacher’s Guide to Igniting Deep and Joyful Learning Across the Day; Co-Author, A Quick Guide to Boosting English Language Acquisition through Choice Time

• Nomawethu Siswana, Family Engagement Coordinator, Ubuntu Pathways

• In Conversation With Wendy Ostroff, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science and Developmental Psychology, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies, Sonoma State University

12:00-12:55pm: Interact with Exhibitor School for International Training (SIT)

1:00-1:55pm: Expecting the Unexpected in Healthcare Delivery: Challenge as Opportunity

• Michael Ekuoba-Gyasi, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Saint Thomas Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner

• Regan Marsh, Senior Technical Lead, US Public Health Accompaniment Unit, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

• Laura Stachel, Executive Director and Co-Founder, We Care Solar

• John Tarpley, Head of Department, Surgery Faculty, Medicine University of Botswana

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

• In Conversation With Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

1:00-1:55pm: Interactive Workshop: “The Most Sought-After Skill”

• Firdaus Kharas, Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift

2:00-2:55pm How to Design for Impact at Scale 

• Edith Elliott, Co-Founder and CEO, Noora Health

• Ari Johnson, CEO, Muso; Associate Professor, UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences

• Kiah Williams, Co-Founder, SIRUM

• In Conversation With Jim Bildner, CEO, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Senior Research Fellow, Hauser Institute for Civil Society and the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University

2:00-2:55pm: Interactive Workshop: “Global Health 101”

• 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'

3:00-3:55pm: Communicating and Evolving an Organization’s Values and Impact

• Jane Aronson, Clinical Assistant Professor Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine; Founder and Former CEO, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Director, International Pediatric Health Services, PLLC; Director, Global Behavioral Health Network for Children and Young People 

• Andrea Feigl-Ding, Founder and CEO, Health Finance Institute

• Cleveland Justis, Principal, Potrero Group

• Andy Posner, Founder and CEO, Capital Good Fund

• Derek Yach, President, Foundation for a Smoke-Free World 

• In Conversation With Tricia Bolender, Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach, Tricia Bolender Advisory LLC

3:00-3:55pm: Interactive Workshop: “Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?”

• Eliza Squibb, Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

4:00-4:55pm: Beyond the Box: The Path from Idea to Field Success

• Dan Berelowitz, Founder and CEO, Spring Impact

• Bobby Jefferson, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

• Elizabeth Johansen, Founder, Spark Health Design; Director of Product Design, Vaxess Technologies; formerly Design that Matters and IDEO

• Thane Kreiner, CEO, Marin Agricultural Land Trust; Board Member, Conservation X Labs; Co-Founder, Black Corporate Board Readiness Program

• In Conversation With Cleveland Justis, Principal, Potrero Group

4:00-4:55pm: Interact with Exhibitor McGill Summer Institute in Infectious Diseases and Global Health

SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2021

All times are Eastern Time.

9:00-9:55am “A Conversation about Integrity and Humility in Global Health with Vanessa Kerry”, Founder and CEO, Seed Global Health; Associate Director of Partnerships and Global Initiatives, Mass General Global Health; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School in dialogue with Shinichi Daimyo, Senior Clinical Lead, Mental Health and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Project HOME; Advisor, American Psychological Association, Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program; Previous Senior Advisor, Mental Health, Partners In Health

10:00-10:55am: Better Together: The Art of Collaboration

• Elizabeth Bradley, President, Vassar College

• Ned Breslin

• Scott Corlew, Lecturer, Program in Global Health and Social Change, Harvard Medical School

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

• Santa Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of British Columbia

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

• In Conversation with Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Grade 2/3 Teacher, Slate School

10:00-10:55am: Interact with Exhibitor Duke Global Health Institute

11:00-11:55am: “A Conversation about Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, and Reaching for Hope with Nicholas Kristof,” Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times," in dialogue with Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

11:00-11:55am: Community-Based Interventions to Improve Health Social Impact Lab

• “Pediatric Preventable Blindness Initiative: The Suriname Project,” Adriana Grossman, MD Student, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

• “Innovating Environmental Health: Providing Clean Air to Children Through Collaborative Engineering and Education,” Vanessa YiRan Li, Undergraduate Student, Wellesley College 

• “ColiGlow: A Novel Low-Cost Kit for Quantifying E. coli from Water in Low-Resource Environments,” Jason Marion, Founder and CEO, Eastern Scientific; Associate Professor, Environmental Health Science, Eastern Kentucky University

Expert Panelists:

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

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

12:00-12:55pm: Discovering Your Passion and Your Purpose: Pathways to Fulfilling Careers

• Robin Allinson Smalley, Co-Founder and Chief Connector, mothers2mothers International

• Shinichi Daimyo, Senior Clinical Lead, Mental Health and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Project HOME; Advisor, American Psychological Association, Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program; Previous Senior Advisor, Mental Health, Partners In Health

• Richard Gerver, Innovator and Educator; Adviser to the UK Government; Author, Creating Tomorrow’s Schools Today and Change: Learn to Love it, Learn to Lead it

• Ana Rowena McCullough, CEO, Co-Founder, and Board Chair, QuestBridge; Co-Founder and Co-President, Global Leadership Incubator

• In Conversation With Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Grade 2/3 Teacher, Slate School

12:00-12:55pm: Interactive Workshop: “Narrative Justice: Screenwriting to Push the Boundaries of Global Health Storytelling”

• Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, Create2030

1:00-1:55pm: Embracing New Possibilities: Inspiration from Mentors and Mentorship

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

• Shinichi Daimyo, Senior Clinical Lead, Mental Health and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Project HOME; Advisor, American Psychological Association, Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program; Previous Senior Advisor, Mental Health, Partners In Health

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

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

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

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

1:00-1:55pm: Interactive Workshop: "Entrepreneurship at the Intersection: Think Like a System, Act Like a Network, Lead Like a Movement!"

• Cleveland Justis, Principal, Potrero Group

• Daniel Student, Consultant, Potrero Group

2:00-2:55pm: Innovation in Low-Resource Settings

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

• Rose Molina, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School; Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Associate Faculty at Ariadne Labs

• Lynn Murphy Michalopoulos, Affiliate Associate Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work; Founder and President of the Board, the Moving Well Project International

• 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

• Lindsey Pollaczek, Vice President of Programs, Fistula Foundation

• In Conversation With Katherine Semrau, Director, BetterBirth Program, Ariadne Labs; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Epidemiologist, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2:00-2:55pm: Innovations to Improve Health Outcomes of Mothers and Children Social Impact Lab   

• “Safe Births + Healthy Homes: How Solar Lights Impact Maternal and Infant Health,” Sarah Baird, Founder and Executive Director, Let There Be Light International (LTBLI) 

• “NeoRoo: An Integrated mHealth Platform to Improve Care for Premature Babies in Kenya,” Sherri Bucher, Associate Research Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Director, NeoInnovate Collaborative Consortium, Indiana University School of Medicine

• “Oh! Integrated Oral Health Care Models for Pregnant Women,” Hyewon Lee, Pediatric Dentist; Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai Hospital

Expert Panelists:

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

• 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'

3:00-3:55pm: Student Leaders in Global Health

• “An Evaluation of the 2035 WHO End TB Strategy in 40 High Burden Countries,” Jaeyoon Cha, Undergraduate Student, Princeton University

• “Virtual Consults: A Paradigm Shift for Second Opinions in Oncology Care,” Nechelle Dias, Undergraduate Student, University of Connecticut

• “A Global Ecological Study of Associations Between National Non-Communicable Disease Burden and COVID-19 Outcomes,” Drew Prinster, Undergraduate Student, Yale University

• “HPV Vaccine Implementation in Rwanda: A Remarkable Journey and a Motivation for the Developing World,” Mansi Purwaha, Undergraduate Student, University of Toronto

• In Conversation With Jaimie Steinmetz, Research Scientist, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

3:00-3:55pm: Eliminating Barriers to Care for the Hardest-to-Reach Patients

• 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

• Ash Rogers, Co-CEO, Lwala Community Alliance

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

• Stefani Zimmerman, Account Executive, SAS

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

4:00-4:55pm: Exploring Intersectionality and Equity in Global Health

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

• Anatole Manzi, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Quality & Health Systems Strengthening; Director, Learning Collaborative, US Public Health Accompaniment Unit, Partners In Health; Lecturer, Harvard Medical School 

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

• Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, Create2030 

• In Conversation With Shinichi Daimyo, Senior Clinical Lead, Mental Health and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Project HOME; Advisor, American Psychological Association, Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program; Previous Senior Advisor, Mental Health, Partners In Health

4:00-4:55pm: Storytelling for Impact

• Charlotte Cole, Executive Director, Blue Butterfly Collaborative

• Firdaus Kharas, Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift

• Yvonne Macpherson, U.S. Director, BBC Media Action 

• Cliff Schmidt, Executive Director, Amplio

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

• In Conversation With Rachel Turkel, Volunteer Experience Coach, Crisis Text Line; Board Member, Unite For Sight

SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2021

All times are Eastern Time.

9:00-9:55am "A Conversation about Innovation, Impact, and Ending Global Poverty with Ann Mei Chang", Former Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Director, US Global Development Lab, USAID, in dialogue with Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

10:00-10:55am "A Conversation About Building Back Better Post COVID with 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 Guterrez, in dialogue with Brian Heuser, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

11:00-11:55am: Lessons from the Field: Turning Ideas into Policies 

• Kelly Brownell, Director, World Food Policy Center, Robert L. Flowers Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University

• 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

• Linda Reinstein, President and CEO, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization

• Michael Schmoyer, Assistant Director for Health Security Threats, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President

• Alicia Ely Yamin, Lecturer on Law and Senior Fellow, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School; Senior Advisor on Human Rights, Partners in Health

• In Conversation With Sam Daley-Harris, Founder and Principal, Civic Courage, A Program of RESULTS Educational Fund

11:00-11:55am: Interact with Exhibitor Harvard Medical School Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery

12:00-12:55pm: Funding for Bold Social Impact

• Thane Kreiner, CEO, Marin Agricultural Land Trust; Board Member, Conservation X Labs; Co-Founder, Black Corporate Board Readiness Program

• Bobby Jefferson, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

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

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

• In Conversation With Robin Allinson Smalley, Co-Founder and Chief Connector, mothers2mothers International

12:00-12:55pm: Interact with Exhibitor Aquatabs

1:00-3:00pm: GHIC 2021's Six Best Cutting-Edge Ideas in Development: GHIC Innovation Prize Finalist Pitches and Judging

Finalists:

• “NeoRoo: An Integrated mHealth Platform to Improve Care for Premature Babies in Kenya,” Sherri Bucher, Associate Research Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Director, NeoInnovate Collaborative Consortium, Indiana University School of Medicine

• “Expanding Access to Eye Care: Task-Shifting of Screening in Rural India,” Alejandro Chara, Master's Student, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University

• “Why We Swab: A Library of Stories in Stem Cell Donation in Canada,” Warren Fingrut, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Director, Stem Cell Club

• “Petra System: Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Low-Resource Settings,“ Kayla Huemer, MS Bioengineering Student, Stanford University

• “Oh! Integrated Oral Health Care Models for Pregnant Women,” Hyewon Lee, Pediatric Dentist; Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai Hospital

• “ColiGlow: A Novel Low-Cost Kit for Quantifying E. coli from Water in Low-Resource Environments,” Jason Marion, Founder and CEO, Eastern Scientific; Associate Professor, Environmental Health Science, Eastern Kentucky University

Expert Judging Panel:

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• Lisa Hirschhorn, Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Senior Director, Implementation and Improvement Science, Last Mile Health

• Bobby Jefferson, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

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

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

1:00-1:55pm: Innovative Educational Interventions Social Impact Lab 

• “AMAZE.org: Increasing Access to Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Very Young Adolescents,“ Cynthia Chinchilla, AMAZE Global Partnerships Fellow 

• “Development of MARTHA, an Offline Mobile Education Platform for Out-Of-School Cameroonian Refugees,” Hannah Rubens, Undergraduate Student, Santa Clara University 

• “Women's Health Education & Empowerment Program (WHEEP),” Elise Katsnelson, Co-Founder of the Women's Health Education & Empowerment Program; Undergraduate Student, University of Chicago; University of Chicago Global Health Scholar 

Expert Panelists:

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

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

2:00-2:55pm Interactive Forum for Collaborative Conversations

• Join other conference participants in a special breakout room for an interactive, collaborative conversation about innovation and global health.