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The conference will include over 200 speakers, and the confirmed speakers to date include:

Keynote Addresses

"The Moral Obligation of Optimism to Fuel the Fight for the Sustainable Development Goals,"Agnes Binagwaho, 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

• "The Two Most Important Days: Reflections on Leadership, Happiness and Living with Purpose," Sanjiv Chopra, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• "Health Care in the Age of Climate Crisis," Gary Cohen, President, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth

• "Truth or Dare: The Secret Behind Impact," Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

• "Sustainable Development Goals and Health as a Human Right," Joia Mukherjee, Chief Medical Officer, Partners In Health; Associate Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Design Thinking Speakers

• "Creative Rigor: Human-Centered Design and Global Health," Jessa Blades, Managing Director, IDEO.org

• "The Design of Things to Come . . . ," Natacha Poggio, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, University of Houston Downtown

• "The Talking Textile: Designing New Patterns of Healthcare Access in Low-Resource Regions," Eliza Squibb, Co-Founder and Creative Director, ZTwist Design, LLC; Assistant Professor, Project Open Door, Rhode Island School of Design

• "Sharing Organizational Data to Expand Your Impact," Stefanie Zimmerman Drake, Public Relations Manager, Water Mission

• Additional Presenters TBA

Education and School-Based Program Speakers

• "Toy Libraries: Play can Protect Children from Violence and Trauma," Jane Aronson, Pediatrician; President and CEO, Worldwide Orphans Foundation

• Tovah Klein, Director, Barnard College Center for Toddler Development; Associate Professor, Barnard College

• "Changing the Landscape of Education Through Side-by-Side Learning with Children," Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Grade K/1 Teacher, Slate School

• Additional Presenters TBA

Environmental Health, Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Speakers

• "Hurdling Health Barriers in India: A Cross-Sector Approach to Addressing Nutrition," Cassie Chandler, Independent Consultant

• "Food as Farmacy," Mike Devlin, Director of Grants and Initiatives, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation

• "Tracking Health Care Sector Emissions at National and International Scales," Matthew Eckelman, Associate Professor and Associate Chair For Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University

• "Leveraging Universities for Planetary Health-Smart Systems," Ann Kurth, Dean and Linda Koch Lorimer Professor of Nursing, Yale School of Nursing; Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases), Yale School of Public Health

• "Nutrient, Medicinal, and Potentially Toxic Elements Present in the West African Mixed-Spice 'Yaji'," Helen Kwanashie, Professor of Pharmacology, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria

• "Envisioning Old Communities for Children’s Health and Sustainability: New Orleans and New York City," Howard Mielke, Research Professor, Tulane University

• "Professionals' Perceptions: Why is Lead Poisoning Prevalent in Lancaster County?" Harriet Okatch, Assistant Professor, Franklin and Marshall College

• "Glyphosate's Key Role in Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin," Stephanie Seneff, Senior Research Scientist, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

• "Integrating Environmental Emissions, Resource Utilization, and Clinical Outcomes to Guide Healthcare Pollution Prevention," Jodi Sherman, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Epidemiology in Environmental Health Sciences; Director of Sustainability, Anesthesia, Yale University

• "Ophthalmology Around the World: Using Life Cycle Assessment to Measure and Mitigate Health Care Pollution," Cassandra Thiel, Assistant Professor, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service; Assistant Professor, NYU Langone School of Medicine, Department of Population Health; Assistant Professor, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

• "Green Engineering and Green Design of Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals," Julie Zimmerman, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor of Green Engineering, Assistant Director for Research at Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

• Additional Presenters TBA

Healthcare Delivery Models and Impact Measurement Speakers

• "Replacing Sickcare with Systems Designed to Deliver Community Vitality/Wellbeing: The Twin Pillars of Next Generation Primary Healthcare and Social Determinants Interventions," David Aylward, Community Vitality Advisor; Former Executive Director, mHealth Alliance

• "Digital Health Innovation in Africa and India: New Social Enterprise Models," Pam Bolton, Head of Partnerships, Tech Care for All

• "Opportunities to Reinvent African Healthcare," Yap Boum II, Regional Representative, Epicentre Africa; Visiting Professor, University of Virginia; Co-Founder, Kmerpad; Co-Founder, iDocta

• "Including Oral Health Services in Basic Health Packages in Poor and Middle Income Countries," Audrey Chapman, Professor of Community Medicine and Healthcare; Healey Chair in Medical Humanities and Bioethics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

• "Training Emergency Medicine Physicians: Lessons for Success from Haiti," Keegan Checkett, Co-Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Partners In Health; Director of International Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago

• "Project Last Mile in eSwatini: Leveraging Strategic Marketing Expertise from the Private Sector to Create Demand for Health Services - the Girl Champ Evolution," Sarah Christie, Program Manager, Global Health Leadership Initiative (GHLI), Yale School of Public Health

• "Fifteen Years of Unite For Sight Intervention: What is Our Impact in the Communities We Serve?" James Clarke, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director

• "Reaching the Unreachable: Innovating Community Collaborative Models for Preventive Health Service Delivery,” Scott Clarke, Founding Director, Amandla Development

• "The Unchecked Power of the Purse: How Global Health Financing Sustains Inequity," Bernice Dahn, Vice President for Health Sciences, University of Liberia; Former Minister of Health, Liberia

• "River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) in Africa: Looking Deeper into the Retina and Testing of New Drugs," Michael Ekuoba-Gyasi, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Saint Thomas Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner

• "Identifying and Confronting Challenges in Treatment and Care for Adolescents Living with HIV," Molly Franke, Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• "Global Spine Care Initiative: An International and Interprofessional Delphi Process to Develop a Model of Care," Claire Johnson, Professor, National University of Health Sciences; Practitioner, Stanford Health Care

• "Diverse Caregivers' HPV Vaccine-Related Awareness and Knowledge," Deanna Kepka, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing | Investigator, Huntsman Cancer Institute Director, Global and International Health, College of Nursing University of Utah

• "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

• "Fostemsavir: A Novel Investigational HIV-1 Attachment Inhibitor for Heavily Treatment Experienced Patients: Week 48 BRIGHTE Study Results," Max Lataillade, Vice President and Head, Clinical Development, ViiV Healthcare

• "Why Emergency Care Can Transform Global Health," Regan Marsh, Director of Clinical Systems, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• "Changing Young People’s Attitudes Towards Effective Contraception Using Mobile Phone Messaging," Daniel McCartney, Senior Technical Adviser, Innovation, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

• "Factors Influencing HIV Medication Adherence among HIV Positive Women in Zambia," Jerry John Nutor, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Global Health and Health Policy Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

• "Global Health Residency Training and Career Development: The Brigham/Harvard Experience," Daniel Palazuelos, Director of Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• "The Hazards and Gratifications of Volunteer Service Abroad," Aron Rose, Chair, White House Bioethics Committee for Partners in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa; Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale University School of Nursing; Associate Clinical Professor, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

• "The Role of Emergency Care in Health Systems Strengthening," Shada Rouhani, Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Senior Advisor, Clinical Operations, Partners In Health

• "Universal Eye Health Programme in India," Sarang Samal, Founder, Kalinga Eye Hospital, NYSASDRI, India; Unite For Sight Partner

• "Audio and Analytics: Strengthening Health Knowledge and Outcomes in Remote Communities," Cliff Schmidt, Executive Director, Amplio

• "Community Health Workers: International Scale-Up and American Start-Up," Adam Schwartz, Senior Health Program Manager, BRAC USA

• "Value-Based Healthcare: Applying What We Have Learned from the OECD to Emerging Markets and LMIC. The Strategy to Provide Better Health and Solve the Cost and Access Crisis," Mahek Shah, Senior Researcher, Harvard Business School

• "HIV Treatment as Prevention: How Clinical and Public Health Priorities are in Sync," Sten Vermund, Dean and Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine

• "Effect of Chinese Eye Exercises on Change in Visual Acuity and Eyeglasses Wear Among School-Aged Children in Rural China," Huan Wang, Research Scholar, Rural Education Action Program (REAP), Stanford University

• "Building Local Capacity in Fighting Blindness Globally: The Role of Unite For Sight," Seth Wanye, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Friends Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner

• "Evaluation of an Integrated National Primary Eye Care Programme in Rwanda," Jennifer Yip, Clinical Associate Professor, International Centre for Eye Health and International Centre for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

• Additional Presenters TBA

Health Policy & Advocacy Speakers

• "Private Sector: Achieving Accountability for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health," Nicholas Alipui, Senior Visiting Scholar, MacMillan Center for International and Area Affairs, Yale University

• "Stopping the Biggest Infectious Disease Killer: TB," David Bryden, TB Advocacy Officer, RESULTS

• "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

• "Association Between Political Capital and Health: A Nationally Representative Survey in China," Xiaochen Ma, Assistant Professor, Peking University

• "The De-Neglecting of Neglected Tropical Diseases on the World Stage," Dan Pawson, Vice President, Global Health Strategies

• "Mitigating the Asbestos Disaster: Policy, Prevention, and Advocacy in the 21st Century,” Linda Reinstein, President and CEO, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization

• "Who Put that Security in my Public Health? - The Future of Global Health Security as a Paradigm," Michael Schmoyer, Assistant Deputy Secretary for National Security and Director, Office of National Security, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

• "Developing Essential Management Competencies in Public-Private Partnership Models," Daniel West, Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Administration and Human Resources, University of Scranton

• Additional Presenters TBA

Health Systems Strengthening Speakers

• "Health System Reconstitution Syndrome: An Often Misunderstood Phenomenon in Global Health Practice," Anatole Manzi, Director of Clinical Practice and Quality Improvement, Partners In Health

• "Financing Universal Health Coverage: The Elephant in the Room," Neelam Sekhri Feachem, Associate Professor, Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco

• "Building Resiliency Through Scaleable Emergency Care Systems," Andrea Tenner, Associate Professor, Global Health Fellowship Director, University of California San Francisco; Co-Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre for Emergency and Trauma Care Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco

• "Public Health Policy for Private Workplaces: A Model for Policy Advocacy and Health System Strengthening," David Wofford, Executive Vice President, Meridian Group International, Inc. (Evidence Project)

• Additional Speakers TBA

Injury & Violence Prevention Speakers

• "Ammunition to Prevent Gun Violence," 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

• "Controlling Behavior and Severity of Lifetime Physical Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa," Heather McClintock, Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Programs, College of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Arcadia University

• "Using Street Imagery and Crowdsourcing Internet Marketplaces to Measure Motorcycle Helmet Use in Bangkok, Thailand," Hasan Merali, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, McMaster Children's Hospital; Assistant Clinical Professor, McMaster University

• Additional Presenters TBA

Nursing & Global Health Speakers

• "Human Resources for Health: A Crucial Conversation for Global Health," Patricia Davidson, Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

• "Preparing the Health Workforce for Climate-Ready/Adaptive Health Systems," Ann Kurth, Dean, Yale School of Nursing

• Additional Presenters TBA

Other Non-Communicable Diseases Speakers

• "Tackling Non-Communicable Diseases: Task-Shifting Care to Lower Level Health Facilities in Uganda," Grace Humbles, Communications Officer, LifeNet International

• "Reaching the Rural Somali Pastoralists with the Gift of Eyesight: Mobile Eye Clinic Project in Ethiopian Somali Regional State," Mary Murimi, Professor of Nutrition, Texas Tech University

• "Bioethical Considerations: Cancer Diagnosis and Care in Sub-Saharan Africa," Aron Rose, Chair, White House Bioethics Committee for Partners in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa; Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale University School of Nursing; Associate Clinical Professor, Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

• "Yo Puedo! A Self-Management Group + mHealth Program for Low-Income Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in Mexico City," Roberta Delvy, Research Assistant, Yale School of Nursing

• Additional Presenters TBA

Philanthropy, Investment, and Organizational Management Speakers

• "Creating a Succession Plan that is Kind," Jane Aronson, Pediatrician; President and CEO, Worldwide Orphans Foundation

• "Values in Action: Philanthropists as Global Catalysts," Diana Ayton-Shenker, Founder and CEO, Global Momenta

• "Maternal Care - Research Innovation to Impact," Sri Muthu, CEO and Founder, HealthVenture

• "Solving the Nonprofit Equity Challenge," Andy Posner, Founder and CEO, Capital Good Fund

• Jana Zindell, Chief Strategy Officer, Ubuntu Pathways

• Additional Presenters TBA
  

Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health Speakers

• "RISE Plus: An Intervention to Address Quality Gaps in Maternal and Newborn Health Care in Post Ebola Liberia," Sarah Anyango, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist; Maternal Health Lead, Partners In Health, Liberia

• "Exploring the Efficacy of Community Women’s Group Leaders to Deliver Health Information on Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy to Empower Women and Enhance Linkages to Care," Caroline Johnson, Global Health Corps Fellow; Maternal and Newborn Health Policy Researcher, Population Council

• "Reducing the Incidence of Hypothermia in a NICU in Rural Haiti," Jack Long, Pediatrician, Saint Boniface Haiti Foundation

• "Women's Empowerment in Ghana: Beyond Universal Maternal Healthcare," Mimi Nartey, Adjunct Faculty, Occidental College

• "Improving the Maternal and Child Health Indicators in Rural Communities of Nicaragua. The Maternal and Child Wellness Group," Yolanda Paredes-Gaitan, Executive Director, Clinica Verde, Nicaragua

• "Ot Nywal Me Kuc: A Demonstration of Respectful Midwifery Care in Northern Uganda," Rachel Zaslow, Executive Director, Mother Health International

• Additional Presenters TBA

Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Speakers

• "Five Ways to Make an Impact on Global Health," Naz Karim, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Brown University

• "Health Integration, Self-Help Groups and Social Entrepreneurship: Results and Implications," Kala Mehta, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco

• "Use of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis as a Policymaking Tool to Identify “Best Buy” Interventions for Non-Communicable Diseases," Daniel Ollendorf, Director, Value Measurement and Global Health Initiatives at the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Tufts Medical Center

• "Making Evidence Synthesis Data Open and Shareable," Ian Saldanha, Assistant Professor, Brown University School of Public Health

• Additional Presenters TBA

Social Entrepreneurship Speakers

• "In the Eye of the Venn: The ‘Right’ Solutions (People, Method, Time & Place) for Responsibly Participating in the Sustainable Development Goals," Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• "Uncomfortable Does Not Mean Unnavigable: Driving Transformative Social Change is More Attainable Than You Think," Cleveland Justis, Principal, Potrero Group.

• "Scaling Global Health Innovations: Lessons Learned and Path Forward," Krishna Udayakumar, Associate Professor of Global Health and Medicine, Duke University; Director, Duke Global Health Innovation Center; Executive Director, Innovations in Healthcare

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

• Additional Presenters TBA

Social Media, Communications, and Marketing Speakers

• "Examining Galli Galli Sim Sim, the Indian Version of Sesame Street," Dina Borzekowski, Interim Director, The Global Health Initiative; Research Professor, Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland

• "Happy, Confident, and Kind: Promoting Socio-Emotional Learning with Haiti's Lakou Kajou Video Series," Charlotte Cole, Executive Director, Blue Butterfly Collaborative

• "Everyone Deserves to Learn: Making WASH Education Fun for All," Peter Hynes, Program Manager, WASH Team, World Vision

• "Let's Talk About Abortion: Using Communications to Increase Access to Safe and Legal Care," Alexandra Kendall, Vice President, Global Health Strategies

• "Sesame Street and Global Health: Empowering Vulnerable Children with WASH Education," Bosun Jang, Senior Manager, Educational Programs, International Social Impact, Sesame Workshop

• "Using Social Marketing to Promote and Address the Hidden Epidemic of Drowning," Rebecca Wear Robinson, Founder and President, Make the Minute Matter

• Additional Presenters TBA

Surgery & Global Health Speakers

• "Measuring Access and the Impact of Access on Outcomes: A Case-Study of C-Sections in Rural Rwanda," Niclas Rudolfson, Research Fellow, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• "Successful Introduction of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Blocks in a Resource-Restricted Country: The AIM Experience in Piura, Peru," Steven Rhondeau, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Alliance for International Medicine; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Center for Global Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine Intermountain Anesthesia Research Group

• Additional Presenters TBA

Technology in Global Health Speakers

• "Big Data and Machine Learning: Shaping the Future of Healthcare," Miguel Ángel Armengol de la Hoz, Research Associate, Division of Clinical Informatics, BIDMC - Harvard Medical School; Research Associate, Laboratory for Computational Physiology, MIT, Institute for Medical Engingeering and Science

• "QuickSee Wavefront Refactor: Improving Access to Eyeglasses, Globally," Shivang Dave, CEO and Co-Founder, PlenOptika, Inc.

• "Supply Chain Innovation: Leveraging OpenBoxes Software to Improve Access to Medicines," Lauren Galinsky, Senior Clinical Operations Strategy Adviser, Partners In Health

• "Health Tech Startups and Angel Investment Funding," Bobby Jefferson, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

• "Point-of-Care Diagnostics as Tools to Map and Manage Chronic Diseases," Ashok (AJ) Kumar, Chief Scientific Officer, Jana Care

• "Data Science and AI in Global Health: Designing for Impact," Jake Porway, Founder and Executive Director, DataKind

• "Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: Leveraging Technology to Engage, Educate, and Empower," Arti Varanasi, President & CEO, Advancing Synergy, LLC

• Additional Presenters TBA

University Education Initiatives in Global Health and Social Entrepreneurship Speakers

• "Developing Leaders in Global Health," David Bouslough, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Director, Global and Public Health Curriculum, Physician Assistant Program, Bryant University; Medical Educator and Acute Care Consultant, LBJ Tropical Medical Center, American Samoa

• "Teaching about Violent Conflict as a Public Health Problem," Kaveh Khoshnood, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; Program Director of the BA-BS/MPH Program in Public Health, Yale University

• "Tanzania Interventional Radiology Initiative," Fabian M. Laage Gaupp, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale New Haven Hospital

• "An Innovative University and NGO Partnership: A Multi-Faceted Approach to Capacity Building, Community Impact, and Sustainable Engagement in Kenya," 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

• "Developing Human Capacity: Technology and Innovation in Global Health Education," Harsh Sule, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Associate Director, Office of Global Health, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

• Additional Presenters TBA

"Advice From The Experts" Panels

• The Art of Effective Organizations: Leading and Following with Humility and Integrity Panel

• Building a Fulfilling Career in Global Health Panel

• Essentials on Eliminating Barriers to Care

• Perspectives on Responsible Global Engagement Panel

• Responsibility and Integrity in Global Health Panel

• Strategies for Highly Effective Leadership Panel

• Additional Panels TBA

Interactive Workshops

• "Leadership Lab: Facing Your Fears to Live a Life of Purpose in Global Health," Tricia Bolender, Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach, Tricia Bolender Consulting

• "Design Workshop with an HIV/AIDS Community Organization: Help Improve Data Collection in Rural Uganda," Dominic Kemps, Director, Positive Action for Children Fund, ViiV Healthcare

• "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

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

• "Intersections. Followers. Marshmallows. How to Consider Everything and Everyone as Potential Innovators in Social Entrepreneurship," Cleveland Justis, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of California, Davis Graduate School of Management

• "Overcoming Barriers To Effective Communications," Firdaus Kharas, Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift

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

• "Bioethical Challenges of Surgical and Medical Volunteerism," Aron Rose, Chair, White House Bioethics Committee for Partners in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa; Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale University School of Nursing; Associate Clinical Professor, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

• "Intersectionality in Global Health: How Arts and Storytelling Can Bring Global Health and Social Justice Movements Together," Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, Create2030

• "Sneak Peek: Create2030's SDG Responsible Storytelling Master Class with Pixar in a Box," Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, Create2030

• Additional Presenters TBA

"Innovative Initiatives" Information Session Speakers

• "The Tanzanian Health Information Specialist Training Program: Building a Health Informatics and Medical Librarian Workforce to Support Biomedical Research and the Tanzanian Health Care System," Dan Gerendasy, Chief of International Programs, US National Library of Medicine

• "Kalinga Eye Hospital Eye Camps Rural Outreach Program: A Journey from Screening to Surgery," Marsha Gershon, Registered Nurse; Unite For Sight Global Impact Fellow

• "CEPI: Driving Progress Towards Epidemic Preparedness and Response," Dimitrios Gouglas, Portfolio Manager, CEPI - Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

• "The Black Angels Mini-Documentary: The Role of Nurses and Community Health Workers in Addressing Health Disparities," Denetra Hampton, Founder, For Nurses By Nurses

• "The Healthcare Leadership Academy: Transforming Leadership and Governance in the Healthcare Sector," Anuli Isichei, Program Manager, Healthcare Leadership Academy

• "Community-Based Health Seeking Behaviour (CBHSB) Model for Early Detection, Management, and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases: A Health Systems Strengthening Project of the European Union in Myanmar," Anil Kumar Indira Krishnan, Program Lead - Public Health, HelpAge International; Professor of Global Health and Population, SRM University

• "Malarial Retinopathy Screening System for Improved Diagnosis of Cerebral Malaria," Vinayak Joshi, Senior Research Scientist, VisionQuest Biomedical, LLC

• "Hate Kale? Let's Talk," Bilal Qizibash, Founder and CEO, EasyKale Labs, LLC

• "WARP2: Water Purification and Renewable Power in Yemen and the Yucatan," Eric Rasmussen, CEO, Infinitum Humanitarian Systems

• "Supporting Health Care in Resource-Constrained Facilities in an Environmentally Responsible Way," David Reed, Chairman and CEO, APAC Medical Equipment, Inc.

• "Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Strengthening Health Systems to Offer Safe, High-Quality Cleft Surgery and Related Care," Erin Stieber, Senior Vice President, Programs, Smile Train

• Presentations TBA

• Apply to present an information session to the audience about your organization, product, or service.

Student and Young Leaders in Global Health Speakers

• "Understanding of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Disease Etiology, Prevention, and Vaccination Amongst Women Living in the Dominican Republic Batey Communities," Elizabeth Cammett, MD Student, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

• "Dietary Analysis in the Indian Himalayas: Assessing Inadequacies Among School-Aged Children and Identifying Barriers to Improvement," Alex DeGrace, MD Student, University of British Columbia

• "Sickle Cell Disease in the Indigenous Tharu Population of Nepal: A Sustainable Approach to Improving Awareness in the Community Through the Training of Community Health Workers," Paige Dean, MD Student, University of British Columbia

• "The Implementation and Assessment of a Sickle Cell Disease Education Program for the Indigenous Tharu Population of Nepal," Justin Dhinsa, MD Student, University of British Columbia

• "Why Don’t They Come Back? Follow-Up Appointment Compliance and Patient Reported Barriers to Care in Sierra Leone," Jenna Herskind, MD Student, Jacobs School of Medicine, University at Buffalo

• "The Association Between Household Food Insecurity, Poor Hygiene and Sanitation Conditions, and Child Undernutrition Among Somali Pastoralists in Ethiopia," Hyunjung Lee, Master's Degree Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University

• "A Path Model of the Effect of an mHealth (WeChat-Based) Intervention on Suicidal Behaviors in People Living with HIV: Mediating Roles of Perceived Stress and Depressive Symptoms," Yiran Li, Master's Degree Student, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University

• "Prevalence of Head Injuries and Related Comorbidities in Asylum Seekers," Nicole Lin, MD Student, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami

• "The Estimation of Awareness about Diabetic Retinopathy in the Adult Population in Chennai, India," Sam McGowen, Undergraduate Student, University of Nevada, Reno; Unite For Sight Global Impact Fellow; Global Impact Lab volunteer

• "Assessing Cataract Patient Understanding of Proper Eyedrop Instillation in Chennai, India," Zachary Mostel, MD Student, Sackler School of Medicine; Unite For Sight Global Impact Fellow; Global Impact Lab volunteer

• "Diet, Food Insecurity, and Prevalence of Childhood Malnutrition in Rural Haiti," Connor Orrico, MD Student, Jacobs School of Medicine, University at Buffalo

• "Survey to Address Perceptions of Cataract Surgery in Adult Outreach Patients Who Receive a Diagnosis in Honduras," Drew Prinster, Undergraduate Student, Yale University; Unite For Sight Global Impact Fellow; Global Impact Lab volunteer

• "Exploring Herb Use During Pregnancy in an Urban Ghanaian Hospital," Clara Schriemer, MPH Student, University of Michigan School of Public Health

• "At a Public Health Crossroads: Walkability, Vehicular Dependence, Sedentary Lifestyle, and Physical Activity: Exploring Impact of Local Neighborhood Environments on Blood Pressure," Hitakshi Sehgal, PhD Student, Division of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

• "Assessing the Impact of Water Contamination and Air Pollution in Indigenous Maya Households on Lake Atitlán," Anu Sharma, Undergraduate Student, Duke University

• "Effect of Two Complementary Mass-Scale Media Interventions on Handwashing with Soap Among Mothers," James Benjamin Tidwell, PhD Student, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

• "Barriers to Childhood Vaccine Uptake in a Migrant Community in Roatan, Honduras," Kathryn Watkins, Undergraduate Student, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University

• "Kankanet: An Artificial Neural Network-Based Smartphone Application as a Point-of-Care Diagnostic Aid for Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases: A Pilot Study in Rural Madagascar," Ariel Yang, MD Student, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University

• "Understanding Rural-Urban Differences in Healthcare Expenditures, Healthcare Utilization, and Health Outcomes for the Elderly in China," Meiling Ying, PhD Student, University of Rochester

• Presentations TBA

Social Impact Labs

The Social Impact Labs are a unique opportunity for selected speakers to present their new idea in the format of a 5-minute pitch. All of the presentations are ideas that are being developed, meaning that the ideas are in the brainstorming, early development, or early implementation stage. Following each presenter’s 5-minute pitch, there is a 15-minute period for discussion and coaching with two expert speakers, questions, answers, and feedback from the audience. The conference audience has the opportunity to hear about cutting-edge ideas from the pitch presenters, while also learning from the guidance, advice, and expertise of the expert panelists. Each Social Impact Lab consists of two expert panelists and four social impact pitch presenters.

Interested in presenting a social impact pitch? Review complete details and application instructions at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/social-enterprise-pitch

GHIC 2019 Pitch Presenters:

• "Treyetech: Re-Envisioning the Corneal Transplant," Kali Barnes, Vice President of Scientific Affairs, Treyetech

• "DEEP: A Developmental Assessment on an E-Platform for Preschool Children," Supriya Bhavnani, Research Scientist, Public Health Foundation of India

• "U-Act: A Wearable Patch to Monitor Uterine Activity to Predict Preterm Labor," Ameya Bondre, Head, Clinical Research and Development, CareNX Innovations

• "Commercialization of Infant Ventilator for Low-Resource Settings," Tim Carter, Director of Business Strategy, Advanced Innovative Medical Technologies

• "UFEEL (Understanding Feelings and Effectively Enhancing Life): A Mobile Application for the Promotion of Wellbeing and Mental Health Awareness on College Campuses," Claire Capeloto, Undergraduate Student, Santa Clara University

• "Safe Acid Technology: Surgical Instrument Sterilization in Low-Resource Clinical Settings," Christopher Capicotto, Medical Student, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; Head Clinical Research Associate, B-Cidal LLC

• "ViiV Healthcare Positive Action Challenges: Breaking Bottlenecks to End AIDS," Jennifer Carpenter, Positive Action Innovation and Partnerships, ViiV Healthcare

• "Commercialization of Infant Ventilator for Low-Resource Settings," Tim Carter, Director of Business Strategy, Advanced Innovative Medical Technologies

• "The EPED (Early Preeclampsia Detection) Strip: A Home-Based Diagnostic Test for Low-Resource Settings," Denali Dahl, CEO and Co-Founder, MoyoMedical Technologies; PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University

• "Help Hand: Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand," Kirsten Dodroe, Undergraduate Student, Santa Clara University

• "Child Malnutrition: Mobile App for Local Assessment and Global Help," Maurice Francisco, Project Manager, Maventy Health International

• "The Development of CERVIS: Cervical Cancer Early Response Visual Identification System," Nicola Gerbino, Undergraduate Student, Santa Clara University

• "VecTech: A Novel System for Autonomous Vector Surveillance," Adam Goodwin, Co-Founder, VecTech; Graduate Student, Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design, Johns Hopkins University

• "NeMo: Empowering and Educating Mothers to Identify Neonatal Illness," Anthony Ho, CEO, NeMo; Graduate Student, Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design, Johns Hopkins University

• "Malarial Retinopathy Screening System for Improved Diagnosis of Cerebral Malaria," Vinayak Joshi, Senior Research Scientist, VisionQuest Biomedical LLC

• "Design and Assessment of Low-Cost Ostomy Pouches for Use in Low-Resource Settings," Shravya Kakulamarri, Undergraduate Student, Rice University

• "Using a Peer Support Model to Improve Access to Care for Women with Female Genital Cutting (FGC)," Kiera Kenney, MSW Programs Manager, African Family Health Organization (AFAHO) Philadelphia International Women's Project (PIWP)

• "Paperless Hospital: Developing a Physician-Friendly Mobile Application for Storing Medical Records in Zambia," Mable Kipenda, Advocacy and Training Lead, Copper Rose Zambia; Physician, Ndola Teaching Hospital

• "Visualize," Julia Kramer, Graduate Student, University of California at Berkeley; Co-Founder, Visualize

• "Balaman Program: Addressing Preventable Health Issues Among School-Age Children in Kazakhstan Through Edutainment," Aizhan Kul-Mukhammed, Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania; Co-Founder, Balaman Program, Academy of Preventive Medicine in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Bulat Utemuratov Charitable Fund

• "iDocta: Providing Quality Healthcare Everywhere," Yannick Stéphane Mbarga Etoundi, Pharmacist, Douala Regional Military Hospital

• "A Healthcare Clinic Model that Enables Rural Communities to Thrive," Sameer Moulali, Founder, Rehema Afya Bora

• "Combating Food Insecurity with Aquaponics," Petra Nelken, Undergraduate Student, Santa Clara University

• "Bilikit: A Transformational Approach to Neonatal Jaundice," Linda Pfeiffer, President and CEO, INMED Partnerships for Children

• "Equitable Innovation in Cataract Surgery," Namratha Potharaj, Co-Founder, Innovation ForSight; Graduate Student, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University

• "Eating but Still Hungry. What the Kale?" Bilal Qizilbash, CEO, EasyKale Labs

• "Sanctuary Kitchen: Supporting Refugee and Immigrant Food Entrepreneurship," Amelia Reese Masterson, Executive Director, CitySeed / Sanctuary Kitchen

• "Introducing Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia in Resource-Restricted Countries: The AIM Experience," Steven Rhondeau, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Alliance for International Medicine; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Center for Global Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine; Medical Director, Intermountain Anesthesia Research Group

• "Empowering Biomedical Engineers and Technicians Through Medical Equipment Maintenance Centers in Tanzania," Erin Sharkey, Program Coordinator, Assist International

• "DisasterMed: A Comprehensive Healthcare Platform," Safia Siddiqui, Chief Operations Officer, R6 Industries; MD Student, Medical College of Georgia

• "Development of a Local Heat Stabilized Rice Bran Food Product for Maternal and Child Consumption in West Africa," Hillary Smith, Graduate Student, Colorado School of Public Health, Colorado State University

• "Nanodropper: An Eyedropper Adaptor on a Mission to Decrease Waste, Cost, and Increase Access," Allisa Song, MD Student, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine

• "Jellow Senior: Providing a Voice for the Unheard," Sudha Srinivasan, Assistant Professor Physical Therapy Program, Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut

• "Ending the Global Epidemic of Poor Vision With Innovation," J. Kevin White, Founder and Executive Director, Global Vision 2020

• Additional Presenters TBA

Social Impact Lab Expert Panelists:

• David Aylward, Community Vitality Advisor; Former Executive Director, mHealth Alliance

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

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

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

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

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

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

• Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways
  

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

• 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

• Kala Mehta, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco

• Sri Muthu, CEO and Founder, HealthVenture

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

• Ian Saldanha, Assistant Professor, Brown University School of Public Health

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

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

• Jana Zindell, Chief Strategy Officer, Ubuntu Pathways