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The conference will include over 150 speakers, and the confirmed speakers to date include:

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

Design Thinking Speakers

• Cal Bruns, CEO and Chief Innovationist, Matchboxology

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

• "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

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

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

Education and School-Based Program Speakers

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

Environmental Health, Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Speakers

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

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

• "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

• "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

Healthcare Delivery Models and Impact Measurement Speakers

• "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

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

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

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

• "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

• 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

• "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

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

Health Policy & Advocacy Speakers

• "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

• "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

Health Systems Strengthening Speakers

• "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

• 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'

Injury and Violence Prevention Speakers

• "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

• "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

• "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, PhotovoiceWorldwide LLC

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

• "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

Nursing and Global Health Speakers

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

• "Incentives for Nursing Students to Work with Older People: 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

Philanthropy, Investment, and Organizational Management Speakers

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

• "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

• Sanjiv Chopra, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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

Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health Speakers

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

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

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

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

• "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

• "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

• "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

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

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

• "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, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Speakers

• "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

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

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

• "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

Social Entrepreneurship Speakers

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

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

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

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

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

Social Media, Communications, and Marketing Speakers

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

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

Surgery & Global Health Speakers

• "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

• "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

Technology in Global Health Speakers

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

• "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

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

University Education Initiatives in Global Health and Social Entrepreneurship Speakers

• "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

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

"Advice From The Experts" Panels

• Crafting Your Journey in a Fulfilling Global Health Career Panel

• Lessons Learned in Authentic Innovation and Collaboration Panel

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

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

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

"Innovative Initiatives" Information Session Speakers

• "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 Operations, 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

Student and Young Leaders in Global Health Speakers

• "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 Sutdent, University of Michigan School of Public Health

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

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

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

• "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

• "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

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

• "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

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 2020 Pitch Presenters:

• "Leveraging Student-Run Clinics and Telehealth Technology to Provide Equitable Care to Underserved Populations in Canada," Mishaal Arshad, Co-Founder and Outreach Chair, Student Run Clinic Association

• "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

• "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

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

• "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

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

• "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

• "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

• "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

• "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

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

• "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

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

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

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

• "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

• "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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• "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

Social Impact Lab 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

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

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

• Charles 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

• Paris Pitsillides, Director of Strategy, Matchboxology

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