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Gmail Peter Burgess
Dear Friend of Unite For Sight,
I hope that you are doing well! You and your colleagues may be interested in attending or presenting at the upcoming annual Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale
Global Health & Innovation Conference
'A Meeting of Minds'--CNN
The Global Health & Innovation Conference is the world's largest global health conference and social entrepreneurship conference. This must-attend, thought-leading conference annually convenes 2,200 leaders, changemakers, students, and professionals from all fields of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship. Register now to secure the lowest registration rate: http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
Interested in presenting at the conference? Submit an abstract
To date, the conference's 300 confirmed speakers include:
Keynote Addresses
Business Principles in Global Health Speakers
Design Thinking Speakers
Environment Health, Energy, Food and Agriculture Speakers
Film, Photography, Art & Global Health Speakers
Healthcare Delivery Models and Impact Measurement
Health Education and University Education Initiatives in Global Health Speakers
'InnovateHealth Yale: A Program in Social Impact and Entrepreneurship -- Implementation and Lessons Learned,' Marty Klein, MPH, PhD, Lecturer in Public Health, Associate Dean for Development and External Affairs, Yale University School of Public Health
Jordan Levy, Managing Director, Ubuntu Education Fund
Tucker Marion, PhD, Associate Professor, Co-Director, High-Technology MBA; Co-Director, Institute for Global Innovation Management; Samuel Altschuler Research Fellow, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
Joia Mukherjee, Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Richard Skolnik, Lecturer, Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health; Author, 'Essentials of Global Health/Global Health 101'
Monica Slinkard, MSN, ANP-BC, WHNP-BC, Medical Director, LifeNet International
More speakers TBA
Health Policy & Advocacy
Rajesh Anandan, Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and UNICEF Ventures, U.S. Fund for UNICEF
Sam Daley-Harris, CEO, Center for Citizen Empowerment and Transformation, A Project of RESULTS Educational Fund
Katie Taylor, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development
John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
More speakers TBA
Maternal and Child Health Speakers
Yet Asfaw, Vice President, EngenderHealth
'Why the Continuing Siege on Reproductive Rights?' Rebecca Cook, Professor of Law Emerita, FAculty of Law, University of Toronto
'In Your Own Words: Digital Youth Story Telling,' Nomi Fuchs-Montgomery, US Country Director, MSI
Kirsten Gagnaire, Executive Director, Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA)
'Just Actions: 10 Transformational Initiatives That Can Deliver the Next Wave of Health and Development Gains,' Leith Greenslade, Vice-Chair Child Health, Office of the UN Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals and the MDG Health Alliance
Latanya Mapp Frett, Vice President, Global Planned Parenthood Federation of America
'Mutual Learning and Reverse Innovation: Lessons from the Field,' Tricia Morente, COO, Kangu
James Nardella, Executive Director, Lwala Community Alliance
More speakers TBA
Mental and Neurological Health Speakers
Andy Shih, Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Autism Speaks
Stephanie Smith, Health and Policy Advisor for Mental Health, Partners In Health and Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwanda; Fellow in Psychosomatic Medicine and Psycho-oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Research Fellow, Program in Global Mental Health and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
'Global Mental Health and Development,' Chris Underhill, Founder, BasicNeeds
More speakers TBA
Other Non-Communicable Diseases Speakers
David Bouslough, MD, MPH, FACEP, Assistant Clinical Professor, Director, Division of International Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Director of Life Support Education, Clinical Advisor for Emergency Medicine, Emergency Preparedness, and Palliative Care, LBJ Tropical Medical Center, American Samoa
Gene Kwan, MD, Clinical Fellow, Boston Medical Center and Partners In Health
'Income Inequality: It's More Than Just Annoying,' Nader Moinfar, MD, MPH, Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology; Fellow, American Society of Retina Specialists; Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Central Florida School of Medicine; Diseases and Surgery of the Retina, Vitreous and Macula, Magruder Eye Institute
Mark Roithmayr, Chief Development Officer, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
More speakers TBA
Patient-Centered Initiatives Speakers
Peter Doshi, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacology; Associate Editor, The BMJ
Richard Siegrist, Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Associate Academic Director, MHCM Program; Adjunct Lecturer on Health Care Management, Harvard School of Public Health
'How to Restore Trust and Social Responsibility in Medicine,' Leana Wen, MD, MSc, Director, Patient-Centered Care Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University
More speakers TBA
Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Speakers
Thomas Chupein, Policy Manager, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Jennifer Galvin, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science; Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Yale School of Medicine
'Equitable Research in Global Health Equity: Increasing Technical Capacity and Ownership of Research in Rural Rwanda,' Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Instructor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Peter Speyer, Chief Data & Technology Officer, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
James Tsai, MD, Robert R. Young Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Daniel Zoughbie, Founder and CEO, Microclinic International; Visiting Scholar, Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law
More speakers TBA
Philanthropy and Investment Speakers
Diana Ayton-Shenker, Founder & CEO, Global Momenta
David Barash, Executive Director, Global Health Portfolio and Chief Medical Officer, GE Foundation
Shubha Kumar, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor & Director of Programs, University of Southern California (USC)
Angela Lee, Founder, 37 Angels; Executive Director of Teaching Excellence and Adunct, Columbia Business School
Jennifer Mccrea, Senior Research Fellow, Hauser Institute for Civil Society, Harvard Kennedy School
More speakers TBA
Social Enterprise Speakers
Molly Christiansen, Director of Research & Partner Development, LivingGoods
Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.
'Unreasonable Capital // Investing at the Nexus of Explosive Growth & Impact' Daniel Epstein, Founder & CEO, Unreasonable Institute
Tyler Gage, Co-Founder and President, Runa
Peter Johnson, Partner, Developing World Markets
'Rising Expectations Lift All People,' Rodney North, The Answer Man - Information for the Public and Media, Equal Exchange Coop
Rashmi Pillai, Director, Strategic Partnerships & Advisory, Living Goods
Joe Whinney, Founder and CEO, Theo Chocolate, Inc.
More speakers TBA
Social Entrepreneurship Speakers
Ron Bills, Chairman and CEO, Envirofit International
'Keeping the Wheels Turning: A Practical Approach to Delivering Health Care to the Hard to Reach,' Andrea Coleman, Co-founder and CEO, Riders for Health
Al Hammond, Senior Entrepreneur, Ashoka's Full Economic Citizenship Program
Brian Julius, Owner, Books of Hope LLC
'Social Impact Measurement and the Pretense of Knowledge,' Rich Leimsider, Vice President of Fellowship Programs, Echoing Green
Matt Nash, CASE Managing Director, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
More speakers TBA
Social Media & Marketing Speakers
Charlotte Cole, Blue Butterfly Collaborative
'Indiegogo: Crowdfunding for Impact,' Alisa Cordesius, Cause Vertical Manager, Indiegogo
'Energy & Impact: Creating Compelling Social Change Campaigns,' Dave DeLuca, Head of Campaigns, Do Something
Mehret Mandefro, President and Producer, Truth Aid
More speakers TBA
Surgery & Global Health Speakers
Scott Corlew, CMO/VP of Medical Affairs, St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital
Kathleen Casey
Robert Riviello, Instructor, Harvard Medical School
'Gratifactions and Hazards of Volunteer Service Abroad,' Aron Rose, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Associate Clinical Professor, Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing, Yale University School of Nursing
More speakers TBA
Technology in Global Health Speakers
Bobby Jefferson, Director Informatics, Futures Group
Shainoor Khoja, Consultant/Previously Managing Director, Roshan Community
Kenneth Paik, MD, MBA, Director of Operations, Sana
Amish Parashar, Director of Innovation, Triple Ring Technologies
Carter Powers, COO, Dimagi, Inc.
More speakers TBA
Water and Sanitation Speakers
Zafar Adeel, Director, United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Ned Breslin, Chief Executive Officer, Water For People
Christoph Gorder, Chief Global Water Officer, Charity:Water
More speakers TBA
Interactive Workshops
Jane Aronson, MD, CEO, Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell Weill Medical College and Columbia University
Cal Bruns, CEO/Chief Creative Incubationist, Matchboxology
Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.
Perry Dougherty, Director of Institute for Spiritual Formation & Society, Still Harbor
'Bioethical Challenges Practicing Medicine in the Developing World,' Aron Rose, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Associate Clinical Professor, Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing, Yale University School of Nursing
More speakers TBA
Complete conference details can be seen on the 2015 Global Health & Innovation Conference website.
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Jennifer Staple-Clark
mailto:jstaple@uniteforsight.org
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