Global Health and Innovation Conference at Yale

[Eric K. Noji, M.D.]

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From: Jennifer Staple-Clark [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:01 AM
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Subject: Global Health and Innovation Conference at Yale

Dear Eric Noji,

You and your colleagues and students may be interested in attending this Global Health & Innovation Conference. We would appreciate it if you could please forward this announcement to those who may be interested in attending. There is also an opportunity to submit a social enterprise pitch for presentation at the conference. The registration rate increases after January 31.

GH/Innovate 2010
Global Health & Innovation Conference
Presented by Unite For Sight, 7th Annual Conference
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Saturday, April 17 - Sunday, April 18, 2010

"A Meeting of Minds"--CNN

Registration & Details (Registration rate increases after January 31): http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

200 speakers, including keynote addresses by Seth Godin, Jacqueline Novogratz, Jeffrey Sachs and Sonia Sachs. Social innovation sessions by CEOs and Directors of Acumen Fund, Partners in Health, Doctors Without Borders, Save The Children, HealthStore Foundation, and many others. The conference schedule is now online.

The Global Health & Innovation Conference convenes more than 2,200 students and professionals from 55 countries who are interested in global health and international development, public health, medicine, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, philanthropy, microfinance, human rights, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, public service, environmental health, and education.

Call For Social Enterprise Pitches: Do you have an innovative idea or a new program in development? Submit your idea for presentation. Complete details on conference website.

Keynote Speakers

"Using The Power of Stories and Tribes to Spread Your Messages and Change The World," Seth Godin, MBA, Agent of Change; New York Times Bestselling Author of Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us; Founder, Squidoo.com

Jacqueline Novogratz, MBA, Founder and CEO, Acumen Fund

Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon

Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Village Project

Leaders in Social Entrepreneurship Speakers

Gene Falk, Co-Founder, Executive Director, mothers2mothers

"Franchising Healthcare in Africa," Scott Hillstrom, Chairman of the Board, CEO and Co-Founder, HealthStore Foundation

"At The Intersection of Money and Meaning," Kevin Jones, Co-Founder, Good Capital

"Creating Viable Enterprises For The Base of the Pyramid," Ted London, PhD, Senior Research Fellow; Director, Base of the Pyramid Initiative, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

"From Ideas To Action Workshop: Creating Viable Enterprises For The Base of the Pyramid," Ted London, PhD, Senior Research Fellow; Director, Base of the Pyramid Initiative, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

"Doing More With Less," Nancy Lublin, CEO, Do Something

"Innovation in PIH Implementation Sites," Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Partners in Health; Director, Institute for Health and Social Justice; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital

"Enabling Prosperity by Improving Lives," Julia Novy-Hildesley, Executive Director, The Lemelson Foundation

"Achieving Global Health Through Community Wealth," Billy Shore, Founder and CEO, Share Our Strength

"Investing in Local Social Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries," Jennifer Staple-Clark, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Unite For Sight

"Solutions That Can Go Big: How To Think About Scalability," Kevin Starr, MD, Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program, Mulago Foundation

"WaterCredit: Driving Financial Innovation in Water Supply & Sanitation For The Poor," Gary White, Executive Director, Water.org

"The Investment/Re-Investment Cycle: Essentials to Advancing Social Innovation," Andrew Wolk, CEO, Root Cause

Plus 200 Featured Speakers, including:

"Management of Macular Degeneration in 2010," Ron Adelman, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Yale University Eye Center

"HIV Medication to Empower Communities: An International Model," Jesus Aguais, Executive Director, Aid for AIDS

"A Public Private Partnership to Improve Mental Health Services in Northern Uganda," Stephen Alderman, MD, Co-Founder, Peter C. Alderman Foundation

"Reconciling the WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health with the Multi-dimensional Resilience Index," Astier Almedom, DPhil, Professor of Practice in Humanitarian Policy and Global Public Health

"Large-Scale Effectiveness Evaluations of Maternal and Child Programs in Low-Income Countries: A New Approach," Agbessi Amouzou, PhD, Assistant Scientist, Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

"Three Unique Models For Services For Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Worldwide Orphans Foundation in Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Bulgaria," Jane Aronson, MD, Director, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder and Executive Officer, Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

"Workshop -- How To Create an NGO That Does Community Work With Children Abroad: The Ins and Outs, The Ups and Downs," Jane Aronson, MD, Director, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder and Executive Officer, Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

"High-Impact Entrepreneurship," Elmira Bayrasli, Policy & Outreach, Endeavor

"Innovations in Monitoring and Evaluation," Elvira Beracochea, MD, President and CEO, MIDEGO

Bob Bollinger, MD, MPH, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health; Director, Center for Clinical Global Health Education, Johns Hopkins University

"Meeting The Global Physician Shortage: The Contribution of Cuba's Latin American Medical School," Peter Bourne, MA, MD, Visiting Scholar, Oxford University; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. George's University; Formerly Special Assistant to the President of the United States for Health Issues; Chair, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)

"Workshop - Social Enterprise: The Promise and the Perils," Jerr Bosch, Founder, The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs

"Medical Innovation in Humanitarian Situations: The Work of Medecins San Frontieres," Jean-Herve Bradol, MD, Former President of MSF-France; Former Board Member, MSF-USA

"Surgery and Global Health - Are We There Yet?" Kathleen Casey, MD, FACS, Director, Operation Giving Back, American College of Surgeons

"The Latin American and Carribean Initiative for the Integration of Prenatal Care with the Testing and Treatment of HIV and Syphilis," Arachu Castro, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Social Medicine; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Partners in Health

"Workshop - Best Practices in Treating Patients with Empathy and Cultural Sensitivity," Barbara Ceconi, MSW, President, Access Umbrella Inc.

"The Global Health Workforce On The Move: Rethinking Policy Innovations to Address Health Worker Migration," Peggy Clark, Executive Director, Innovations in Global Health and Poverty Vice President, Policy Programs, The Aspen Institute

"Sight Restoration, an Essential Ingredient for Health Promotion," James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"Global Environmental Health: It's More Than Being Hot," Luz Claudio, MD, Associate Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine, Chief of the Division of International Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

"Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Health Care Systems," Paul Cleary, PhD, Dean of Public Health, Chair, Epidemiology and Public Health; Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale University School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine

"One Size Does Not Fit All: Models of Collaboration for Improving Global Health," Brenda Colatrella, Executive Director, Office of Corporate Responsibility and Global Policy, Merck

"Innovative Tools for Education: Ophthalmic News and Education (O.N.E.) Network," Zelia Correa, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati; American Academy of Ophthalmology

"Cervical Cancer Prevention Program in Rural El Salvador," Miriam Cremer, President and Founder, Basic Health International

"Diagnosis and Treatment of Glaucoma For Persons on Medical Missions," Gustavo V. de Moraes, MD, Research Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

"From a Village Clinic to a Health System: Implementation Science in the Millennium Villages," Prabhjot Dhadialla, PhD, Program Director of Health Systems, Development and Research, Columbia Center For Global Health and Economic Development, Community Health Worker Advisor, Millennium Village Project

"Building a Distributed Village Model," Zoravar Dhaliwal, CEO, Community Lab

"Innovative Measures to Advance Health in Poor Countries During The Global Financial Crisis," Ranu Dhillon, Health Advisor, Millennium Villages/Global Health Equity BWH

"An Industry-Driven Approach to Mobility and HIV," Luke J.E. Disney, Executive Director, North Star Alliance

Margaret Duah-Mensah, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"Factors in the Adoption and Development of Agro-Biotechnology in Sub Saharan Africa," Obidi Ezezika, PhD, MEM, Senior Fellow, McLauglin Rotman Center for Global Health, University of Toronto and University Health Network

"An Integrated, Food-Based Approach To Bettering Nutrition: A Case Study in the Millennium Village of Western Kenya," Jessica Fanzo, PhD, Nutrition Coordinator, Millennium Villages Project

"America's Vital Interests in Global Health," Harvey Fineberg, MD, PhD, President, Institute of Medicine of The National Academies

"Pediatric Vision Screening in Hunan Province, China," Susan Forster, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Studies, Department of Ophthalmology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Services

"Gender and Eye Health," Ilene Gipson, PhD, Senior Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

"Simple Solutions To Complex Problems: How A Text Message Can Save A Life," Ashifi Gogo, Co-founder, Sproxil; Holekamp Family PhD Innovation Fellow, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

"Workshop: How To Advance Global Health Through Technology and Social Entrepreneurship," Ashifi Gogo, Co-founder, Sproxil; Holekamp Family PhD Innovation Fellow, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

"Embracing Plants For Curse With New Eyes," Martin E. Gordon, MD, Former Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

"Obstetric Fistula - The Ultimate Indignity, Gender Inequality, and Poverty," Kate Grant, Executive Director, The Fistula Foundation

"Global Health and Innovation: The Challenges From An Aid Effectiveness Perspective," Stephen P. Groff, Deputy Director, Organisation For Economic Co-Operation and Development

"Using Human Rights To Improve Global Health Efforts: Examples, Challenges, and Opportunities," Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA, Associate Professor in Health and Human Rights Director, Program on International Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health

"Managing the African Glaucomas: Should We Incise or Instill?" Michael Gyasi, MD, Ophthalmologist, Ghana

"Presentation Patterns of Glaucoma in Rural and Urban Ghana," Michael Gyasi, MD, Ophthalmologist, Ghana

"Co-Creating Impact-Driven Health Innovations: The Case For Increased Partnership Between Business and Non-Profits," Allen Hammond, PhD, Senior Entrepreneur in Residence, Ashoka

"Authentic Corporate Engagement in Global Health," Laura Herman, Managing Director, Social Impact Advisors

"Increased Access to Selected HIV/AIDS Interventions in the Dominican Repubilc," Sabrina Hermosilla, Assistance Director, International Family AIDS Program, Columbia University

"Preterm Birth: Global Prevalence and Opportunities for Intervention in Middle- and Low-Income Countries," Christopher P. Howson, PhD, Vice President for Global Programs, The March of Dimes Foundation

"Prospects and Challenges of Genetic Manipulation of Mosquitoes for Malaria Control," Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, PhD, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

"IQCare Technology Innovation For Low Resource Clinics," Bobby Jefferson, Health IT Project Manager, Futures Group

"Integrating Clinical Trials and Pubilc Health Initiatives: Data Collection Challenges," Heather Kelly, Senior Project Manager, Institute For OneWorld Health

"War and Public Health: What is the Role of Public Health Professionals?" Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice, Division of Epidmiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health

"Ending Health Apartheid: How Universities Can Make a Difference," Rachel Kiddell-Monroe, President of the Board, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines

"From The Inside Out: Uncovering Solutions To Intractable Problems Through Positive Deviance," Lisa Kimball, President, Plexus Institute

"Health Micro-Insurance in Pakistan's Northern Areas: Adapting Modern Concepts To A Developing Market Context," Holly Korda, Deputy Director, Systems Research and Initiatives and Research Director, Innovative Care Delivery, Altarum Institute

"Food Security and the Right to Health," Robert Lawrence, MD, The Center for a Livable Future Professor, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Health Policy, and International Health; Director, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

"Development of a National Food Fortification Program in Rwanda," Amy Lockwood, Executive Director, Project Healthy Children

"Breeding Better Food: A New Solution To Reduce Vitamin A Deficiency," Bonnie McClafferty, Head, Development and Communications, HarvestPlus

"An AIDS Vaccine: Progress To End The Epidemic," John McGoldrick, JD, Senior Vice President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

"Rights-Based Approaches to Global Health Policy: The World Health Organization and an Evolving Human Right to Health," Benjamin Mason Meier, JD, LLM, PhD, Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Equity in Treatment & Research," Carole Mitnick, Sc.D., Instructor, Department of Global Health and Social medicine, Harvard Medical School

"Society, Migration, Culture and Women," Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, MPhil, CHES, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Global Health Program Director, New York Medical College School of Public Health

"Sustainable Development for Persons with Disability Living in the Poorest Countries in the World," Ron Nabors, Chief Executive Officer, Christian Blind Mission-USA

"Supporting Early-Stage Social Entrepreneurs," Michael Norton, Director, Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action

"The International Activities of the American Academy of Pediatrics: Caring For All Children," Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD, FAAP, Pediatric Faculty, Family Practice Group; Director of Nurseries, Middlesex Hospital; Chair, AAP Section on International Child Health

"Workshop: Good and Better Ways To Participate Globally: Partnering To Empower Communities," Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD, FAAP, Pediatric Faculty, Family Practice Group; Director of Nurseries, Middlesex Hospital; Chair, AAP Section on International Child Health

"Influencing Health Outcomes From Outside the Health Sector: Social Capital, Structural Interventions, and Development Policy," Jeffrey O'Malley, UNDP

"Role of Inflammation in Retinal Degeneration," Santa Ono, PhD, Sr. Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Academic Affairs, Emory University

"The Unfinished Child Survival Agenda," David Oot, Associate Vice President for Health, Save The Children

"Monitoring Public Health Innovations From Bright Idea To Scaled-Up National Practice," Michel Pacque, Senior NGO/PVO Advisor, ICF Macro

"Eye Care Needs and Solutions in South Korea," Sung Chul Park, MD, Glaucoma Fellow, New York Medical College, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

"The Principle of Replication as Applied to Eye Care in Developing Nations," David Paton, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology Emeritus, Baylor College of Medicine; Founder, ORBIS

"Workshop - Creating Champions in our Issues: The Champion Scale--A Tool For Advocates," Ken Patterson, Grassroots Manager, RESULTS Educational Fund

"Contemplations on American Health Care Reform," Matthew Paul, MD, Danbury Eye Physicians and Surgeons

"Implementation of a Community Health Worker Model of Care to Improve Treatment Adherence Among HIV-Positive Children in Central China," Elizabeth Petrow, MSc, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Pediatric HIV/AIDS Treatment Support

"Global Health Partnerships--Critical Success Factors and Lessons Learned From A Private Sector Perspective," Steven Phillips, MD, Medical Director, Global Issues and Projects, ExxonMobil Corporation

"Piecing Together The Global Puzzle: Creating Sustainable Partnerships to Address Autism Worldwide," Molly Ola Pinney, Founder and CEO, The Global Autism Project

"Vision 2020/USA and The Future of Collaborative Efforts in Blindness Prevention," Louis Pizzarello, MD, MPH, Secretary General, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness

"Online Innovation and Trends in Global Health," Suzanne Rainey, Forum One Communications

"Epidemiology-Driven Program Design," Ian Rawson, Board Chair, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti

"Leveraging Advances in Nanotechnology and Consumer Electronics to Detect Infectious Diseases at the Point of Care," Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD, Stanley C. Moore Professor and Chair of Bioengineering, Rice University

"Modifying 21st Century Surgery For The Developing World," Aron Rose, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Nursing

"MDG5.com: A Film and New Media Initiative to Improve Maternal Health," Lisa Russell, MPH, Filmmaker

"Time To Lower The Bar For Social Entrepreneurship - Rwandan Lessons from Agribusiness and Health," Josh Ruxin, Founder and Director of Rwanda Works, The Access Project and Millennium Village Rwanda

"An Innovative Academic Partnership to Support Capacity Development: The Makere University Yale University Collaboration in Global Health," Majid Sadigh, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

"How To Develop a Sustainable Eye Care Plan For Rural Regions," Sarang Salam, Kalinga Eye Hospital, Orissa, India

"Glaucoma Screening" Sarwat Salim, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee-Memphis

"Corporate Governance Approaches to Global Health Investments and Social Entrepreneurship Partnerships," Georgia Sambunaris, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Economic Growth, US Agency for International Development

"Meeting Community Reproductive Health Needs Through Creative Partnerships in the Peruvian Amazon," Diana Santana, Senior Program Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America

"Avoidable Blindness and Eye Care in Latin America and the Caribbean," Juan Carlos Silva, MD, MPH, Regional Advisor in Prevention of Blindness, PAHO-WHO

"Meeting the Needs of the Medically Underserved in Southwest Virginia," Audrey Snyder, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Virginia

"Reducing Childhood Malnutrition by Improving Children's Oral Health in Rural El Salvador," Karen Sokal-Gutierrez, MD, MPH, Associate Clinical Professor, University of California Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program

"Integration of Surgery Into Population-Based Healthcare in Learning Models of Integrated Care," David Spiegel, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

"Where There Is No Light: Using Solar Power to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Nigeria," Laura Stachel, MD, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Founder, WE CARE Solar

"CSR and The Global Health Agenda: Can Business Really Help Heal The Planet?" John E. Tedstrom, PhD, President and CEO, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC)

"Carbon Credit Enabled Social Enterprise for Sustainable Development in Rwanda and Afghanistan," Evan Thomas, Executive Vice President, Manna Energy Limited

"Trabeculectomy Glaucoma Surgery: Clinical Pearls," James C. 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

"Russia's Progrses in Caring for People Living with HIV/AIDS," Alexandra Vacroux, PhD, Program Officer, Eurasia Program, Social Science Research Council

"Eye Care Needs and Solutions in Northern Ghana," Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

"Workshop - Fostering a Creative Culture in Health Care," Harry West, CEO, Continuum

"Can We Eliminate Blinding Trachoma by 2020?" Sheila West, PhD, El-Maghraby Professor of Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

"Innovation in Global Health Research," David Zakus, BSc, MES, MSc, PhD, Director, Centre for International Health; Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation; Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada

"New Career Options in Global Health" Derek Yach, Vice President of Global Health Policy, PepsiCo

"The Global Fight Against Malaria: U.S. Strategy for Combating Malaria Around The World," Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer, U.S. Malaria Coordinator, President's Malaria Initiative

"Integrated Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases," Katie Zoerhoff, N&E Associate, NTD Control Program, RTI International

Call For Applicants: Social Enterprise Pitch

GH/Innovate 2010 will include special sessions where selected participants will present their new idea or program-in-development in the format of a 5-minute social enterprise pitch. Following the pitch, there is a 5-minute period for questions and answers, as well as feedback from the audience. This will provide participants with an opportunity to formulate and present their idea, collaborate with others interested in their idea, and receive feedback and ideas from other conference participants. Complete details about submitting a social enterprise pitch online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/social-enterprise-pitch

Young Leader of Social Change Speakers

Young Leaders of Social Change Speakers are students and young professionals engaged in global health research and effective program delivery. Approximately 25 students and young professionals have been selected to speak at the conference.