Global Health & Innovation Conference Presented by Unite For Sight, 8th Annual Conference

GH/Innovate
2011
Global Health & Innovation Conference
Presented by Unite For Sight, 8th Annual Conference
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Saturday, April 16 – Sunday, April 17, 2011

http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

“A
Meeting of Minds”–CNN

Unite For Sight’s must-attend,
thought-leading conference

convenes leaders, changemakers, and participants from all fields of global
health, international development, and social entrepreneurship.  The
conference, which convenes 2,200 people from all 50 states and from 50
countries, is the world’s largest global health conference, as well as
the largest social entrepreneurship conference.

Register by February 15 to
secure the lowest registration rate.
  The registration rate increases
after February 15.


Interested in presenting at the conference?

  • Call For Social Enterprise Pitches: Do you have an
    innovative idea or a new program in development?  Submit your idea for
    presentation.  Social enterprise pitches are accepted on a rolling
    application deadline
    , and the first quality pitches will be accepted
    for oral presentation.  When the social enterprise pitch spots are filled to
    capacity, applications will no longer be accepted.  See social enterprise pitch
    instructions on the conference
    website.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

“Pharmaceuticals For Humanity,” Victoria Hale, PhD, Founder
of Medicines360; Founder and Chair Emeritus, OneWorld Health

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, Director of Health, Millennium
Village Project, Earth Institute at Columbia University

One additional keynote speaker to be announced.

200 Featured Speakers, including these confirmed
speakers:

“Evaluation of Traumatic Neurological Injury Care in Ecuador Using
the IATSIC/WHO Essential Guidelines for Trauma Care,” Michel B.
Aboutanos,
MD, MPH, Director, International Trauma Systems Development,
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

“How Do You Know When You’ve Revolutionized An Industry?: Ashoka’s
Approach to Assessing Impact,” Karabi Acharya,
ScD, Change Leader,
Ashoka

“Workshop – Social Entrepreneurs: Systems Thinking in Action,” Karabi
Acharya,
ScD, Change Leader, Ashoka

“Evaluation of a Public Private Partnership to Improve Mental Health
Services in Northern Uganda: Output, Metric, and Outcome Data,” Stephen
Alderman,
MD, Peter C. Alderman Foundation

“Design Education in the Humanitarian Sphere: Designmatters Best
Practices,” Mariana Amatullo,
Vice President, Director, Designmatters
Department, Art Center College of Design

“Readying Orphans For Their Community: Models For Taking Orphans Out
Of Isolation,” Jane Aronson,
MD, CEO and Founder of Worldwide Orphans
Foundation; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell Weill Medical
College and Columbia University

“Doctors as Storytellers: Using Our Stories For Social Change,” Neal
Baer,
MD, Institute for Photographic Empowerment at USC’s Annenberg
School of Communications; Executive Producer, Law and Order: Special Victims
Unit

“Workshop – New Media For Global Health,” Neal Baer, MD,
Institute for Photographic Empowerment at USC’s Annenberg School of
Communications; Executive Producer, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

“A New Approach to HIV Prevention: Cash Transfers and Risk Reduction
Among Adolescent Girls,” Sarah Baird,
Assistant Professor, George
Washington University

“Investing in Adolescent Girls — The Transition to Adulthood,” Wendy
Baldwin,
Vice President, Poverty, Gender and Youth, Population
Council

“High-Impact Social Entrepreneurship” Elmira Bayrasli,
Director of Communications, Peace Dividend Trust

“Social Entrepreneurship Workshop,” Elmira Bayrasli,
Director of Communications, Peace Dividend Trust

“Global Approaches to Global Health: Lessons Learned From The Global
HIV Vaccine Enterprise,” Alan Bernstein,
PhD, Executive Director,
Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise

“Mobile Potential: Scaling Health Access,” Matthew Berg, ICT
Coordinator, Millennium Villages Project

“A Pivotal Moment: Advocating for Big Dreams in Difficult Times,”
Natasha Bilimoria,
President, Friends of the Global Fight

“Enterprise Solutions to Sustainable Social Change,” Ron
Bills,
Chairman & CEO, Envirofit International

“Global Health Innovation Partnerships – Accelerating Access to
Medical Technologies in Tanzania,” Jeffrey Blander,
ScD, President,
Bienmoyo Foundation

“Asking The Right Questions: Lessons Learned From The Cuban Health
System,” 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 – Improving Organizational Performance in Low-Income
Settings,” Elizabeth Bradley,
PhD, Professor of Public Health, Division
of Health Policy & Administration; Director, Health Management Program;
Director, Global Health Initiatives, Yale School of Public Health

“Doctors With Borders,” Michael Brennan, MD, American
Academy of Ophthalmology Past President, Alamance Eye Center

“Itinerant Physicians and Shifting Moral Economies: Cuba’s
International Medical Programs,” P. Sean Brotherton,
PhD, Assistant
Professor, Department of Anthropology, Yale University

“Orchestration of the Host Immune Response by Malaria Parasites,”
Richard Bucala,
MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Pathology and
Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine

“Innovations and Technologies for Resource Constrained Settings:
Opportunities and Strategies,” Thomas F. Burke,
Chief, Division of
Global Health and Human Rights, Massachusetts General Hospital; Departments of
Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, MGH; Division of General Pediatrics,
Children’s Hospital Boston; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical
School; Associate Professor, KCA University and Victoria Institute for Science
and Technology, Kisumu, Kenya

“Storytelling for Action: How Nonprofit Journalism Can Empower Staff,
Supporters and Beneficiaries,” Roger Burks,
Senior Writer, Mercy Corps,
Co-Founder, Pictographers

“Maternal Health and Societal Development,” Sharon Camp,
President and CEO, Guttmacher Institute

“Vision Research Advances and Opportunities in Global Health,”
Deborah Carper,
Deputy Director, National Eye Institute, National
Institutes of Health

“Strategies to Prevent Maternal Mortality in Latin America and the
Caribbean,” Arachu Castro,
PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Social
Medicine, Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Department of Global
Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Partners in Health

“Living Goods: A Sustainable System for Improving Child Survival
Through Avon-Like Networks of Women Health Promoters,” Molly
Christiansen,
Manager, Health Practices and Business Development,
Living Goods

“Meet The Editor: How To Write For Global Health Journals,” Jocelyn
Clark,
Senior Editor, PLoS Medicine

“Reaching The Poorest of the Poor,” James Clarke, MD,
Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight
Partner

“Global Health Education Field Experiences: Learning From Local
Healthcare Professionals,” James Clarke,
MD, Ophthalmologist and
Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner

“Randomized Trials in Malaria: Questions, Answers and More
Questions,” Jessica Cohen,
PhD, Assistant Professor of Global Health,
Harvard School of Public Health

“The Impact of Impact Investing,” Josh Cohen, Managing
Partner, City Light Capital

“Proof of Sustainable Eye Care Systems in Africa, The Only Way To
V2020,” Kate Coleman,
BSc, PhD, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Executive
Chairman, Right To Sight

“10 Americans: An Inconvenient Truth For Environmental Health,” Ken
Cook,
President, Environmental Working Group

“Telling the Story: Documentary Photography for NGOs,” Thatcher
Cook,
Documentary Photographer, Pictographers

“Accelerating Impact: Incubation and Skill-Building For Social
Change,” Cindy Cooper,
Director, Social Innovation Incubator, School of
Business Administration, Portland State University

“Public Health Aspects of Surgical Care,” Scott Corlew, MD,
Chief Medical Officer, Interplast

“Evolving Best Practices for KAP Surveys,” Pierre Cremieux,
President, Medical Aid Committee

“Can Business Really Make a Lasting Difference in Communities? The
Case for People-Centered Development,” Dean Cycon,
Founder and CEO,
Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co.

“Outcome Mapping Measures Knowledge and Behavior Changes Due To T.
Solium Education,” Cate Dewey,
Professor of Epidemiology and Health
Management; Chair, Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph

“The Evolution of Development and Urgent Need for a Genetic Jump,”
Mark Dybul,
Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Co-Director of the
Global Health Law Program, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law,
Georgetown University; Inaugural Global Health Fellow, George W. Bush
Institute

“Global Mobile Surveys,” Nathan Eagle, CEO, txteagle Inc;
Visiting Assistant Professor, MIT Media Lab; Research Assistant Professor,
Northeastern Computer Science; Omidyar Fellow, Santa Fe Institute

“Innovation Partnerships in Public Health,” Robert
Fabricant,
Vice President of Creative, Frog Design Inc.

“Enterprise Solutions to Poverty,” Michael Fairbanks,
co-Founder, SEVEN

“The Demand Side: Social Innovation and Gaps in Global Health,” Gene
Falk,
Co-founder and President, mothers2mothers

“Good Technology, Bad Implementation: Designing Effective Tools For
Global Health,” Heather Fleming,
Catapult Design

“Mobile Technologies for Global Health,” Rich Fletcher, PhD,
Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab

“Pediatric Vision Screening in Western Hunan Province,” Susan
Forster,
MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Director of Medical Studies,
Yale School of Medicine; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science Chief of
Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Services

“Collaborative Development of Open Source Medical Record Systems in
Developing Countries: The OpenMRS Experience,” Hamish Fraser,
MBChB,
MRCP, MSc, Director of Informatics and Telemedicine, Partners in Health;
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician
at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

“Energy for All: Powering the Millennium Development Goals,” Robert
Freling,
Executive Director, Solar Electric Light Fund

“Tempting Food Links to Global ‘Curative’ Traps,” Martin
Gordon,
MD, FAAAS, Emeritus Chairman and Lifetime Trustee,
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Board; Prior Clinical Professor of Medicine,
Yale University School of Medicine

“Fighting Fistula: The Power of Partnerships,” Kate Grant,
Executive Director, The Fistula Foundation

“Scaling Up Clean Off-Grid Lighting Solutions For Base of Pyramid,”
Gaurav Gupta,
Partner, Dalberg Global Development Consultants

“Barriers to Treatment Uptake in Africa: Glaucoma Experiences From
Ghana,” Michael Gyasi,
MD, Ophthalmologist, North Western Eye Centre,
Ghana

“Perspectives From Ghana: Critical Research in Global Health
Delivery,” Michael Gyasi,
MD, Ophthalmologist, North Western Eye
Centre, Ghana

“Wireless Adherence Monitoring Technology,” Jessica Haberer,
MD, MS, Research Scientist, Harvard Institute for Global Health; Assistant in
Health Decision Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor, Harvard
Medical School

“The Effect of Cooking Stoves on Health: Evidence From A Randomized
Experiment in India,” Rema Hanna,
Assistant Professor of Public Policy,
Harvard Kennedy School

“A View from a Death in the Morning: Emergent Disease in Kenya’s
Emerging Democracy,” Rebecca Hardin,
PhD, Associate Professor,
Department of Anthropology and School of Natural Resources and Environment,
University of Michigan

“Anthropological and Cultural Perspectives in Global Health
Education,” Rebecca Hardin,
PhD, Associate Professor, Department of
Anthropology and School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of
Michigan

“Improving Aid for Health and the Critical Role of Ministries of
Health,” Cecil Haverkamp,
Coordinator of Global Health Practice,
Harvard University School of Public Health

“The Impact of Surgical Intervention in Nepal: A Case Study of an
Integrated Reconstructive Surgery Program,” Susan Hayes,
President and
CEO, Interplast

“Not Everyone Cares: Marketing Your Cause in a Cluttered
Marketplace,” Scott Henderson,
Principal at CauseShift and Campaign
Manager of WeCanEndThis.com

“Workshop – Breaking Thru The Clutter: How to Market Your Cause and
Attract New Champions,” Scott Henderson,
Principal at CauseShift and
Campaign Manager of WeCanEndThis.com

“Making a Public Health Difference at the Community Level: The Peace
Corps Experience,” Carrie Hessler-Radelet,
Deputy Director, Peace
Corps

“Global Health Education: Policies, Practices, and Innovations in
Organizations and Systems,” Brian Heuser
, M.T.S., Ed.D., Assistant
Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Department of
Leadership, Policy and Organizations; Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

“Proceedings From The African Glaucoma Summit,” Leon
Herndon,
MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Service,
Duke University Eye Center

“Myths and Realities of Starting a Nonprofit,” Maurice Segall and
Rick Hobish,
JD, Pro Bono Partnership, Inc.

“BOPportunities: New Business Models for Prevention,” Paul
Hudnut,
Global Social & Sustainable Enterprise Program, College of
Business-Colorado State University; Founder and Director, Envirofit
International

“Global Infertility and the Millennial Challenge of Reproductive
‘Tourism,'” Marcia Inhorn,
MPH, PhD, William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of
Anthropology and International Affairs Chair, Council on Middle East Studies

“Free mHealth eHealth Software For Rural Hospitals,” Bobby
Jefferson,
Health IT Project Manager, Futures Group

“Farmers First: Scaling a Permanent and Sustainable End To Hunger,”
Tony Kalm
, Director of Business Development, One Acre Fund

“Global Health Disparities: Closing The Gap Through Good Governance,”
Enku Kebede-Francis,
PhD, MS, MEd, Assistant Professor, Tufts
University Medical School

“Making Universal Access to MDR-TB Treatment a Reality: The Path
Forward,” Salmaan Keshavjee,
MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department
of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

“Food Industry’s Role in Finding Solutions to Global Nutrition
Challenges,” Mehmood Khan,
CEO, Global Nutrition Group, Chief
Scientific Officer, PepsiCo

“Ethical Challenges With Short-Term Global Health Research Projects,”
Kaveh Khoshnood,
PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice,
Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health

“I of the Needle,” Marc Koska, Founder, Safepoint Trust

“Making Sure Your Solution Fits The Social Problem,” Marc
Koska,
Founder, Safepoint Trust

“Ecological Sanitation in Emergencies: Turning Wastes into Resources
in Post-Earthquake Haiti,” Sasha Kramer,
Sustainable Organic Integrated
Livelihoods (SOIL)

“The Road To Hell: Good Intentions and Ethics in Global Health &
Disaster Response,” Gregory Luke Larkin,
MD, Professor & Chief,
Section of International Emergency Medicine & Global Health, Department of
Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

“How To Create a Social Venture,” Moses Lee, Managing
Editor, NextBillion.net; Entrepreneurship Academic Program Manager and Lecturer
in Social Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan

“How Do You Know What An NGO Is Achieving: Setting The Gold Standard
in Vetting,” Harry Leibowitz,
Founder, World of Children

“New Initiatives to Promote Locally-Driven Solutions,” Neal
Lesh,
Creative Director of Special Projects, Dimagi, Inc.

“Using Social Media and Documentary to Maximize Impact,” Jeremy
Levine,
Producer, Good Fortune; Filmmakers, Transient Pictures

“Film Screening: GOOD Fortune,” Jeremy Levine, Producer,
Good Fortune; Filmmakers, Transient Pictures

“Dollar Enterprise — $1 Can Change The World,” Kathleen
Liang,
Professor, University of Vermont

“Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business,” Nancy Lublin, CEO,
Do Something

“Building Widespread Political Support for Newborn, Child and
Maternal Health,” Charles MacCormack,
President and CEO, Save The
Children

“Better Language For Better Health,” Bob McKinnon, Founder
and President, YELLOWBRICKROAD Communications

“Accessing Enterprise Aspects in Traditional International
Development Programs,” David McGinty,
Director, Deep Spring
International

“HIV Prevention — What Progress Toward A Vaccine? And When?” John
McGoldrick,
JD, Chairman, Zimmer Holdings, Inc., and Special Advisor,
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

“Collective Rights to HIV Prevention: Human Rights for the Public’s
Health,” Benjamin Mason Meier,
JD, LLM, PhD, Assistant Professor of
Global Health Policy, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill

“The Power of Social Entrepreneurship to Change an Industry,” Jeff
Mendelsohn,
CEO, New Leaf Paper

“Workshop – The Power of Social Entrepreneurship to Change an
Industry,” Jeff Mendelsohn,
CEO, New Leaf Paper

“Health and Microfinance: Leveraging The Strengths of Two Sectors to
Alleviate Poverty,” Marcia Metcalfe,
Director, Microfinance and Health,
Freedom From Hunger

“Scale-Up of a Pilot Intervention to Improve Immunization Coverage in
Northern Mozambique: Use of Impact Evaluation and Cost Study for Advocacy,”
Becca Miller,
VillageReach

“Rescuing The Bottom Billion Through Control of Neglected Tropical
Diseases,” Neeraj Mistry,
MD, MPH, Managing Director, Global Network
for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Sabin Vaccine Institute

“Blindness Prevention in Developing Nations: A Pictorial Narrative,”
Nader Moinfar,
MD, Magruder Eye Institute and University of Central
Florida School of Medicine, Orlando, Florida

“Market-Based Innovations in Healthcare Delivery: A Case Study of
LifeSpring Hospitals,” Tricia Morente,
Head of Strategy and Marketing,
LifeSpring Hospitals

“Poor Architecture: New Models of Design Practice and Empowerment
Through the Resource Constrained Built Environment,” Michael Murphy
,
Executive Director and Co-Founder, MASS Design Group

“Clean Energy — A Key to Health and Development,” Anne
Murray,
Senior Development Officer, E+CO

“The Production of MakaPads Sanitary Pads as a Social Economic
Enterprise,” Moses Musaazi,
PhD, Professor and Former Head, Electrical
Engineering Department, Makerere University; Founder and Managing Director of
Technology for Tomorrow Limited; Developer of Makapads sanitary pads

“Partnerships Abroad: Cheaper, Smarter, Kinder,” Steve
Nagler,
Director of Global Partnership Initiative, Hole in the Wall
Camps

“Health and Wealth: Empowering Vulnerable Women in Ethiopia,”
Gwenelyn O’Donnell-Blake,
Senior Technical Officer for Food Security,
Project Concern International

“Photonics Based Telemedicine Technologies Toward Smart Global Health
Systems,” Aydogan Ozcan,
PhD, Assistant Professor, Electrical
Engineering Department, California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA

“Know What I Really Need? Participatory Medical Device Design and
Implementation,” Kristian R. Olson,
MD, MPH, DTM&H, Inpatient
Clinical Educator Service, MGH; Program Leader, CIMIT Global Health Initiative;
Executive Committee, MGH Center for Global Health; Instructor, Harvard Medical
School

“Electronic Medical Records: On Becoming a Digital Doctor,” Matthew
Paul,
MD, Danbury Eye Physicians and Surgeons

“Advocating for the Best Solutions in Global Health & Education,
and Getting Results,” Ken Patterson,
RESULTS Educational Fund, Global
Grassroots Manager

“Pharmaceutical CSR – The Shift Towards Shared Value,” Kyle
Peterson,
Managing Director, FSG Social Impact Advisors

“Workshop – Design Global Change,” Natacha Poggio, Assistant
Professor, University of Hartford

“Empowering Women to Have The Children They Want Safely,” Malcolm
Potts,
MB, BChir, PhD, FRCOG, Bixby Professor, School of Public Health,
University of California Berkeley

“Project Firefly: Next-Generation Infant Phototherapy for Developing
Countries,” Timothy Prestero,
CEO, Design That Matters

“Bottom Up Entrepreneurship,” Iqbal Quadir, Founder and
Director, Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, MIT

“Health Systems Strengthening in Fragile States – What Do We Know?
Examples From MSH Work,” Jonathan D. Quick,
MD, MPH, President &
CEO, Management Sciences for Health

“e-Vouchers and Mobile Payments for Improved Health Outcomes in
Zambia,” Mike Quinn,
CEO, Mobile Transactions

“Leveraging Online Data for Decisions and Impact,
Suzanne Rainey, Forum One Communications

“Bioethical Considerations in Surgical Volunteerism,” Aron
Rose,
MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of
Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

“Microbicides for HIV Prevention: New Science, New Hope,” Zeda
Rosenberg,
CEO, International Partnership for Microbicides

“YOUTH ZONES: A Film and Poetry Initiative on Young People from
Conflicts and Natural Disasters,” Lisa Russell,
MPH, Filmmaker

“Low Cost, Easy To Use, Point of Care Diagnostics For The Developing
World,” Una Ryan,
OBE, PhD, DSc, CEO, Diagnostics For All

“From Taking Lives to Saving Lives: Training Male Health Providers in
Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Conflict-Prone Afghanistan,” Taraneh
Salke,
Executive Director, Family Health Alliance

“A Rapid Community-Based Maternal Mortality and Obstetric Fistula
Prevention Project,” Anders Seim,
MD, MPH, Founder, Health &
Development International

“Start With Why,” Simon Sinek, Sinek Partners, Renowned
Leadership Expert and Author of Start With Why

“Maternal and Child Health Care Training and Routine Practices Among
Health Care Facilities in Rwanda,” Heather Sipsma,
Associate Research
Scientist, Yale University School of Public Health

“Access to Essential Technologies for Safe Childbirth in Africa and
Asia,” Jonathan Spector,
Pediatrician and Neonatologist, Massachusetts
General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health

“WE CARE Solar – Bringing Light to Maternal Health Care,” Laura
Stachel,
MD, MPH, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Co-Founder, WE
CARE Solar

“First Do No Harm: Tackling Disrespect and Abuse of Women During
Childbirth,” Mary Ellen Stanton,
USAID Senior Maternal Health
Advisor

“Innovation & Outcomes: Evidence-Based Global Health Delivery
Strategies,” Jennifer Staple-Clark,
Founder and Chief Executive
Officer, Unite For Sight

“Breaking The Cycle of Aid Dependency: Empowering Rural Ugandans With
Education and Prevention,” Jessie Stone,
Director, Soft Power
Health

“Empowering Better Care: An Innovative Economic Strengthening Model
for OVC Caregivers,” Brian Swarts,
Technical Advisor Microfinance,
Salvation Army World Service Office

“Spurring Innovation to Make Historic Leaps in Development: New
Challenges and Opportunities,” Wendy Taylor,
Senior Advisor, Innovative
Finance and Public Private Partnerships, USAID

“Sustainable Development Through Carbon Finance and Social
Enterprise: Case Studies in Kenya, Rwanda, and Afghanistan,” Evan A.
Thomas,
PhD, P.E., Executive Vice President, Manna Energy Limited

“Patient Adherence to Glaucoma Medications: Current Concepts,” 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

“Overcoming Barriers to Launching Student-Initiated Health
Enterprises,” Jill Tucker,
Senior Program Officer, Lemelson
Foundation

“Global HIV Prevention,” Sten Vermund, MD, PhD, Director,
Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

“Global Strategies and Innovation to Ensure Drug Safety for
Patients,” Prashanth Visweswaran,
Vice President Corporate Strategy,
Drug Safety Alliance

“It’s How You Play The Game: Integrating Learning Games For Girls
Into Savings Groups of Mothers,” Ellen VorderBruegge,
Trustee, Reach
Global

“Innovations in Professionalizing Humanitarian Assistance,” Peter
Walker,
Rosenberg Professor of Nutrition and Human Security; Director
of the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University

“Hearing The Unheard Cry: Strategies to Save Newborn Lives at Scale,”
Steve Wall,
Senior Newborn Health Research Advisor, Save The
Children

“Strategies For Rural Clinics: How To Reach More Than 65,000 Rural
Patients Per Year,” Seth Wanye,
MD, PhD, Ophthalmologist, Friends Eye
Clinic, Ghana

“From Volume to Value: Paths to Sustaining at Scale,” Rebecca
Weintraub,
Executive Director, Global Health Delivery Project

“WaterCredit: Driving Financial Innovation in Water Supply &
Sanitation For The Poor,” Gary White,
Executive Director and
Co-Founder, Water.org

“Design For Inclusion,” Jocelyn Wyatt, Social Innovation
Lead, IDEO

“Workshop – Design Thinking,” Jocelyn Wyatt, Social
Innovation Lead, IDEO

“Narrowing The Gap Between Evidence and Action in Global Health,”
Gavin Yamey,
MD, MA, MRCP, Lead, Evidence to Policy Initiative (E2Pi),
Global Health Group

“Filter Paper as an Appropriate, Low-Cost Medium for
Spectrophotometric Detection of Blood Hemoglobin Concentration,” Jasper
Yan,
Researcher, Beyond Traditional Borders, Rice University

“ECOfashion: An ECOpreneur’s Journey to Transform the Global Textile
Industry,” Marci Zaroff,
Founder and CEO, FASE; Founder, Under the
Canopy

In addition to the sessions with featured speakers, the conference also
includes “Social Enterprise Pitch” Sessions and “Student Leaders in Global
Health” Sessions.