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<b>Subject:</b> [MFP] Call For Abstracts: Global Health & Innovation Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Please forward widely. Registration (Early Bird
Rate) and Abstract Submission Now Open.<br>
<br>
GH/Innovate 2010<br>
Global Health & Innovation Conference<br>
Presented by Unite For Sight<br>
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA<br>
Saturday, April 17 - Sunday, April 18, 2010<br>
<br>
Registration Now Open (Early Bird Registration Rate): <a
href="http://www.ghinnovate.org/">http://www.ghinnovate.org/</a><br>
<br>
Call For Abstracts: Submit an abstract online at <a
href="http://www.ghinnovate.org/">http://www.ghinnovate.org/</a><br>
The first deadline for abstract submission is August 15. The final abstract
deadline is September 20.<br>
<br>
"A Meeting of Minds"?CNN<br>
<br>
200 speakers <<a href="http://www.ghinnovate.org/speakers">http://www.ghinnovate.org/speakers</a>>,
including keynote addresses by Seth Godin, Jeffrey Sachs and Sonia Sachs.
Social innovation sessions by CEOs and Directors of Acumen Fund, Partners in
Health, WaterPartners, Save The Children, HealthStore Foundation, and many
others.<br>
<br>
The Global Health & Innovation Conference convenes more than 2,200 participants
from 55 countries. The conference challenges students, public health
professionals, educators, doctors, scientists, lawyers, universities,
corporations, nonprofits, and others, to develop innovative, effective
solutions to achieve global goals.<br>
<br>
Keynote Speakers<br>
<br>
"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<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Village Project<br>
<br>
Social Entrepreneurship Speakers<br>
<br>
Gene Falk, Co-Founder, Executive Director, mothers2mothers<br>
<br>
Scott Hillstrom, Chairman of the Board, CEO and Co-Founder, HealthStore
Foundation<br>
<br>
Kevin Jones, Co-Founder, Good Capital<br>
<br>
"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<br>
<br>
"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<br>
<br>
"Doing More With Less," Nancy Lublin, CEO, Do Something<br>
<br>
Nicholas Lumpp, Cofounder, Somaly Mam Foundation<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
Ajay Nair, MBBS, MPH, Portfolio Associate, Acumen Fund<br>
<br>
"Achieving Global Health Through Community Wealth," Billy Shore,
Founder and CEO, Share Our Strength<br>
<br>
"Investing in Local Social Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries,"
Jennifer Staple-Clark, Founder, President and CEO, Unite For Sight<br>
<br>
Kevin Starr, MD, Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program, Mulago Foundation<br>
<br>
"WaterCredit: Driving Financial Innovation in Water Supply &
Sanitation For The Poor," Gary White, Executive Director, WaterPartners<br>
<br>
Andrew Wolk, CEO, Root Cause<br>
<br>
Plus 200 Featured Speakers, including:<br>
<br>
Ron Adelman, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Yale University Eye
Center<br>
<br>
"HIV Medication to Empower Communities: An International Model,"
Jesus Aguais, Executive Director, Aid for AIDS<br>
<br>
"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<br>
<br>
Agbessi Amouzou, PhD, Assistant Scientist, Institute for International
Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health<br>
<br>
Tom Arnold, CEO, Concern Worldwide<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
Bob Bollinger, MD, MPH, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International
Health; Director, Center for Clinical Global Health Education, Johns Hopkins
University<br>
<br>
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)<br>
<br>
Kathleen Casey, MD, FACS, Director, Operation Giving Back, American College of
Surgeons<br>
<br>
James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic,
Ghana<br>
<br>
Luz Claudio, MD, Associate Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine,
Chief of the Division of International Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
Gustavo V. de Moraes, MD, Research Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine,
Department of Ophthalmology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
Zoravar Dhaliwal, CEO, Community Lab<br>
<br>
Amir Dossal, Executive Director, UN Office for Partnerships<br>
<br>
Margaret Duah-Mensah, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana<br>
<br>
"America's Vital Interests in Global Health," Harvey Fineberg, MD,
PhD, President, Institute of Medicine of The National Academies<br>
<br>
Susan Forster, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Studies,
Department of Ophthalmology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Ophthalmology,
Yale University Health Services<br>
<br>
Kevin Frick, PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health<br>
<br>
Pape Gaye, President and CEO, IntraHealth International<br>
<br>
Ilene Gipson, PhD, Senior Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute;
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School<br>
<br>
"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<br>
<br>
"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<br>
<br>
Kate Grant, Executive Director, The Fistula Foundation<br>
<br>
Laura Herman, Managing Director, Social Impact Advisors<br>
<br>
Christopher P. Howson, PhD, Vice President for Global Programs, The March of
Dimes Foundation<br>
<br>
Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, PhD, Department of Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology, Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health<br>
<br>
Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice, Division
of Epidmiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health<br>
<br>
Norman Kleiman, PhD, Director, Eye Radiation and Environmental Research
Laboratory, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of
Public Health, Columbia University<br>
<br>
"Siyajabula! The Challenges of Developing Empathic Care Intervention
Methodology for Children and Guardians Affected by HIV/AIDS in Southern
Africa," Jamie Lachman, Clowns Without Borders<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
Pamela Lynam, MD, Country Director Kenya, JHPIEGO - Johns Hopkins University<br>
<br>
John McGoldrick, JD, Senior Vice President, International AIDS Vaccine
Initiative (IAVI)<br>
<br>
Carole Mitnick, Sc.D., Instructor, Department of Global Health and Social
medicine, Harvard Medical School<br>
<br>
"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<br>
<br>
Ron Nabors, Chief Executive Officer, Christian Blind Mission-USA<br>
<br>
Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD, FAAP, Pediatric Faculty, Family Practice Group;
Director of Nurseries, Middlesex Hospital; Chair, AAP Section on International
Child Health<br>
<br>
Rebecca Onie, JD, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Project HEALTH<br>
<br>
"Role of Inflammation in Retinal Degeneration," Santa Ono, PhD, Sr.
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Academic Affairs, Emory University<br>
<br>
David Oot, Associate Vice President for Health, Save The Children<br>
<br>
Sung Chul Park, MD, Glaucoma Fellow, New York Medical College, New York Eye and
Ear Infirmary<br>
<br>
Matthew Paul, MD, Danbury Eye Physicians and Surgeons<br>
<br>
"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<br>
<br>
Maryse B. Pierre-Louis, MD, MPH, MH/HSA, Lead HNP Specialist, Human Development;
Coordinator, Booster Program For Malaria Control in Africa, World Bank Africa
Region<br>
<br>
"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<br>
<br>
Suzanne Rainey, Forum One Communications<br>
<br>
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD, Stanley C. Moore Professor and Chair of
Bioengineering, Rice University<br>
<br>
"Partnership Models in International Health, The Yale Experience,"
Majid Sadigh, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine<br>
<br>
Sarwat Salim, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of
Tennessee-Memphis<br>
<br>
Georgia Sambunaris, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Economic Growth,
US Agency for International Development<br>
<br>
"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<br>
<br>
Laura Stachel, MD, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health, UC Berkeley School of
Public Health<br>
<br>
John E. Tedstrom, PhD, President and CEO, Global Business Coalition on
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC)<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana<br>
<br>
"Can We Eliminate Blinding Trachoma by 2020?" Sheila West, PhD,
El-Maghraby Professor of Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine<br>
<br>
"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<br>
<br>
Derek Yach, Vice President of Global Health Policy, PepsiCo<br>
<br>
Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer, U.S. Malaria Coordinator, President's Malaria Initiative<br>
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