[Ip-health] International Health & Development Conference at Yale

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Unite For Sight Fifth Annual International Health Conference
Building Global Health For Today and Tomorrow
April 12-13, 2008
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2008

Join 2,000 conference attendees and 150 speakers for a stimulating conferen=
ce.

Keynote Addresses By: Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Susan Blument=
hal, and Dr. Jim Yong Kim
Plus More Than 150 Featured Speakers

Register For Conference - EARLY BIRD RATE ( $65 students, $90 all others) h=
ttp://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2008 REGISTER NOW TO SECURE LOWEST R=
ATE. RATE INCREASES AFTER NOVEMBER 30TH.

Who should attend? Anyone interested in international health, public health=
, international development, medicine, eye care, nonprofits, philanthropy, =
microfinance, social entrepreneurship, bioethics, anthropology, health poli=
cy, advocacy, environmental health, and public service.

Keynote Addresses

=C2=B7 "Global Health: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century," S=
usan Blumenthal, MD,MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General; Senior Adviso=
r For Health and Medicine; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's He=
alth, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Clinical Professor of P=
sychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Cen=
ter
=C2=B7  "Bridging the Implementation Gap in Global Health," Jim Yong Kim, M=
D, PhD,Co-Founder, Partners in Health; Director, Francois Xavier Bagnoud Ce=
nter for Health and Human Rights; Francois Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Heal=
th and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Chair, Department of =
Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Division of Social Me=
dicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Former HIV/AI=
DS Director at World Health Organization
=C2=B7  Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia Univers=
ity; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Pol=
icy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-Gener=
al of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
=C2=B7  "Millennium Village Project", Sonia Ehrlich Sachs <http://unitefors=
ight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#soniaehrlichsachs>, MD, MPH, Hea=
lth Coordinator, Millennium Villages



Plus 150+ Speakers. Full List at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/20=
08

"Doctors..and Africa", Ted M. Alemayhu <http://uniteforsight.org/conference=
/2008/conf_speakers.php#tedm.alemayhu>
"Scaling Up Provision of Safe Drinking Water in the Developing World", Greg=
 Allgood <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#gregal=
lgood>
"People, Places, and Genes: How world populations are helping us find the c=
ause of glaucoma.", R. Rand Allingham <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/=
2008/conf_speakers.php#r.randallingham>
"Keratoprosthesis in the Developing World", Jared Ament, MD, MPh, Clinical =
Research Fellow, Ophthalmlology & Corneal Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ea=
r Infirmary, Harvard Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health
"Orphan Life Abroad: How children live without parental care", Jane Aronson=
 <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#janearonson>
"Title To Be Announced", Hibah Ayaz, BA Candidate, Union College; Unite For=
 Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India
"Refocusing Malnutrition Interventions in Rural Haiti: A Strategic Evolutio=
n", Adeline Azrack <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.=
php#adelineazrack>
"Title To Be Announced", Thomas Baah <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2=
008/conf_speakers.php#thomasbaah>
"Title To Be Announced", Abrahim Bagheri, BS Candidate, Loyola Marymount Un=
iversity; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India
"Can Market-Based Approaches Arrest The Killer In The Kitchen? The Promises=
 and Pitfalls of Commercializing Improved Cookstoves", Robert Bailis <http:=
//uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#robertbailis>
"A need to incorporate sound waste management practices for improving Envir=
onmental performance, Public health safety and Delivery of quality-healthca=
re by Clinical Laboratories in India - A case study", Reema Banerjee <http:=
//uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#reemabanerjee>
"The Slaying of Dragons: Guinea Worm Eradication", Michele Barry <http://un=
iteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#michelebarry>
"Engaging the Public: Improving Our Health", Georges Benjamin <http://unite=
forsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#georgesbenjamin>
"Health For All Now", Elvira Beracochea, MD, MPH, Founder, President and CE=
O, MIDEGO
"Doing it The Quality Way Because It Is In Equality", P. Berman <http://uni=
teforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#p.berman>
"Eliminating the Needless Loss of Sight That Occurs During Sports", Paul Be=
rman <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#paulberman=
>
"Home Visit Project of Blind Babies Foundation and Perspektiva of the Volga=
 Region in Russia", Julie Bernas-Pierce, MEd, Executive Director, Blind Bab=
ies Foundation
"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in the Developi=
ng World", Terry Blaschke <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_sp=
eakers.php#terryblaschke>
"Addressing the Need for Reduction of Uncorrected Refractive Error in Perso=
ns With intellectual Disability through Participate in Special Olympics Lio=
ns Clubs International Opening Eyes Vision Program.", Sandy Block <http://u=
niteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#sandyblock>
"What Happens When Child Soldiers Grow-up? Mozambique Life Outcome Study", =
Neil Boothby <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ne=
ilboothby>
"Raising Malawi", Philippe van den Bossche <http://uniteforsight.org/confer=
ence/2008/conf_speakers.php#philippevandenbossche>
"Operation Miracle", Peter Bourne, MA, MD, Visiting Scholar, Oxford Univers=
ity; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. George's University; Formerly Special As=
sistant to the President of the United States for Health Issues; Chair, Med=
ical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)
"Cataract Blindness in Developing Countries and SEE International", Harry S=
. Brown <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#harrys.=
brown>
"Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the Urban Slums of Africa", John Bryant=
, PhD, Professor, Johns Hopkins University
"Tema Eye Survey", Donald Budenz <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/=
conf_speakers.php#donaldbudenz>
"International Nurse Education: Simulation Plays A Part in Global Standards=
 of Practice", Ann Campbell, RN, MSN, CPNP, Old Dominion University/Operati=
on Smile International
"Title To Be Announced", Michael Cappello, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and =
Epidemiology and Public Health; Director, Program in International Child He=
alth; Co-Director, International Adoption Clinic, Yale University School of=
 Medicine
"Community Health Improvement in a Nomadic Village on the Eastern Tibetan P=
lateau", Nancy Chin <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers=
.php#nancychin>
"Unite For Sight To The Rescue: An Example Worth Emulating", James Clarke <=
http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jamesclarke>
"Title To Be Announced", Anna Cooper, MPH, MD Candidate, University of Roch=
ester School of Medicine; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Bihar, India
"Managing Technology to Advance Eye Care", Ismael Cordero <http://unitefors=
ight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ismaelcordero>
"Filling the Gap: A Model For Surgical Capacity Building In Rural China", S=
cott Corlew <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#sco=
ttcorlew>
"Title To Be Announced", Susan Day, MD, Chair and Program Director, Pediatr=
ic Ophthalmology and Strabismus, California Pacific Medical Center
"Title To Be Announced", Samantha Diamond, BA Candidate, Yale University; U=
nite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana
"Exclusive Breastfeeding in Ethiopia: Barriers, Beliefs and Behavioral Outc=
omes", Julia Dickinson <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speak=
ers.php#juliadickinson>
"Unite For Sight Visiting Volunteers Participation in Eye Screening Outreac=
h Program, Accra, Ghana", Robert Dolo <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/=
2008/conf_speakers.php#robertdolo>
"Is That Angle Occludable?", Syril K. Dorairaj <http://uniteforsight.org/co=
nference/2008/conf_speakers.php#syrilk.dorairaj>
"Title To Be Announced", Margaret Duah-Mensah <http://uniteforsight.org/con=
ference/2008/conf_speakers.php#margaretduah-mensah>
"The Bad Road to Good Health: The Clinton Foundation's Initiative to Build =
Healthcare Capacity in Rural Areas", Andy Ellner <http://uniteforsight.org/=
conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#andyellner>
"Childhood obesity prevention in the Western Cape region of South Africa", =
William D. Evans <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.ph=
p#williamd.evans>
"Title To Be Announced", Sheri Fink, MD, PhD, Kaiser Media Fellow; Visiting=
 Scientist, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Har=
vard School of Public Health; Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiativ=
e
"Glaucoma Scrreinng in Connecticut", Susan Hall Forster <http://uniteforsig=
ht.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#susanhallforster>
"Title To Be Announced", David Friedman, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Op=
hthalmology and International Health, Johns Hopkins University
"Title To Be Announced", Stephen Furlow, MD Candidate, University of Kentuc=
ky School of Medicine; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
"Title To Be Announced", Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director, The Zena and M=
ichael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute; Director, The Marie-Josee and He=
nry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascuclar Health; Richard Gorlin, MD/Heart R=
esearch Foundation Professor, Mount Sinai; Past-President, American Heart A=
ssociation; President-elect, World Heart Federation
"Humanitarian Health and HIV/AIDS Crisis and Care inside Dominican Republic=
's migrant sugar cane plantations Bateyes.", Ulrick Gaillard <http://unitef=
orsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ulrickgaillard>
"A Binational Stanford - Mexico Health Advocacy Program - Partners to Addre=
ss Immigrant Health", Gabriel Garcia <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2=
008/conf_speakers.php#gabrielgarcia>
"Developing Strategies with Vietnamese Ethnic Rural Communities to Improve =
Health", Lan Gien, BSc, MEd, PhD, Professor of Nursing, Memorial University=
 of Newfoundland
"Estimating The Impact of a Safe, Effective, and Easily-Inserted Drainage D=
evice for the Treatment of Glaucoma in the Developed and Developing World",=
 Roger Goldberg <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php=
#rogergoldberg>
"Youth Engagement in Development Stategies: through the lens of Global Yout=
h Service Day", Silvia Golombek <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/c=
onf_speakers.php#silviagolombek>
"Introducing Students to Global Health", Sarabeth Gottlieb, CNM, MS, Lectur=
er, Yale University School of Nursing
"Clinical Mentoring Rapidly Improves Clinic Management Systems for HIV Care=
 in Resource-Limited Settings", Katherine Graves-Abe, MA, Director of Opera=
tions, International Center For Equal Healthcare Access (ICEHA)
"Poisons in the Well: Exposure, Consequences and Remediation of Arsenic and=
 Manganese in Bangladesh", Joe Graziano <http://uniteforsight.org/conferenc=
e/2008/conf_speakers.php#joegraziano>
"An Extremely Affordable Device To Enable Treatment of Asthma in Rural Mexi=
co", Eric Green, MD Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Title To Be Announced", Nora Groce, PhD, Associate Professor and Director,=
 Yale/WHO Collaborating Centre, Global Health Division, Yale School of Publ=
ic Health
"Title To Be Announced", Michael Gyasi <http://uniteforsight.org/conference=
/2008/conf_speakers.php#michaelgyasi>
"Nutritional Management of Cataracts", Heskel M. Haddad, MD, Clinical Profe=
ssor of Ophthalmology, New York Medical College
"Key Components for the Development of an Emergency Healthcare System: The =
Ethiopian Experience", Tenagne Haile-Mariam, MD, Assistant Professor, The G=
eorge Washington University Medical School
"Science, Technology, and Innovation in Developing Countries: By the People=
, for the People", Eva Harris <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/con=
f_speakers.php#evaharris>
"Health and Education at Grace Children's Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti=
", Jeannine Hatt <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.ph=
p#jeanninehatt>
"Infertility in Developing Countries: Scope, Psychosocial Burden and Need f=
or Action", Anke Hemmerling <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_=
speakers.php#ankehemmerling>
"The Challenges of Glaucoma Care in West Africa", Leon Herndon <http://unit=
eforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#leonherndon>
"Ophthalmology in the Holy Land: The Eye Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem"=
, Steve Hudson <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#=
stevehudson>
"Akwaaba! Volunteer Ophthalmology in Breman Asikuma, Ghana", Steven Hudson =
<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#stevenhudson>
"Innovative Market Based Solutions in Global Health", Omer Imtiazuddin <htt=
p://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#omerimtiazuddin>
"Title To Be Announced", Ibrahim Jabr, Interim President, International Tra=
choma Initiative
"Title To Be Announced", Evaleen Jones, MD, Founder, President and Medical =
Director, Child Family Health International; Clinical Assistant Professor, =
Stanford University School of Medicine
"Addressing Serious Mental Disorders in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies", =
Lynne Jones, MA, MBChB, MRCPysch PhD
"Measuring Impacts", Dean Karlan <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/=
conf_speakers.php#deankarlan>
"Childhood Blindness And Its Prevention", Kartee Karloweah <http://unitefor=
sight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#karteekarloweah>
"Atrocities and Social Entrepreneurship", Zachary Kaufman <http://unitefors=
ight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#zacharykaufman>
"Health Diplomacy", Kaveh Khoshnood <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/20=
08/conf_speakers.php#kavehkhoshnood>
"Title To Be Announced", Karen King, MA, Elementary School Teacher, Reed In=
termediate School; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
"Corporate/Professional initiatives: Co-operation to Address Unmet Medical =
Needs", Doug Lawrence <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speake=
rs.php#douglawrence>
"Title To Be Announced", Brian Lich, BA Candidate, Southern Methodist Unive=
rsity; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
"Title To Be Announced", Shawn Lin, BS, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chenna=
i, India
"Residency Based Fellowships in Global and Underserved Health - Who Are the=
 Stakeholders?", Scott Loeliger <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/c=
onf_speakers.php#scottloeliger>
"Increasing Access to and Use of Skilled Maternal and Newborn Care in Dumka=
 District of India", Juliet MacDowell, MA, Senior Program Manager, JHPIEGO
"Increasing Income, Confidence and Business Growth for Low-Income Women", F=
iona Macaulay <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#f=
ionamacaulay>
"Disabilities among refugee and conflict-affected populations--nature and s=
cope of the issue, interventions and approaches", Carolyn Makinson <http://=
uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#carolynmakinson>
"Utilization of PDA's by Community Health Workers for Field Collection of M=
alaria Statistics in Rural Haiti", Nick Mann <http://uniteforsight.org/conf=
erence/2008/conf_speakers.php#nickmann>
"Addressing Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies is a Key Building Block to Ach=
ieve the Millennium Development Goals", M.G. Venkatesh Mannar, President, T=
he Micronutrient Initiative
"Civil Society: Mobilizing Community Health Workers for Malaria Control", A=
nne Martin-Staple <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.p=
hp#annemartin-staple>
"Community Eye Care in India", Umang Mathur, MS, Consultant Ophthalmologist=
, Associate Director and Head of Department of Ophthalmology, Dr. Shroff's =
Charity Eye Hospital, India
"Medical Education in Ghana", Tshepo Mbalambi, BSc, Med Sci, MBcHB Candidat=
e, University of Ghana School of Medicine
"The End of AIDS - IAVI and the Search for a Vaccine to Prevent HIV", John =
McGoldrick <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#john=
mcgoldrick>
"The Highest Attainable Standard: The Implications of an Evolving Human Rig=
ht to Health for Public Health and Global Health Systems", Benjamin Mason M=
eier, JD, LLM, MPhil; PhD Candidate, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia Univer=
sity; IGERT-International Development and Globalization Fellow
"Title To Be Announced", Christine Melton, MD, MS, Friends of Aravind Assoc=
iation
"Public Health Strategies for Effective Medical Missions Overseas", Derek M=
ladenovich <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#dere=
kmladenovich>
"A Sustainable Approach to Nutrition for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Rwa=
nda", Emily Morell <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.=
php#emilymorell>
"Title To Be Announced", Anne Firth Murray, Founding President, The Global =
Fund for Women; Consulting Professor, Human Biology Program, Stanford Unive=
rsity
"Women's Global Health and Human Rights", Mini Murthy <http://uniteforsight=
.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#minimurthy>
"Title To Be Announced", Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, Assistant Professor, =
Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, Program Director Glo=
bal Health, New York Medical College School of Public Health; NGO Represent=
ative of Medical Women International Assocaition to the United Nations
"Satisfying Transportation Needs in Rural Africa With Sustainable Local Sol=
utions: The Bamboo Bicycle", John Mutter <http://uniteforsight.org/conferen=
ce/2008/conf_speakers.php#johnmutter>
"A Non-Traditional Approach to Global Health Training: The Penn Program", N=
eal Nathanson, MD, Associate Dean, Global Health Programs, University of Pe=
nnsylvania School of Medicine
"Expanding HIV and AIDS counseling skills in Africa: Cascade approach", Mik=
e Negerie <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#miken=
egerie>
"Philosophies of Care - Transforming Communities through Transformation", C=
liff OCallahan <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#=
cliffocallahan>
"Global Health Inequality: A Call to Understanding and Action", Edward ONei=
l Jr <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#edwardonei=
ljr>
"Title To Be Announced", Hafeezah Omar, BA Candidate, University of North C=
arolina at Chapel Hill; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
"Using National and International Advocacy and Media to Advance Social Chan=
ge in HIV-Prevention", Adeyemi Oshodi <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/=
2008/conf_speakers.php#adeyemioshodi>
"International Educational Exchanges: Challenges and Opportunities", Barbar=
a Allerton and Nancy Otterness, RN, MSN, Assistant Professor, Department of=
 Nursing, Boise State University
"Title To Be Announced", Elijah Paintsil, MD, Associate Research Scientist,=
 Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
"Developing an Institutional Review Board For International Non-Governmenta=
l Organizations in International Healthcare", Ellen Palmer, RN, PhD, Assist=
ant Clinical Professor, University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing
"Title To Be Announced", Matthew Paul, MD, Danbury Eye Physicians and Surge=
ons
"The Healing of Retinal Photocoagulation Lesions", Yannis Paulus <http://un=
iteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#yannispaulus>
"Public Private Partnerships in Action: ExxonMobil's approach to making a d=
ifference on malaria's human toll in Africa", Steven C. Phillips <http://un=
iteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#stevenc.phillips>
"Update on IAPB and VISION 2020: the Right to Sight", Louis Pizzarello <htt=
p://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#louispizzarello>
"Blind Leading The Blind", Martine Polycarpe, MPH, Director for Health, Adv=
entist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
"Title To Be Announced", Chiwing Jessica Qu, BA Candidate, Yale University;=
 Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India
"Trachoma Control; Challenges for 2020", Thomas Quinn <http://uniteforsight=
.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#thomasquinn>
"Title To Be Announced", Nathan Radcliffe, MD, Glaucoma Service at New York=
 Eye & Ear Infirmary
"Ethical Dilemmas in International Medicine: Cases from the Honduran Health=
 Alliance", Bonzo Reddick <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_sp=
eakers.php#bonzoreddick>
"Implementation of a Comprehensive Community-Based Tuberculosis Control Pro=
gram in Eastern Burma's Chronic Conflict Zone", Allison Richard, MD, Assist=
ant Professor of Emergency Medicine; Associate Director of the Division of =
International Medicine, University of Southern California and Global Health=
 Access Program
"Surgical Care in Angola: Perspectives From Two Hospitals", Robert Riviello=
 <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#robertriviello=
>
"The Global Marketization of Health Services: Promoting Inequity, Inequalit=
y and Exclusion", Ellen Rosskam <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/c=
onf_speakers.php#ellenrosskam>
"Advancing Educational Opportunities for Children who are Blind with Additi=
onal Impairments", Steven Rothstein <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/20=
08/conf_speakers.php#stevenrothstein>
"Title To Be Announced", Ilya Rozenbuam, MD, GANY Glaucoma Fellow, New York=
 Eye and Ear Institute
"Civil Society Advocacy For The Right To Health", Leonard Rubenstein <http:=
//uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#leonardrubenstein>
"Break the Cycle of Disadvantage and Disability", Leslie Rubin, MD, Visitin=
g Scholar, Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine; Founder =
and President, Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability; Co-D=
irector, Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Emory Uni=
versity
"Title To Be Announced", Jennifer Ruger, PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Div=
ision of Global Health, Yale School of Public Health; Co-Director of the Ya=
le/World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Health Promotio=
n, Policy and Research; Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core Investigato=
r, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
"Obstetric and Traumatic Fistula: Film-based Campaigning for Global Women's=
 Health", Lisa Russell <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speak=
ers.php#lisarussell>
"Delivering on the MDGs: Equity and Maternal Health", Emma Sachs, Health Eq=
uity Team, Earth Institute, Columbia University
"Title To Be Announced", Majid Sadigh
"Title To Be Announced", Sarwat Salim, MD, Ophthalmologist
"Low cost Comprehensive Eye care models and Its replicability", Sarang Sama=
l <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#sarangsamal>
"Innovative Approaches to Public Private Partnerships in Kenya's Health and=
 Youth Sectors", Georgia Sambunaris <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/20=
08/conf_speakers.php#georgiasambunaris>
"Title To Be Announced", Shakira Sanchez-Collins, BA Candidate, Yale Univer=
sity; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana
"Bridging the gap between knowing the right thing to do and doing it right"=
, Harshad Sanghvi <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.p=
hp#harshadsanghvi>
"Title To Be Announced", Werner Schultink, MD, Chief Child Development and =
Nutrition, UNICEF
"Self Sustainability - The Mantra For Manging Avoidable Blindness", V. Pann=
eer Selvam <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#v.pa=
nneerselvam>
"Title To Be Announced", Rosh and Roshan Sethi, BS Candidate, Yale Universi=
ty; Unite For Sight Volunteers in New Delhi, India
"Lok Swasthya Sewa, a Model Health Cooperative in Ahmedabad, India", Chirag=
 Shah <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#chiragsha=
h>
"Title To Be Announced", Kuldev Singh, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stan=
ford University
"Title To Be Announced", Pooja Sinha, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institu=
te, Patna, India
"Title To Be Announced", Satyajit Sinha <http://uniteforsight.org/conferenc=
e/2008/conf_speakers.php#satyajitsinha>
"Title To Be Announced", D. Scott Smith, MD, MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectiou=
s Disease and Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City Hospital
"Promoting HIV/AIDS Education Despite Social and Cultural Barriers", Piya S=
orcar <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#piyasorca=
r>
"A Pilot Therapeutic Feeding Program for Malnourished Orphans in Ukraine", =
Jonathan M. Spector <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers=
.php#jonathanm.spector>
"Empowering Communities in the Fight to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseas=
es", Kari Stoever, Director, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Sabin Vaccine Ins=
titute
"Training community eye workers in Ghana and Liberia: the good, the bad, an=
d the ugly", Glenn Strauss <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_s=
peakers.php#glennstrauss>
"Kongo: The Ultimate Black Civilization", Robert Farris Thompson, PhD, Col.=
 John Trumbull Professor of the History of Art, Yale University
"Title To Be Announced", Jamie Lachman and Tim Cunningham, Clowns Without B=
orders
"Towards an African Renaissance: Offering a Master's Degree to Nursing Stud=
ents in Angola: a Distance Education Experience", Juanita Tjallinks <http:/=
/uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#juanitatjallinks>
"Glaucoma Neuroprotection 2008: New Therapies on the Horizon", James C. Tsa=
i <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jamesc.tsai>
"Title To Be Announced", Daniel Vekhter, BA Candidate, Yale University; Uni=
te For Sight Volunteer in Asikuma Breman, Ghana
"Maximizing Limited Resources to Provide Outreach Eye Care", Satya Verma <h=
ttp://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#satyaverma>
"Collaborating to create the future of family medicine: a Japanese-American=
 exchange", Jennifer Vines <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_s=
peakers.php#jennifervines>
"Transcending Trauma & Relentless Compassion: Indicators of Posttraumatic G=
rowth (PTG) in Peer Support Counselors in Liberia - How They Help and What =
They Carry", Gwen Vogel <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_spea=
kers.php#gwenvogel>
"Title To Be Announced", Seth Wanye <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/20=
08/conf_speakers.php#sethwanye>
"Turning Challenges Into Opportunities: The State of Cervical Cancer Preven=
tion in America 2008", Sarah Wells <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/200=
8/conf_speakers.php#sarahwells>
"Protecting Border Security and Health: Effective Strategies for Monitoring=
 and Treating Malaria among Burma's IDPs", Emily Whichard, Program Director=
, Global Health Access Program
"Tackling the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs): the role of PLoS NTDs in =
building capacity", Gavin Yamey <http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/c=
onf_speakers.php#gavinyamey>
"Shoulder to Shoulder Ecuador: A University-Community Partnership for Healt=
h", Claudia Hopenhayn and Thomas Young, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Unive=
rsity of Kentucky; Shoulder to Shoulder