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Global Health and Innovation Summit
A Conference Presented Annually by Unite For Sight
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference


Saturday, April 18 - Sunday, April 19, 2009
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

"A Meeting of Minds," --CNN

200 Speakers, Including Keynote Addresses by Dr. Susan Blumenthal, Nicholas=
 Kristof, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Al Sommer, and Dr. Harold=
 Varmus. Plus social innovation sessions by CEOs and Directors of Save The =
Children, Partners in Health, HealthStore Foundation, mothers2mothers, and =
many others.


The Global Health and Innovation Summit convenes a committed vanguard of 2,=
500 people from more than 60 countries. The conference challenges students,=
 professionals, educators, doctors, scientists, lawyers, universities, corp=
orations, nonprofits, and others, to develop innovative solutions to achiev=
e global goals.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

"Global Health Challenges and Opportunities," Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA, Fo=
rmer US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Geor=
getown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center; Senior Medic=
al Advisor, amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research; Chair, Global Health P=
rogram, Meridian International Center

"The Challenges of Development and Making Aid Work," Nicholas Kristof, Colu=
mnist, The New York Times

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

"Millennium Villages: Update," Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordin=
ator, Millennium Village Project

"Preventing Blindness; Saving Lives," Al Sommer, MD, MHS, Professor and Dea=
n Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

"New Perspectives on Global Health and Science," Harold Varmus, MD, Preside=
nt and Chief Executive, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Former Dire=
ctor of the NIH; Nobel Prize Recipient

Confirmed Leaders of Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Speakers

"Unite For Sight: Social Entrepreneurship As A Symbol of Hope for the (Poor=
) Blind Villagers and Refugees in Ghana," James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist=
 and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"Strategic Social Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Advancing Global Health," =
Greg Dees, PhD, Professor of the Practice of Social Entrepreneurship and co=
-founder of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, Duke=
 University's Fuqua School of Business

"Social Entrepreneurship as a Tool to Strengthen Health Systems," Julia Dev=
in, JD, MPH, Director of Programs, VillageReach

"Improving Public Health Delivery Through Social Entrepreneurship," Gene Fa=
lk, Co-Founder, Executive Directors, mothers2mothers

"The HealthStore Foundation: Improving Access to Life-Saving Medicines thro=
ugh Micro-Franchising," Scott Hillstrom, Chairman of the Board, CEO and Co-=
Founder, HealthStore Foundation

"The Impact of the Food and Nutrition Crisis on the Global Health Agenda," =
Charles MacCormack, PhD, President and CEO, Save The Children

"Health Care From The Grassroots," Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH, Medical Directo=
r, Partners in Health; Director, Institute for Health and Social Justice; A=
ssistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Division of Social Medicine and=
 Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ajay Nair, MPH, Portfolio Associate, Acumen Fund

Confirmed Featured Speakers

"Progress Towards Eliminating Blindness Due To Trachoma: Findings of Post-I=
ntervention Impact Trachoma Prevalence Surveys in Seven Countries," Sam Abb=
enyi, MD, MSc, Director, Programs and Logistics, International Trachoma Ini=
tiative

"Unearthing Local Definitions of Child Protection and Well-Being," Alastair=
 Ager, PhD, Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, Mailman Sch=
ool of Public Health, Columbia University

"Keratoprosthesis as an Option for the Developing World: A Review of Pilot =
Projects in Ethiopia and Sudan," Jared Ament, MD, Clinical Research Fellow,=
 Ophthalmology & Corneal Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harv=
ard Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health

"Religious Teaching and Identity Construction in the Context of HIV Infecti=
on in Three Regions of Senegal," David Ansari, Intermural Research Training=
 Fellow, National Institute on Aging

"Holistic Children's Services For Orphans Abroad," Jane Aronson, MD, Direct=
or, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder and Executive Officer,=
 Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediat=
rics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

"Workshop: How To Create An Organization To Do Community Work Abroad," Jane=
 Aronson, MD, Director, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder an=
d Executive Officer, Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistant=
 Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Elizabeth Ashbourne, Results Secretariat, OPCS, World Bank

"A New Legal Theory for International Law -- The "Health Authority to Prote=
ct" Doctrine," Jeannette L. Austin, JD, MPP, Visiting Researcher, Harvard L=
aw School

"Becoming a Mobile Foot Soldier: The Development of a Social Venture to Pro=
vide Care Throughout Ghana," Thomas Baah, MD, MSc, Ophthalmologist, Our Lad=
y of Grace Hospital, Ghana

"Open Access Education - Building Communities and Sharing Knowledge," Richa=
rd Baraniuk, PhD, Founder, Connexions; Victor E. Cameron Professor, Electri=
cal and Computer Engineering, Rice University

"Academician or Advocate? Making Scientific Research and Human Rights Fit,"=
 Daniel Bausch, MD, MPH&TM, Associate Professor, Tulane University; Vice Pr=
esident, Doctors for Global Health

"Investing in Sight - Where Will The Capital Come From?" Shari Berenbach, M=
BA, President & CEO, Calvert Foundation

"An Innovative Program to Deliver Vision Care to Persons with Intellectual =
Disabilities -- Special Olympics Lions Clubs International Opening Eyes," P=
aul Berman, OD, FAAO, Senior Global Clinical Advisor and Founder, Special O=
lympics Lions Clubs, International Opening Eyes

"Tools for Effective Global Health Advocacy," Natasha Bilimoria, Executive =
Director, Friends of the Global Fight

David Bloom, Chair, Department of Global Health and Population; Clarence Ja=
mes Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography, Department of Global Heal=
th and Population, Harvard School of Public Health

"Protecting Children in Disaster and War: Efforts to Professionalize the Fi=
eld," Neil Boothby, EdD, Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health=
, Director of the Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of=
 Public Health, Columbia University

"Cuba: Care-Giver to the World," Peter Bourne, MA, MD, Visiting Scholar, Ox=
ford University; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. George's University; Formerl=
y Special Assistant to the President of the United States for Health Issues=
; Chair, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)

Dondeena Bradley, PhD, Vice President, Corporate Nutrition, PepsiCo

"Strenghtening Health Systems: The Role of Universities in Global Health," =
Elizabeth Bradley, PhD, Professor of Public Health, Division of Health Poli=
cy and Administration; Director, Health Management Program; Director, Globa=
l Health Initiatives, Yale School of Public Health

"Key Predictors of Global Health, Life Expectancy, and the Burden of Illnes=
s: A New World Model," M. Harvey Brenner, PhD, Chair and Professor, Departm=
ent of Social and Behavioral Sciences School of Public Health University of=
 North Texas Health Science Center; Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloom=
berg School of Public Health

"A Tragic Global Dilemma: So Many Cataracts, So Few Surgeries," Harry Brown=
, MD, Founder, Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International

"Molecular Mechanisms of Parasite Immune Evasion," Richard Bucala, MD, PhD,=
 Professor of Medicine, Pathology, and Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale=
 University School of Medicine

"Prevalence of Blindness in West African Adults: The Tema Eye Survey," Don =
Budenz, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and Public Healt=
h, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

"U.S. Life Expectancy: Why are We #28," Sarah Burd-Sharps, Co-director, Ame=
rican Human Development Project

"The Surgeon's Role in Global Public Health," Kathleen Casey, Director, Ope=
ration Giving Back, American College of Surgeons

"Bringing Global Health Research Home," Jennifer Chow, Program Manager, Glo=
bal Health Research Advocacy, Research!America

Michael Chu, MBA, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Busin=
ess School

"Connectivity & Health Information Needs: Alternative Approaches," Thomas C=
ook, PT, PhD, Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Healt=
h, University of Iowa College of Public Health

"Demonstration of Impact of Partnerships in Developing Countries Through Ec=
onomic Modeling" Scott Corlew, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Interplast

"Open Medicine: A Journal and a Social Movement," Jessica Cowan-Dewar, Edit=
orial Fellow, Open Medicine

"Developing an Interdisciplinary Master of Science in Global Health at Duke=
 University," Lisa Croucher, Assistant Director, Education and Training, Gl=
obal Health Institute, Duke University

"Hand of Hope (Here Bolo): A Peer Education Tool for Low Literacy Settings,=
" Annie de Groot, MD, Founder and Scientific Director, GAIA Vaccince Founda=
tion; Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown University

"Health in the Millennium Villages: Scaling Up In Unexpected Ways," Prabhjo=
t Dhadialla, PhD Candidate, Program Director of Health Systems, Development=
 and Research, Columbia Center For Global Health & Economic Development; Co=
mmunity Health Worker Advisor, Millennium Village Prjoect

"The American Medical Model - Are We Right To Export It?" Emmanuel d'Harcou=
rt, Senior Child Survival Technical Advisor, International Rescue Committee

"Good Approaches To Community Eye Health, Robert Dolo, RN, ON, Ophthalmic N=
urse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"Gender Differences in HIV Testing, ARV Enrollment, and Treatment Adherence=
: Lessons Learned at the Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti," Darwin Dorestan,=
 MD, Coordinator of HIV and TB Programs, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti

"Why Follow-Up Is A Must For All Medical Care," Margaret Duah-Mensah, RN, O=
N, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"How To Train Community Eye Health Workers in Villages and Refugee Camps: T=
he Impact Of A Community-Based Model," Margaret Duah-Mensah, RN, ON, Ophtha=
lmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"Climate Instability: Health Problems and Health Solutions," Paul Epstein, =
MD, MPH, Associate Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, =
Harvard Medical School

"A Model Program for International Collaborations in Latin America," Javier=
 Escobar, MD, MSc, Associate Dean for Global Health, UMDNJ-Robert Wood John=
son Medical School

"Racial Discrimination and the Right to Health: US Obligations Under The In=
ternational Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimina=
tion," Dabney Evans, MPH, Executive Director, Emory University Institute of=
 Human Rights; Lecturer, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School=
 of Public Health at Emory University

"The Ethical, Social, Cultural, and Commercialization Issues on Internation=
al Agro-Biotechnology Initiatives in Africa," Obidimma Ezezika, PhD, MEM, S=
enior Research Fellow, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Universi=
ty of Toronto

"Using the Community Tool Box to Build Global Capacity for Community Health=
 and Development," Stephen Fawcett, PhD, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre=
, University of Kansas

"The Role of Cultural Competency in International Health Care and Volunteer=
ism," Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN, CEO and Founder, Center For Human Diversity

"Ophthalmic Screening in China to Improve Access to Eye Care," Susan Forste=
r, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Studies, Departm=
ent of Ophthalmology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale U=
niversity Health Services

"Community-Based Participatory Research in Maternal Health in the Dominican=
 Republic,"Jennifer Foster, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Emory =
University

"Releasing Latent Capacity in a Resource-Constrained Health System Through =
Government-NGO Partnership Systems Innovation," James Fraser, MA, Co-Founde=
r and Executive Director, Dignitas International

"AIDS in the Dominican Republic's Sugercane Batey Communities," Ulrick Gail=
lard, JD, CEO, The Batey Relief Alliance

"The Fogarty (NIH) International Clinical Research Training Programs," Pier=
ce Gardner, MD, Fogarty International Center, Fogarty International Center,=
 NIH

"Unlocking the Power of Social Norms: Innovative Strategies for Community-L=
ed Transformation in Health and Development," Gannon Gillespie, Director of=
 US Operations, Tostan

"Improvement in Adherence Counseling and Management of Patients on ART in D=
eveloping Countries as a Result of Clinical Mentoring Programs," Katie Grav=
es-Abe, Director of Operations, International Center for Equal Healthcare A=
ccess

"Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Deliver Affordable Eyeglasse=
s and Eye Care," David Grosof, President, OptiOpia

"Nutritional Management of Cataracts," Heskel Haddad, MD, Ophthalmologist; =
President, Optoed Corp, Inc.

"Socioemergence: Cultural and Political Dimensions of Emergent Viral Diseas=
e in Equatorial Africa's Forests," Rebecca Hardin, PhD, Assistant Professor=
, School of Natural Resources and Environment and Department of Anthropolog=
y, University of Michigan

"Measuring Service Quality With Community Providers," Katharine Haxall, Chi=
ld Survival and Health Program Officer, International Rescue Committee

"Interplast: The Evolution from Volunteer Medical Missions to Surgical Capa=
city Building in the Global South," Susan Hayes, President and CEO, Interpl=
ast

"Experiences In International Education: Teaching The Course Management of =
Humanitarian Emergencies," Marisa Herran, MD, Co-Director Rainbow Center fo=
r Global Child Health , Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, CWRU

"HIV Prevention and Detection Pilot Project in the Sugarcane Plantation Bat=
eyes of Eastern Dominican Republic," Sabrina Hermosilla, MIA, MPH, MS, Colu=
mbia University International Family AIDS Program

"Assessing And Addressing Primary Care Service Delivery Challenges in Rural=
, Low-Resource Settings - Lessons Learned at the Hopital Albert Schweitzer =
Haiti," Fritz Gaetan Heyliger, MD, Coordinator of Primary Care Services, Ho=
pital Albert Schweitzer Haiti

"Illustrations as a Patient Education Tool to Improve Recall of Postoperati=
ve Cataract Medication Regimes in the Developing World," M. Scott Hickman, =
MD, Lawrence Eye Care Associates

"Strengthening the Capacity of Families and Communities: A Foundation's Exp=
erience in Addressing Blindness," Steve Hilton, President and CEO, Conrad N=
. Hilton Foundation

"Global Collaborations to Improve Worker Safety on Roads," Jane Hingston, G=
lobal Collaborations, National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health

"Mitigating The Impacts of the Food Crisis in Rural Haiti: Lessons Learned =
>From Hopital Albert Schweitzer's Emergency Nutrition Program," Erlantz Hypp=
olite, MD, Coordinator of Maternal and Child Health Program, Hopital Albert=
 Schweitzer Haiti

"Challenges and Potential of Genetic Manipulation of Insect Vectors of Dise=
ase," Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, PhD, Department of Molecular Microbiology and =
Immunology, Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Public Heal=
th

"Current Patterns in Pre-hospital Trauma Care in Kampala, Uganda and the Fe=
asibility of a Modified First-aid Course for Lay-First Responders," Sudha J=
ayaraman, MD, MSc, Resident Physician and Fellow, UCSF Depts of Surgery & G=
lobal Health Sciences

"Building Sustainable Strategic Information Systems in Low-Resource Countri=
es," Bobby Jefferson, Senior Information Technology Advisor, SRA Internatio=
nal; Senior IT Advisor - HIV/AIDS, Futures Group International

"Microbicide Clinical Trials: A Case Study for Ethical Examination of Inter=
national Clinical Trials in HIV/STI Prevention," Clair Kaplan, MSN, RN, APR=
N, MHS, MT, Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Nursing

"Innovative Programs to Address the Burden of Diabetes in Low Resource Econ=
omies," Anil Kapur, MD, Managing Director, World Diabetes Foundation

"Eye Care Services in Liberia: The Post War Challenges," Kartee Karloweah, =
ON, RN, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"Atrocities and Social Entrepreneuriship," Zachary Kaufman, JD Candidate, Y=
ale Law School; DPhil Candidate in International Relations, Oxford Universi=
ty

"Educating Leaders for Health Management ," Sosena Kebede, MD, MPH, Program=
 Director, Yale-Clinton Foundation, Jimma-Yale MHA Program

"What is the Role of Universities in Developing and Educating The Next Glob=
al Health Leaders?" Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Hea=
lth Practice, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School o=
f Public Health

Karen King, MA, Elementary School Teacher, Reed Intermediate School; Unite =
For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana

"Building Mid-level HCW Capacity To Counter Doctor Migration in Nepal," Ste=
phen Knoble, MHS, PA-C, Training Consultant, Nick Simons Institute, Kathman=
du, Nepal

"Remote Prescriptive Learning - A Cost-Effective Tool to Increase Healthcar=
e Capacity in the Developing World," Colleen Kraft, MD, President/Virginia =
Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

"Reproductive Health Interventions as a Response to the Post-Election Viole=
nce in Kenya," Sandra Krause, Director, Reproductive Health Program, Women'=
s Commission for Refugee Women & Children

"The Development of School-Based Health Services in Nicaragua," Patricia Ry=
an-Krause, MS, RN, MSN, CPNP, Associate Professor, Yale School of Nursing

"Global Health and International Affairs: Meeting the Challenge," Randall K=
uhn, Director, Global Health Affairs Program, University of Denver, Interna=
tional Studies

"Pathways to Empathetic Psychosocial Care for Families Affected by HIV/AIDS=
, Poverty, and Violence in Southern Africa - Developing Local Capacity For =
Sustainable Intervention Practices on the Community Level," Jamie Lachman, =
Clowns Without Borders

"Improved Instruments for Trachoma Surgery," Doug Lawrence, Vice President/=
General Manager, BD Medical - Ophthalmic Systems

"Food Security and the Right to Health," Robert Lawrence, MD, Center for A =
Livable future Professor; Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Healt=
h Policy & International Health; Director, Center for a Livable Future, Dep=
artment of Environmental Health Sciences; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of=
 Public Health

"Innovative Tools for Education: Ophthalmic News and Education (O.N.E.?) Ne=
twork," Brian Leonard, MD, University of Ottawa Eye Institute, Ottawa Hospi=
tal, Canada; American Academy of Ophthalmology

"Women are Key to Community Health," Jill Lester, President and CEO, The Hu=
nger Project

"Development of a Business Model for the Implementation of a Sustainable Po=
int of Use Water Filter Program in the Dominican Republic," Roger Lewis, Ph=
D, CIH, Division Director, Envionmental Health, Saint Louis University Scho=
ol of Public Health

"Pain and Policy: The Battle with Needless Suffering," Diederik Lohman, Sen=
ior Researcher, Human Rights Watch

"Community-Based Projects To Improve Quality of Life For People Living With=
 HIV/AIDS," Julia Love, Director of Communications,The Resource Foundation

"Health In The Urban Slums: Let the People Lead the Way," Pamela Lynam, MD,=
 Country Director, Kenya, JHPIEGO

"Duke-Engineering World Health: Biomedical Engineering Making a Difference =
in Developing World Hospitals," Robert Malkin, PhD, PE, Professor of Practi=
ce of Biomedical Engineering Director, Duke-Engineering World Health, Duke =
University

"Glaucoma and Volunteerism," Roger Martin, Patient Advocate

"A Vaccine To Prevent AIDS: When and How," John McGoldrick, JD, Senior Vice=
 President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

"The Need For A Global Shift in Global Health: The Emerging Focus on Chroni=
c, Non-Communicable Diseases in Developing Countries," Michelle McMurry, Di=
rector, Health, Biomedical Science and Society Initiative, The Aspen Instit=
ute

"Defining Innovation in mHealth: Opportunities and Challenges of Developing=
 a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for mHealth at the Millennium Villag=
e Project," Patricia Mechael, MHS, PhD, mHealth and Telemedicine Advisor, M=
illennium Villages Project, Earth Institute at Columbia University

"A Rights-Based Approach to US Health Care Reform: Realizing the Highest At=
tainable Standard of Health Through a Focus on Underlying Determinants," Be=
njamin Mason Meier, JD, LLM, MPhil, Public Health Law Project Manager, Cent=
er for Health Policy, IGERT-International Development and Globalization Fel=
low, Columbia University

"From Donor-Driven to Impact-Driven: How Evidence Can Inform Smarter Indivi=
dual Philanthropy," Carol McLaughlin, MD, MPH, Global Health, Center for Hi=
gh Impact Philanthropy, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of=
 Pennsylvania

"Translation Research on Diabetes Care Among Samoans," Stephen McGarvey, Ph=
D, MPH, Professor of Community Health, Director, International Health Insti=
tute, Brown University

"The African Health Professions Brain Drain Survey and Policy Implications,=
" Edward Mensah, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicag=
o School of Public Health

"Access to Essential Medicines: Moving Beyond AIDS, TB and Malaria," Suerie=
 Moon, PhD Candidate & Research Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harva=
rd University

"Cost of Iron Deficiency: Cognitive and Behavioral Consequences for Women a=
nd Children," Laura Murray-Kolb, PhD, Assistant Professor, Center for Human=
 Nutrition, Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins Universit=
y Bloomberg School of Public Health

"War, Women, and Children," Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, MPhil, CHES, Assistan=
t Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Global Health Prog=
ram Director, New York Medical College School of Public Health

"Women's Global Health and Human Rights," Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, MPhil, =
CHES, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Glob=
al Health Program Director, New York Medical College School of Public Healt=
h

"Towards a Framework for Culturally-Sensitive Psychosocial Interventions in=
 the Population of Sudanese Displaced," Brian Neff, M.A.L.D., The Fletcher =
School of Law and Diplomacy

"Empowerment: The Key To Transforming Communities - Guatemalan Experiences,=
"Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD, FAAP, Pediatric Faculty, Family Practice Group;=
 Director of Nurseries, Middlesex Hospital; Chair, AAP Section on Internati=
onal Child Heallth

"The International Efforts of The American Academy of Pediatrics," Cliff O'=
Callahan, MD, PhD, FAAP, Pediatric Faculty, Family Practice Group; Director=
 of Nurseries, Middlesex Hospital; Chair, AAP Section on International Chil=
d Heallth

"Neonatal Resuscitation Capabilities in Nepal," Christina Nelson, MD, Pedia=
trics & Preventive Medicine, University of Colorado

"Collaborative Initiative between Researchers and Community Representatives=
 to Facilitate Community Understanding of Interim Analyses in an HIV Preven=
tion Trial," Lisa Noguchi, CNM, MSN, Director of Operations, Microbicide Tr=
ials Network, MWRI/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

"Global Service as a Means to Restore America's Standing: Remaking Ourselve=
s As We Remake Our World," Edward O'Neil, Jr, MD, Omni Med

"Project HEALTH: Mobilizing College Volunteers to Change Healthcare Deliver=
y," Rebecca Onie, JD, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Project HEALT=
H

"The Pathophysiology of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis and Macular Degeneratio=
n," Santa Ono, PhD, Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives and Deputy Provos=
t of Emory University; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory Eye Ce=
nter

"The Community Can Help Itself: Using Mobile Phones to Revolutionize Health=
care Delivery," Yuri Ostrovsky, Chief Technology Officer, ClickDiagnostics,=
 Inc.

"GHEC: Strength Through Consortia," Robin Paetzold, MBA, Director, Global P=
rograms, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

"Mission Driven," Robin Paetzold, MBA, Director, Global Programs, Universit=
y of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

"Eye Care America: Providing Eye Care Needs For America's Uninsured by MDs,=
" David J. Palmer, MD, Chair, Eye Care America-Senior Eye Care Program, Ame=
rican Academy of Ophthalmology Foundation

"A Model for Cooperative Investment in the Developing World," Minesh Patel,=
 MD, Resident Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University S=
chool of Medicine

"Pharmaceutical Interventions to Minimize Retinal Scarring," Yannis Paulus,=
 MD Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine

"A2Z -- The USAID Micronutrient and Child Blindness Project: Fostering Inno=
vative Approaches to Saving Sight," Roshelle Payes, Child Blindness Manager=
, A2Z Project, Academy for Educational Development

"Portable, Handheld Devices for Diagnosis of Taeniasis in The Field ," Raqu=
el Perez-Castillejos, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical an=
d Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology

"An Innovative Hospital Management Training Program in Albania" Frank Phill=
ips, Director, International Healthcare Program, Rush University Medical Ce=
nter

"Partnering to Create a Center of Excellence for Children with Autism in We=
st Africa: Successes and Challenges," Molly Ola Pinney, Founder and CEO, Th=
e Global Autism Project

"Malaria as an Obstacle to Economic Development: Fighting Malaria on the Ri=
ver of Life, the Value of Public Private Partnerships," Steven C. Phillips,=
 MD, MPH, Medical Director, Global Issues and Projects, Exxon Mobil Corpora=
tion

"A Model for Sustainable Diabetic Eye Care in the Developing World," Sudeep=
 Pramanik, MD, MBA

"Global Health, The Internet, and the Global Development Commons: What Does=
 The Future Hold?" Suzanne Rainey, Forum One Communications

"Balancing Community-Identified Needs with Responsible Interventions: Imple=
menting a Gender-Based Violence Program into the Honduran Health Alliance,"=
 Bonzo Reddick, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of North Carol=
ina-Chapel Hill

"Global Overview of Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS)," Susan R=
eef, MD, CDC

"Microfinance and Microfranchise to Improve Health," Myka Reinsch, Director=
 of Innovations, Freedom From Hunger

"NCC and the L3C: State of the Art Cancer Care in Latin America," Thomas Ro=
ane, Senior Vice President - Healthcare Alliances, National Cancer Coalitio=
n

"The Epidemiology of Human Rights," Lee Roberts, PhD, MPH, Associate Clinic=
al Professor of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Heal=
th, Columbia University

"Partnerships for Ensuring Quality Education for All," Steven Rothstein, Pr=
esident, Perkins School For The Blind

Jennifer Ruger, PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Division of Global Health, Y=
ale School of Public Health; Co-Director of the Yale/World Health Organizat=
ion (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion, Policy and Research; I=
nterdisciplinary Research Methods Core Investigator, Center for Interdiscip=
linary Research on AIDS

"Building Capacity and Improving Care: Key Lessons Learned Through the Kais=
er Permanente--Community Clinic Partnership," Cody Fuedaflores, Manager, Co=
mmunity Benefit Programs, Kaiser Permanente

"The Use of Imagery:  How it Promotes and Hampens Global Health Advocacy?" =
Lisa Russell, MPH, Filmmaker

"Vision Loss Prevention and Eye Health Promotion: A Public Health Approach,=
" Jinan Saaddine, MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiologist, Vision Health Initiative=
 Team Leader, Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control=
 and Prevention

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

"Community Eye Health Program Can Improve The Quality of Life of Poor: An A=
ction Research Study from Orissa, India," Sarang Samal, Kalinga Eye Hospita=
l, Orissa, India

"Private Finance Models That Support Public Health Efficiency," Georgia Sam=
bunaris, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Economic Growth, US Agen=
cy for International Development

"Communication Challenges in Mass Drug Administration in Tanzania: Thinking=
 with Reciprocity," Ari Samsky, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology=
, Princeton University

"Taking Lifesaving Care Closer to Women and Their Families," Harshad Sanghv=
i, MD, Medical Director, JHPIEGO, Johns Hopkins University

"Establishing Community-Based Teams," Brooke Schaab, PhD, U.S. Army Researc=
h Institute

"Creating a University-wide Interdisciplinary Curriculum in Global Health,"=
 Daniel D. Sedmak, MD, Director, Office of Global Health Education; Executi=
ve Vice Dean, College of Medicine; Executive Director, Center for Personali=
zed Healthcare; Senior Associate Vice President, Office of Health Sciences,=
 The Ohio State University

"This is Global Health: Temple University's International Education Opportu=
nities Senegal," Shannon Marquez, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Te=
mple University Center for Global Health

"Why We Must Have High Quality Surgical Care For All," Tamilarasan Senthil,=
 MBBS, Consulting Ophthalmologist, Uma Eye Clinic, India

"A Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Study Regarding Eye Care Among Pa=
rents in Delhi," Manish Sharma, MBBS, Consultant Pediatric Ophthalmologist,=
 Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital ; Unite For Sight Partner

"The Future of Glaucoma Surgery: Hope For The Developing World?" Bruce Shie=
lds, MD, Chair Emeritus, Yale Department of Ophthalmology

Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University Scho=
ol of Medicine

"Why We Need Schools For Blind Girls," Ajit Sinha, MBBS, Founder and Direct=
or, AB Eye Institute; Former President, All India Ophthalmological Society

Pooja Sinha, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India

"Success of Laproscopic Sterilisation in Controlling Population Growth in E=
astern India: My Experience of 30 Years," Renu Sinha, MBBS, Former Head of =
the Obs and Gynea Department of Patna Medical College Hospital; Former Pres=
ident of Bihar Obs and Gynea Society

"The Impact of Patien Barriers to Eye Care," Satyajit Sinha, MBBS, Ophthalm=
ologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India

"Addressing Health Consequences of Gender-Based Violence in Papua New Guine=
a," Marie Skinnider, MD, Health Advisor, MSF Canada

"Overcoming Barriers to Implementation of Evidence Based Practices To Reduc=
e Maternal Mortality in a Rural Nicaraguan Community," Janice K. Smith, MD,=
 MPH, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Training in International Health at=
 UTMB

"Liberation Medicine in Education and Action Toward Global Health For All, =
Now!" Lanny Smith, MD, MPH, DTM&H, Professor of Medicine in the Residency P=
rograms of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Alb=
ert Einstein College of Medicine; Assistant Director, Human Rights Clinic f=
or Victims of Torture, Montefiore; Founder and President, Doctors for Globa=
l Health

"Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer: An Epidemic Fueled by Global Indifference," =
Samuel So, MD, Lui Hac Minh Professor of Surgery; Director, Asian Liver Cen=
ter; Director, Liver Cancer Program, Stanford University School of Medicine

"Partnering to Achieve Greater Effectiveness in Preventing Blindness," Kath=
y Spahn, President and CEO, Helen Keller International

"Assessing and Improving Emergency Obstetric Care in Northern Nigeria," Lau=
ra Stachel, MD, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health, UC Berkeley School of=
 Public Health,

"The Health-Peace Connection: Assessing the Need for Pre-deployment Trainin=
g for Medical Volunteers and its Proposed Effect on Coexistence," Sarah Sta=
nlick, MA, Research Associate, Harvard University

"The Epidemiology of Human Rights," Lindsay Stark, Research Associate, Prog=
ram on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columb=
ia University

"The Disability Rights Approach to Development," Michael Stein, JD, PhD, Ex=
ecutive Director, Harvard Project on Disability; Cabell Research Professor =
of Law, College of William and Mary School of Law

"Do it Yourself Humanitarianism: Methods and Models," Chris Stout, PsyD, Fo=
unding Director, Center for Global Initiatives; Clinical Professor, College=
 of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

"Global Network For Health: A Novel Approach to Learning and Diagnostics," =
H. Dean Sutphin, PhD, Assistant Vice President for International Health and=
 Appalachian Outreach, Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

"Innovation In Reproductive Health Programming," Maia Tavadze, CARE Interna=
tional in the Caucasus, Georgia

"An Innovative Approach to Addressing Global Health Disparities through a G=
lobal Health Leadership Training Program in Latin America," Dixie Tooke-Raw=
lins, D.O., Dean and Executive Vice President, Virginia College of Osteopat=
hic Medicine

"Advances in Visual Function Assessment for Glaucoma," James C. Tsai, MD, R=
obert R. Young Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visu=
al Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of Ophthalmology, Ya=
le-New Haven Hospital

"It Takes a Girl to Raise A Village: Rethinking Education in the Developing=
 World," Philippe Van Denbossche, Executive Director, Raising Malawi

"Fueling Vehicles of Change With Star Power," Philippe Van Denbossche, Exec=
utive Director, Raising Malawi

"Global Health and Global Health Education - from Lexicon (Greek ???????) t=
o Actions," Anvar Velji, MD, Co-Founder and Treasurer, Global Health Educat=
ion Consortium; Chief of Infectious Disease at Kaiser Permanente, South Sac=
ramento; Clinical Professor, University of California at Davis

"Health in Africa: Perspectives From The Only Ophthalmologist For 2 Million=
 People in Northern Ghana," Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of =
Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

"Couching: A "Worst Practice" That Battles Modern Surgical Care in Northern=
 Ghana" Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hosp=
ital, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner

"The Himalayan Cataract Project and Millennium Village Project Partnership,=
" John Welling, MD Candidate,The Ohio State University College of Medicine

"IDP and Refugee Health in Darfur and Chad: Challenges and Innovations to M=
eeting Basic Needs," Dayan Woldemichael, MD, Chad Country Director, Interna=
tional Medical Corps

"Global Health Through Microfranchise & Other Social Innovations," Warner W=
oodworth, PhD, Professor of Organizational Leadership & Strategy, Brigham Y=
oung University, Marriott School of Management

"Making the World Smaller: Teleconferencing Technologies in Medical Educati=
on,"Michael C. Wu, MD, Cornea and External Disease, Assistant Professor, De=
partment of Ophthalmlology, University of Washington School of Medicine

"Women's Health Rights as Human Rights: Implications and Challenges in the =
U.S. Context," Alicia Ely Yamin, JD, MPH, Joseph H. Flom Global Health and =
Human Rights Fellow, Harvard Law School

"Social Entrepreneurship - International Breast Milk Project," Jill Youse, =
Founder, International Breast Milk Project

"Global Health Inequalities: Why They Matter?" David Zakus, BSc, MES, MSc, =
PhD, Director, Centre for International Health; Associate Professor, Depart=
ment of Public Health Sciences; Associate Professor, Department of Health P=
olicy, Management and Evaluation; Faculty of Medicine, University of Toront=
o, Canada

Debrework Zewdie, Director, Global HIV/AIDS Program of the World Bank Human=
 Development Network World Bank