Global Health & Innovation Conference 2020 | Unite for Sight | 4 April 2020 | Shubert Theater, 247 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

The Global Health & Innovation Conference (#GHIC) is the world's leading and largest global health conference as well as the largest social entrepreneurship conference, with nearly 2,000 professionals and students from all 50 states and more than 55 countries. This must-attend, thought-leading conference convenes leaders, changemakers, and participants from all sectors of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship.

Attend social innovation sessions by the CEOs and leaders of innovative organizations. The conference also includes cutting-edge ideas in development presented in innovative social enterprise pitch sessions.

Unite For Sight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit global health delivery organization that is free of commercial interests and committed to promoting high-quality health care for all. The Global Health & Innovation Conference is presented annually by Unite For Sight. GHIC 2020 is Unite For Sight's 17th annual conference.

2020 Speakers

KEYNOTE:

Sanjiv Chopra
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Mary-Ann Etiebet
Lead and Executive Director, Merck for Mothers

Jeffrey Sachs
Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University

SPEAKERS:

Cal Bruns
CEO/Chief Innovationist, Matchboxology

Natacha Poggio
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, University of Houston Downtown

Eliza Squibb
Co-Founder and Art Director, ZTwist Design LLC; Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design; Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stefani Zimmerman Drake
Public Relations Manager, Water Mission

Julie Mountcastle
Head of School and Grade K/1 Teacher, Slate School

Alison Porcelli
Staff Developer, Katonah-Lewisboro Schools; Co-Author, Purposeful Play: A Teacher's Guide to Igniting Deep and Joyful Learning Across the Day

Rebecca Winthrop
Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution

Tom Bruton
Senior Scientist, Green Science Policy

David Aylward
Community Vitality Advisor; Former Executive Director, mHealth Alliance

James Clarke
Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director

Bernice Dahn
Vice President for Health Sciences, University of Liberia; Former Minister of Health, Liberia

Michael Ekuoba-Gyasi
Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Saint Thomas Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner

Kristy Hackett
Research Associate, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Regan Marsh
Director of Clinical Systems, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Anatole Menon-Johansson
Sloan & Legatum Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alyson Moadel-Robblee
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Director, BOLD Cancer Wellness Program, Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care

Daniel Palazuelos
Director of Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Lindsay Palazuelos
Senior Program Development Officer, Partners In Health

Aron Rose
Chair, White House Bioethics Committee for Partners in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sarang Samal
Founder, Kalinga Eye Hospital, NYSASDRI, India; Unite For Sight Partner

Adam Schwartz
Senior Health Program Manager, BRAC USA

Dean and Anna M.R
Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine

Karina Weinstein
Senior Program Consultant, FXB USA

Asaf Bitton
Executive Director, Ariadne Labs; Assistant Professor of Medicine, General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sam Daley-Harris
Founder and Principal, Civic Courage, A Program of RESULTS Educational Fund

Dan Pawson
Vice President, Global Health Strategies

Michael Schmoyer
National Security Advisor to the Secretary and Director, Office of National Security, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Alicia Ely Yamin, Leader
Global Health and Rights Project, Harvard University; Adjunct Lecturer on Law and Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Barbara Campbell
Executive Director, The Dalton Foundation and Relink Global Health

Magnus Conteh
Executive Director, Community Health Academy, Last Mile Health

Anatole Manzi
Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Director of Clinical Quality and Health Systems Strengthening, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor of Global Health, University of Global Health Equity

David Wofford
Executive Vice President, Meridian Group International, Inc. (Evidence Project)

Arachu Castro
Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin America and Director of the Collaborative Group for Health Equity in Latin America, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Woodie Kessel
Senior Scholar, Koop Institute, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College; Professor of Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College

Laura Lorenz
Visiting Scholar, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

Jonathan Sigworth
President and Co-CEO, More Than Walking

Soumya Singh
Intervention Coordinator, Project Men Against Violence, Mata Jai Kaur Maternal and Child Health Center

Shannon Findlay
Emergency Medicine Physician, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics

Aditi Kumar
Intern, Aravind Eye Hospital

Jack Long
Pediatrician, Health Equity International

Melinda Lull
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wegmans School of Pharmacy, St. John Fisher College

Anna Pancheshnikov
4th Year OB/GYN Resident, Yale New Haven Hospital

Lindsey Pollaczek
Vice President of Programs, Fistula Foundation

Katherine Semrau
Director, BetterBirth Program, Ariadne Labs; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Yanick Vibert
Attending Neonatologist, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children; Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine

Catalina Cernica
CEO, The Health & Happiness Research Foundation

Linda Fried
Dean, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Aron Rose
Chair, White House Bioethics Committee for Partners in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa

David Scheiman
Vice President of Programs, LifeNet International

Patricia Davidson
Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Rebecca Gary
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Emory University

Yafa Haron
Associate Professor, Health Systems Managment Department and Nursing Department, The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Israel

Jane Aronson
Pediatrician; Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Director, International Pediatric Health Services, PLLC

Sanjiv Chopra
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Naz Karim
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Brown University

Ian Saldanha
Assistant Professor, Brown University School of Public Health.

Dean Cycon
Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.

Paul Ellingstad
Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

Meagan Fallone
CEO, Barefoot College International

Cleveland Justis
Principal, Potrero Group

Ted Ladd
Professor of Entrepreneurship, Hult International Business School; Dean of Research, Hult International Business School; Instructor, Harvard University

Ted London
Vice President and Senior Research Fellow, Scaling Impact Initiative, the William Davidson Institute (WDI); Faculty, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business

Mark Roithmayr
CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

Lili, Tilou ak Zanmi
Using Video to Promote Socio-Emotional Learning in Haiti," Charlotte Cole, Executive Director, Blue Butterfly Collaborative

Firdaus Kharas
Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift

Alexandra Kendall
Vice President, Global Health Strategies

Gary Kreps
University Distinguished Professor, George Mason University; Director, Center for Health and Risk Communication, George Mason University

Steven Rubin
Associate Professor of Art, Deparment of Photography, School of Visual Arts, Penn State University

Scott Corlew
Global Health Consultant; Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

John Tarpley
Head of Department, Surgery Faculty, Medicine University of Botswana

Smisha Agarwal
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Pam Bolton
Head of Partnerships, Tech Care for All

Bobby Jefferson
Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

Hima Kher
Chief Technology Officer, Tech Care for All

Ashok (AJ) Kumar
Chief Scientific Officer, Jana Care

Steve Ollis
Team Lead MEASURE Evaluation, John Snow, Inc

David Bouslough
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Kaveh Khoshnood
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health

Marie H. Martin
Associate Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

Harsh Sule
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Associate Director, Office of Global Health, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Sam Daley-Harris
Founder and Principal, Civic Courage, A Program of RESULTS Educational Fund

Firdaus Kharas
Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift

Mark Roithmayr
CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

Lisa Russell
Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, Create2030

Aron Rose
Chair, White House Bioethics Committee for Partners in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa

Richard Skolnik
Former Director for HNP, South Asia Region at the World Bank

Megan Birney
President, Unite to Light

Marina Carter
Managing Director, Global Health Advocacy Incubator

Juliana Cyril
Director, Office of Technology and Innovation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dan Gerendasy
Chief of International Programs, US National Library of Medicine

Devin Hibbard
CEO, Street Business School

Sameen Hosseini
Director of Public Relations, National Network of Depression Centers - India Foundation

Laura Lorenz
Co-Founder and Educator, PhotovoiceWorldwide LLC

Lori Most
Founder and CEO, Binary Bridge, SBC

Barbara Veder
Vice President of Global Clinical Services, Research Lead and Chief Clinician, Morneau Shepell

Anton L.V. Avanceña
PhD Sutdent, University of Michigan School of Public Health

Vafa Behzadpour
MD Student, University of Kansas School of Medicine

Shanelle D'Alessio
MD Student, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

Sarah Peiffer
MD/MPH Student, Penn State College of Medicine

Anuja Shah
MD Student, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

Aneel Singh Brar
Executive Director and Co-Founder, Mata Jai Kaur Maternal and Child Health Centre

Joshua de Souza
Co-Founder, ForSight Innovation; Graduate Student and Abell Fellow, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University

Adeola Fakolade
General Preventive Medicine/Public Health Fellow, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Warren Fingrut
Hematology Resident Physician, University of British Columbia; Chair, Why We Swab Committee

Shadrack Frimpong
Founder and CEO, Cocoa360

Adam Goodwin
CTO and Co-Founder, VecTech LLC

Kayla Huemer
Biomedical Engineering Affiliate Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Hyewon Lee
Assistant Clinical Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Bonolo Mathekga
Co-Founder, Drizzle; Graduate Student, Center for Bioengineering, Innovation, and Design, Johns Hopkins University

Yusuf Shittu
Executive Director, Neo Childcare

Korinne Thorne
Medical Student, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo

Barbara Lee VanHorssen
Experi-Mentor and Founder, Momentum Center

Alison Weber
Global Health Analyst, Biomass Controls PBC; PhD Student, Behavioral and Social Health Sciences, Brown University

Joanna Yang Yowler
Founder and CEO, Health Cartographers; Senior Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic

David Aylward
Community Vitality Advisor; Former Executive Director, mHealth Alliance

James Clarke
Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director

Paul Ellingstad
Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

Bobby Jefferson
Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

Charles MacCormack
President Emeritus, Save the Children; mInteraction: The American Council for Voluntary International Action

Marie H. Martin
Associate Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Director, Global Health Track, Master of Public Health Program, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Daniel Palazuelos
Director of Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Ian Saldanha
Assistant Professor, Brown University School of Public Health

Sten Vermund
Dean and Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine

Seth Wanye
Opthalmologist and Medical Director, Friends Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner