Internship opportunity

OUTREACH PREVENTION SPECIALIST INTERN
INTERNSHIP JOB DESCRIPTION
TITLE: Outreach/Prevention Specialist Intern

SUPERVISED BY: Outreach Coordinator

TO APPLY: Please send cover letter and resume to Ann-Marie Mark at

ann-mariemark@jcfs.org or call 224-625-2906 with any questions.

SUMMARY: Provides on-going educational programs/services to schools and community organizations by planning and facilitating one time educational programs on a variety of teen topics including comprehensive sex education, healthy relationships and teen dating violence, bullying, LGBTQ awareness and more. Plans and implements various long-term leadership groups for youth. Establishes working relationships with youth and key youth professionals. Refers teens to appropriate services as necessary.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Facilitate programs for groups large and small

2. Develop health and wellness curriculum

3. Establish appropriate relationships with teens through structured programs and community outreach

4. Act as a liaison between teens in need and appropriate referral sources

5. Participate in weekly staff meetings, supervision, and in-service training

6. Maintain written records and input programmatic data into the CSM system

7. Network with community organizations including synagogue, camp and school personnel

8. Perform other duties as assigned


SPECIFICATIONS: Looking for a Masters-level student in Public Health, Woman and Gender Studies or other related field to do a 20 hour a week internship. Must be comfortable speaking in large groups and must be comfortable teaching comprehensive sex education, including discussions on methods of protection and contraceptives. Group experience preferred. The ability to travel independently within the Chicago metropolitan area and periodic travel outside the State of Illinois is required.


PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT: The Outreach/Prevention Specialist is regularly required to speak and hear, is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The intern is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, taste and smell, lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Required vision abilities include: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The ability to maintain written records and provide regular statistical information is required. The ability to travel within the Chicago metropolitan area and periodic travel outside the State of Illinois is required.

The work environment is usually that of a well-lit office, conference or meeting room, and there is occasional exposure to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usual moderate.

The foregoing is a general outline of the position, which may be changed or modified at any time at the discretion of management, either formally or informally, orally or in writing.

Weds March 30 2011 (10am): Prev Med and Epidemiology Grand Rounds: Kiros Berhane

Note the time is 10am and the location is in the Stritch School of Medicine, room 360.

Presenter: Kiros Berhane, Ph.D
"Multi Level Modeling Techniques for Childhood Obesity Research"

10:00 AM
Conference Room 360, SSOM
Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics
Dept. of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California

ABSTRACT (brief):
The alarming rise in childhood obesity and its health consequences are serious public health challenges. We will discuss the main features of our multi-level study design, the modeling approaches under the general mixed effects model structure, flexible tools for handling non-linear growth trajectories in BMI trajectories in children, and tools for fitting the models in order to draw valid inferences about the impacts of environmental and genetic factors on obesity development in children.

Public Health Grand Rounds March 24 11 AM

March 24 at 11 AM we are pleased to have Dr. Alex Chang present:
                           "Salt, Potassium and Blood Pressure"

This talk will make you question your choice of pizza for lunch!  Salt remains a major issue for public health in the U.S.  Many countries are addressing salt consumption at the population level thru corporate incentives for salt reduction and other mechanisms.  Learn how salt and potassium intake affects population health.  Dr. Chang's talk will start at 11 AM Thursday March 24.  Grand rounds are held in the 3rd floor of the Maguire building, room 3347, Loyola Medical Center, 2160 First Avenue, Maywood IL

Public Health Grand Rounds Friday March 18 11 AM

The Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology and the Loyola MPH Program is pleased to have Dr. Ernie Chiodo present:

"Interesting Occupational and Environmental Forensic Cases"

 Ernie Chiodo, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., M.S., C.I.H. is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine and Public Health at Wayne State Univeristy School of Medicine.  Dr. Chiodo is also an adjunct Professor of Industrial Hygiene and Industrial Toxicology at the Wayne State University Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and he is an adjunct Professor of Law at Loyola University Chicago Law School.

His presentation will be held in room 3347 Maguire Building March 18.
Do not miss this interesting presentation.

Grand Rounds 10 March 2011

At this weeks Grand Rounds, Dr Jonathan Dugas will give a talk titled: "The intersection of science and industry: A verifiable and incentive-based approach to wellness". Dr Dugas is the Clinical Director of Wellness at The Vitality Group, one the world's longest-standing health enhancement companies, covering more than 1.7 million members across the United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. He will address how wellness companies aim to engage individuals in the management and improvement of their own health through the use of incentives. Please join us this coming Thursday, the 10th March at 11 am in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Maguire Builing 105.

Safe Care “Town Hall” Forum

Join a select group of healthcare leaders at the inaugural Safe Care “Town Hall” Forum, Thursday, March 10 from Noon – 2:00pm at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL at the Stritch School of Medicine.


Be part of this live town hall event where Chicago area healthcare leaders will gather to share ideas and strategies on how to inspire healthcare workers to improve hand hygiene techniques. We will be filming on site at Loyola University Medical Center's Tobin Hall, so we encourage you to bring your ideas, questions and successes to share amongst your peers.
World-renowned hand hygiene authority, and member of the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety, Professor Didier Pittet, MD, MS, and one of the country's leading patient safety advocates Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH, president of The Joint Commission, will focus on improving patient safety and satisfaction through their discussions on:

· Starting at the top – driving compliance through the executive suite

· Measuring hand hygiene adherence: overcoming the challenges

· Demonstrating practical, real-life solutions for improving compliance with barrier precautions and hand hygiene practices

· Innovative ideas to change behavior and improve compliance

This event is free but space is limited, so please RSVP online by March 3, 2011. At this site, you will also learn more about the forum, the speakers and review the agenda. You can also RSVP to Sarah Karvelis at (847) 643-4259 or skarvelis@medline.com.

We look forward to seeing you at this important event.

Global Health Conference and Social Entrepreneurship Conference at Yale

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

*Registration & Details (Registration rate increases after February 28)*:

http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

*200 speakers,* including keynote addresses by Ken Cook, Victoria Hale,

Jeffrey Sachs, and Sonia Sachs. Social innovation sessions by CEOs and

Directors of Save The Children, Ashoka, Endeavor, mothers2mothers,

VillageReach, Water.org, and many others. The conference schedule can be

seen at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference



*The conference convenes more than 2,200 professionals and students from 55

countries* who are interested in global health and international

development, public health, medicine, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits,

filmmaking and photography, social media, philanthropy, microfinance, human

rights, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, public service, environmental

health, and education.



Keynote Speakers



*"Igniting Social Advocacy Through Social Media," Ken Cook,* President,

Environmental Working Group



*"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



200 Featured Speakers, including:



*"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



*"Health Education Strategies in Rural Villages," Ernest Awiti,* OD,

Optometrist, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana



*"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



*"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



*"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



*"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



*"Next Generation Base of the Pyramid: Fortune-Creating With The Poor," Ted

London,* PhD, Senior Research Fellow, William Davidson Institute and

Faculty, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan



*"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



*"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



*"Good Technology, Bad Implementation: Designing Effective Tools For Global

Health," Noel Wilson,* Catapult Design



*"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



The conference schedule with more than 275 presentations can be seen at

http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference