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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 conference. Keynote Addresses By: Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Susan Blumenthal, and Dr. Jim Yong Kim Plus More Than 150 Featured Speakers *Register For Conference* - EARLY BIRD RATE ( $60 students, $85 all others) *http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2008* REGISTER NOW TO SECURE LOWES= T RATE. RATE INCREASES AFTER OCTOBER 31ST. Keynote Addresses - *"Global Health: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century," Susan Blumenthal*, *MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General; Senior Advisor For Health and Medicine; Former Deputy Assistant Secretar= y for Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tu= fts University Medical Center* - *"Bridging the Implementation Gap in Global Health", Jim Yong Kim<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jimyongkim> *, *MD, PhD, Co-Founder, Partners in Health; Director, Fran=E7ois Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; Fran=E7ois Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Chair, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of t= he Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Former HIV/AIDS Director at World Health Organization* - *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* - *"Millennium Village Project", Sonia Ehrlich Sachs<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#soniaehrli= chsachs> *, *MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Villages* Plenary Panels (Confirmed Thus Far) Brain Drain: The Health, Development, and Economic Effects on African Countries Introduction: - 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<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#soniaehrli= chsachs>, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Villages Panelists: - Thomas Baah, MD, MSc, Ophthalmologist, Our Lady of Grace Hospital, Ghana<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#thomasb= aah> - James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php= #jamesclarke> - Michael Gyasi, MD, Ophthalmologist and Director of the Bawku Eye Care Program, Ghana<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#michaelgya= si> - Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.p= hp#sethwanye> Building Capacity With Community Health Outreach Workers Introduction: - Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, Co-Founder, Partners in Health; Director, Fran=E7ois Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; Fran=E7ois= Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Chair, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Ch= ief of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Former HIV/AIDS Director at World Health Organization Panelists: - James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php= #jamesclarke> - Margaret Duah-Mensah, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#margare= tduah-mensah> - Eva Harris, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley; President, Sustainable Sciences Institute<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#evahar= ris> - Harshad Sanghvi, MD, Medical Director, JHPIEGO, Johns Hopkins University<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ha= rshadsanghvi> Featured Speakers (Confirmed Thus Far) *"Title To Be Announced"*, Rob Abel*, MD, Delaware Ophthalmology Consultant= s * *"Management of Age-Related Macular Degeneration"*, Ronald Adelman*, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of Retina Service, Yale University School of Medicine*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ronald= adelman> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Ted M. Alemayhu*, Founder, Chairman and CEO, US Doctors For Africa* *"International Educational Exchanges: Challenges and Opportunities"*, Barbara Allerton*, RN, MSN, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Boise State University* *"Scaling Up Provision of Safe Drinking Water in the Developing World"*, Gr= eg Allgood*, PhD, Director, Children's Safe Drinking Water, Procter & Gamble*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#gregallg= ood> *"People, Places, and Genes: How world populations are helping us find the cause of glaucoma."*, R. Rand Allingham*, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology; Director, Glaucoma Service, Duke University Eye Center*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#r.randal= lingham> *"Keratoprosthesis in the Developing World"*, Jared Ament*, MD, MPh, Clinical Research Fellow, Ophthalmlology & Corneal Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health* *"Orphan Life Abroad: How children live without parental care"*, Jane Aronson*, MD, Director, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder an= d Executive Medical Director, Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jane= aronson> *"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 Evolution"*, Adeline Azrack*, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, Hopita= l Albert Schweitzer*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.p= hp#adelineazrack> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Thomas Baah*, MD, MSc, Ophthalmologist, Our Lady of Grace Hospital, Ghana*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#thomasbaa= h> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Abrahim Bagheri*, BS Candidate, Loyola Marymount University; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India* *"Can Market-Based Approaches Arrest The Killer In The Kitchen? The Promise= s and Pitfalls of Commercializing Improved Cookstoves"*, Robert Bailis*, PhD, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#robertb= ailis> *"A need to incorporate sound waste management practices for improving Environmental performance, Public health safety and Delivery of quality-healthcare by Clinical Laboratories in India =96 A case study"*, Re= ema Banerjee*, MSc, PG Diploma in Hospital Management, Centre for Environment Education, India*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.ph= p#reemabanerjee> *"The Slaying of Little Dragons--Guinea Worm Eradication"*, Michele Barry*, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine and Global Health Director, Office of International Health; Chief, General Medicine Firm, Yale University School of Medicine* *"Engaging the Public: Improving Our Health"*, Georges Benjamin*, MD, Executive Director, American Public Health Association*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#geo= rgesbenjamin> *"Health For All Now"*, Elvira Beracochea*, MD, MPH, Founder, President and CEO, MIDEGO* *"Doing it The Quality Way Because It Is In Equality"*, P. Berman*, OD, FAAO, Senior Global Clinical Advisor and Founder, Special Olympics Lions Clubs, International Opening Eyes*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#p.berman> *"Eliminating the Needless Loss of Sight That Occurs During Sports"*, Paul Berman*, OD, FAAO, Senior Global Clinical Advisor and Founder, Special Olympics Lions Clubs, International Opening Eyes*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#paulberman= > *"Home Visit Project of Blind Babies Foundation and Perspektiva of the Volg= a Region in Russia"*, Julie Bernas-Pierce*, MEd, Executive Director, Blind Babies Foundation* *"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in the Developing World"*, Terry Blaschke*, MD, Professor of Medicine and of Molecular Pharmacology (Active Emeritus), Stanford University School of Medicine*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#terryb= laschke> *"Addressing the Need for Reduction of Uncorrected Refractive Error in Persons With intellectual Disability through Participate in Special Olympic= s Lions Clubs International Opening Eyes Vision Program."*, Sandy Block*, OD, Illinois College of Optometry*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#sandy= block> *"What Happens When Child Soldiers Grow-up? Mozambique Life Outcome Study"*= , Neil Boothby*, EdD, Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health; Director, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#neilboot= hby> *"Raising Malawi"*, Philippe van den Bossche*, Executive Director, Raising Malawi*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#philippe= vandenbossche> *"Operation Miracle"*, 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)* *"Cataract Blindness in Developing Countries and SEE International"*, Harry S. Brown*, MD, Founder, Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#h= arrys.brown> *"Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the Urban Slums of Africa"*, John Bryant*, PhD, Professor, Johns Hopkins University* *"Tema Eye Survey"*, Donald Budenz*, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#donald= budenz> *"International Nurse Education: Simulation Plays A Part in Global Standard= s of Practice"*, Ann Campbell*, RN, MSN, CPNP, Old Dominion University/Operation Smile International* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Michael Cappello*, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Public Health; Director, Program in International Chil= d Health; Co-Director, International Adoption Clinic, Yale University School of Medicine* *"Community Health Improvement in a Nomadic Village on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau"*, Nancy Chin*, MPH, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#nancy= chin> *"Unite For Sight To The Rescue: An Example Worth Emulating"*, James Clarke= *, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jamesclar= ke> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Anna Cooper*, MPH, MD Candidate, University of Rochester School of Medicine; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Bihar, India* *"Managing Technology to Advance Eye Care"*, Ismael Cordero*, Advisor, Healthcare Technology, Orbis*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ismaelcor= dero> *"Filling the Gap: A Model For Surgical Capacity Building In Rural China"*, Scott Corlew*, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Interplast*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#scot= tcorlew> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Susan Day*, MD, Chair and Program Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, California Pacific Medical Center* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Samantha Diamond*, BA Candidate, Yale University= ; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana* *"Exclusive Breastfeeding in Ethiopia: Barriers, Beliefs and Behavioral Outcomes"*, Julia Dickinson*, RN, Yale University School of Nursing*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#juliadi= ckinson> *"Unite For Sight Visiting Volunteers Participation in Eye Screening Outreach Program, Accra, Ghana"*, Robert Dolo*, ON, RN, Ophthalmic Nurse, Unite For Sight-Ghana*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speake= rs.php#robertdolo> *"Is That Angle Occludable?"*, Syril K. Dorairaj*, MD, Clinical Research Fellow, Glaucoma Associates of New York, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#syril= k.dorairaj> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Margaret Duah-Mensah*, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#margaretd= uah-mensah> *"The Bad Road to Good Health: The Clinton Foundation's Initiative to Build Healthcare Capacity in Rural Areas"*, Andy Ellner*, MD, Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#andy= ellner> *"Childhood obesity prevention in the Western Cape region of South Africa"*= , William D. Evans*, PhD, Vice President, Research Triangle Institute*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#willi= amd.evans> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Sheri Fink*, MD, PhD, Kaiser Media Fellow; Visiting Scientist, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitaria= n Initiative* *"Glaucoma Scrreinng in Connecticut"*, Susan Hall Forster*, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Studies, Department of Ophthalmology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Services*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#susanh= allforster> *"Title To Be Announced"*, David Friedman*, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and International Health, Johns Hopkins University* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Stephen Furlow*, MD Candidate, University of Kentucky School of Medicine; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Valentin Fuster*, MD, PhD, Director, The Zena an= d Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute; Director, The Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascuclar Health; Richard Gorlin, MD/Heart Research Foundation Professor, Mount Sinai; Past-President, American Heart Association; President-elect, World Heart Federation* *"Humanitarian Health and HIV/AIDS Crisis and Care inside Dominican Republic's migrant sugar cane plantations' Bateyes."*, Ulrick Gaillard*, JD= , Founder and Executive Director, The Batey Relief Alliance*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ulrick= gaillard> *"A Binational Stanford - Mexico Health Advocacy Program - Partners to Address Immigrant Health"*, Gabriel Garcia*, MD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Medical School Admissions, Stanford University School of Medicine*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#gabrie= lgarcia> *"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 Device for the Treatment of Glaucoma in the Developed and Developing World"= *, Roger Goldberg*, MD, MBA Candidate, Yale University School of Medicine* *"Youth Engagement in Development Stategies: through the lens of Global Youth Service Day"*, Silvia Golombek*, Senior Vice President, Youth Service America*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#silviag= olombek> *"Introducing Students to Global Health"*, Sarabeth Gottlieb*, CNM, MS, Lecturer, Yale University School of Nursing* *"Clinical Mentoring Rapidly Improves Clinic Management Systems for HIV Car= e in Resource-Limited Settings"*, Katherine Graves-Abe*, MA, Director of Operations, International Center For Equal Healthcare Access (ICEHA)* *"Poisons in the Well: Exposure, Consequences and Remediation of Arsenic an= d Manganese in Bangladesh"*, Joe Graziano*, PhD, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Pharmacology; Associate Dean for Research, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#joegrazi= ano> *"An Extremely Affordable Device To Enable Treatment of Asthma in Rural Mexico"*, 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 Schoo= l of Public Health* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Michael Gyasi*, MD, Ophthalmologist and Director of the Bawku Eye Care Program, Ghana*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#michaelgy= asi> *"Nutritional Management of Cataracts"*, Heskel M. Haddad*, MD, Clinical Professor 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 George Washington University Medical School* *"Science, Technology, and Innovation in Developing Countries: By the People, for the People"*, Eva Harris*, PhD, Associate Professor, Division o= f Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley; President, Sustainable Sciences Institute*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#evaha= rris> *"Health and Education at Grace Children's Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti:"*, Jeannine Hatt*, MD, Past-President, International Child Care USA; Board of Directors and Chair, International Child Care's Medical Resource Development Clinic*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.= php#jeanninehatt> *"Infertility in Developing Countries: Scope, Psychosocial Burden and Need for Action"*, Anke Hemmerling*, MD, PhD, MPH, UCSF Women's Global Health Imperative*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#anke= hemmerling> *"The Challenges of Glaucoma Care in West Africa"*, Leon Herndon*, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University Eye Center*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#leonhern= don> *"Ophthalmology in the Holy Land: The Eye Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem= " *, Steve Hudson*, MD, JD, MPA, Ophthalmologist, Member of the Order of St. John (M.St..J), Unite For Sight Volunteer*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#steve= hudson> *"Akwaaba! Volunteer Ophthalmology in Breman Asikuma, Ghana"*, Steven Hudso= n *, MD, JD, MPA, Ophthalmologist, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Breman Asikuma, Ghana*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#= stevenhudson> *"Innovative Market Based Solutions in Global Health"*, Omer Imtiazuddin*, MBA, Health Portfolio Manager, Acumen Fund*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#omerimtiaz= uddin> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Ibrahim Jabr*, Interim President, International Trachoma 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*, PhD, President and Founder of Innovations for Poverty Action; Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale University*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#dean= karlan> *"Childhood Blindness And Its Prevention"*, Kartee Karloweah*, ON, RN, Ophthalmic Nurse, Unite For Sight-Ghana*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#kar= teekarloweah> *"Atrocities and Social Entrepreneurship"*, Zachary Kaufman*, MPhil in International Relations; DPhil Candidate in International Relations, University of Oxford; JD Candidate, Yale University Law School*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#zacharyk= aufman> *"Health Diplomacy"*, Kaveh Khoshnood*, PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale Schoo= l of Public Health*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.ph= p#kavehkhoshnood> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Karen King*, MA, Elementary School Teacher, Reed Intermediate School; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Doug Lawrence*, Vice President/General Manager, BD Medical - Ophthalmic Systems* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Brian Lich*, BA Candidate, Southern Methodist University; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Shawn Lin*, BS, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India* *"Residency Based Fellowships in Global and Underserved Health - Who Are th= e Stakeholders?"*, Scott Loeliger*, MD, MS, Faculty Physician, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#scottloe= liger> *"Increasing Access to and Use of Skilled Maternal and Newborn Care in Dumk= a District of India"*, Juliet MacDowell*, MA, Senior Program Manager, JHPIEGO= * *"Increasing Income, Confidence and Business Growth for Low-Income Women"*, Fiona Macaulay*, President, Making Cents International*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#f= ionamacaulay> *"Disabilities among refugee and conflict-affected populations--nature and scope of the issue, interventions and approaches"*, Carolyn Makinson*, PhD, Executive Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#caroly= nmakinson> *"Utilization of PDA's by Community Health Workers for Field Collection of Malaria Statistics in Rural Haiti"*, Nick Mann*, BA Candidate, Truman State University*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#nick= mann> *"Addressing Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies is a Key Building Block to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals"*, M.G. Venkatesh Mannar*, President, The Micronutrient Initiative* *"Civil Society: Mobilizing Community Health Workers for Malaria Control"*, Anne Martin-Staple*, PhD, Research Scholar, Duke University*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#anne= martin-staple> *"Title To Be Announced"*, 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 Candidate, University of Ghana School of Medicine* *"The End of AIDS -- IAVI and the Search for a Vaccine to Prevent HIV"*, Jo= hn McGoldrick*, Senior Vice President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#johnmcgo= ldrick> *"The Highest Attainable Standard: The Implications of an Evolving Human Right to Health for Public Health and Global Health Systems"*, Benjamin Mason Meier*, JD, LLM, MPhil; PhD Candidate, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbi= a University; IGERT-International Development and Globalization Fellow* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Christine Melton*, MD, MS, Friends of Aravind Association* *"Public Health Strategies for Effective Medical Missions Overseas"*, Derek Mladenovich*, OD, FAAO, MPH Candidate, Fellow, World Council of Optometry; External Examiner, International Rescue Committee, Thailand*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#derekm= ladenovich> *"A Sustainable Approach to Nutrition for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda"*, Emily Morell*, BA Candidate, Yale University*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#emil= ymorell> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Anne Firth Murray*, Founding President, The Global Fund for Women; Consulting Professor, Human Biology Program, Stanfor= d University* *"Women's Global Health and Human Rights"*, Mini Murthy*, MD, MPH, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, Program Director Global Health, New York Medical College School of Public Health*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#minimurt= hy> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Padmini Murthy*, MD, MPH, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, Program Director Global Health, New York Medical College School of Public Health; NGO Representative of Medical Women International Assocaition to the United Nations* *"Satisfying Transportation Needs in Rural Africa With Sustainable Local Solutions: The Bamboo Bicycle"*, John Mutter*, PhD, MSc, Deputy Director an= d Associate Vice Provost, The Earth Institute at Columbia; Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University; Professor, International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Bamboo Bike Project*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jo= hnmutter> *"A Non-Traditional Approach to Global Health Training: The Penn Program"*, Neal Nathanson*, MD, Associate Dean, Global Health Programs, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine* *"Expanding HIV and AIDS counseling skills in Africa: Cascade approach"*, M= ike Negerie*, DrPH, MPH, Regional Technical Manager for Health, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Africa Regional Office, South Africa*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#mikenege= rie> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Edward O'Neil Jr*, MD, Founder, Omni Med; Author= , Awakening Hippocrates: Primer on Health, Poverty, and Global Service, and A Practical Guide to Global Health Service* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Cliff OCallahan*, MD, PhD, Pediatric Faculty, Middlesex Hospital Family Practice Program; Chair, AAP Section on International Child Health* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Hafeezah Omar*, BA Candidate, University of Nort= h Carolina at Chapel Hill; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana* *"Using National and International Advocacy and Media to Advance Social Change in HIV-Prevention"*, Adeyemi Oshodi*, PATH*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#adeyemiosh= odi> *"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-Governmental Organizations in International Healthcare"*, Ellen Palmer*= , RN, PhD, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Matthew Paul*, MD, Danbury Eye Physicians and Surgeons* *"The Healing of Retinal Photocoagulation Lesions"*, Yannis Paulus*, MD Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#yannis= paulus> *"Public Private Partnerships in Action: ExxonMobil's approach to making a difference on malaria's human toll in Africa"*, Steven C. Phillips*, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Global Issues and Projects, Exxon Mobil Corporation*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ste= venc.phillips> *"Update on IAPB and VISION 2020: the Right to Sight"*, Louis Pizzarello*, MD, MPH, Secretary General, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#louis= pizzarello> *"Blind Leading The Blind"*, Martine Polycarpe*, MPH, Director for Health, Adventist 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*, MD, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#thomasqu= inn> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Nathan Radcliffe*, MD, Glaucoma Service at New York Eye & Ear Infirmary* *"Ethical Dilemmas in International Medicine: Cases from the Honduran Healt= h Alliance"*, Bonzo Reddick*, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#bonzoreddi= ck> *"Title To Be Announced"*, William Reese*, President and CEO, International Youth Foundation* *"Implementation of a Comprehensive Community-Based Tuberculosis Control Program in Eastern Burma's Chronic Conflict Zone"*, Allison Richard*, MD, Assistant 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*, MD, MPH, Associate Surgeon, Instructor in Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.ph= p#robertriviello> *"The Global Marketization of Health Services: Promoting Inequity, Inequality and Exclusion"*, Ellen Rosskam*, PhD, MPH, Public Health & Socia= l Protection Specialist; Visiting Professor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Work Environment Department; Visiting Senior Fellow, University of Surrey, European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, England*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#ellenro= sskam> *"Advancing Educational Opportunities for Children who are Blind with Additional Impairments"*, Steven Rothstein*, President, Perkins School for the Blind*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#steve= nrothstein> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Ilya Rozenbuam*, MD, GANY Glaucoma Fellow, New York Eye and Ear Institute* *"Civil society advocacy for the right to heatlh"*, Leonard Rubenstein*, Executive Director, Physicians for Human Rights*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#leonardr= ubenstein> *"Break the Cycle of Disadvantage and Disability"*, Leslie Rubin*, MD, Visiting Scholar, Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine; Founder and President, Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability; Co-Director, Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Emory University* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Jennifer Ruger*, PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Division of Global Health, Yale School of Public Health; Co-Director of the Yale/World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion, Policy and Research; Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core Investigator, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS* *"Obstetric and Traumatic Fistula: Film-based Campaigning for Global Women'= s Health"*, Lisa Russell*, MPH, Filmmaker*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#lisar= ussell> *"Delivering on the MDGs: Equity and Maternal Health"*, Emma Sachs*, Health Equity Team, Earth Institute, Columbia University* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Majid Sadigh *"Title To Be Announced"*, Sarwat Salim*, MD, Ophthalmologist* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Sarang Samal*, Kalinga Eye Hospital, Orissa, India* *"Innovative Approaches to Public Private Partnerships in Kenya's Health an= d Youth Sectors"*, Georgia Sambunaris*, MA, Senior Financial Markets Specialist, USAID*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.p= hp#georgiasambunaris> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Shakira Sanchez-Collins*, BA Candidate, Yale University; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Harshad Sanghvi*, MD, Medical Director, JHPIEGO, Johns Hopkins University*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_spe= akers.php#harshadsanghvi> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Werner Schultink*, MD, Chief Child Development and Nutrition, UNICEF* *"Self Sustainability - The Mantra For Manging Avoidable Blindness"*, V. Panneer Selvam*, MS, DO, MPhil, Arasan Eye Hospital, India*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#v.panneer= selvam> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Rosh and Roshan Sethi*, BS Candidate, Yale University; Unite For Sight Volunteers in New Delhi, India* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Chirag Shah*, MD, Chief Resident, Wills Eye Hospital* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Kuldev Singh*, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Satyajit Sinha*, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#satyajits= inha> *"Title To Be Announced"*, D. Scott Smith*, MD, MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease and Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City Hospital* *"Promoting HIV/AIDS Education Despite Social and Cultural Barriers"*, Piya Sorcar*, MA, PhD Candidate, Stanford University*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#piya= sorcar> *"A Pilot Therapeutic Feeding Program for Malnourished Orphans in Ukraine"*= , Jonathan M. Spector*, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jonathan= m.spector> *"Empowering Communities in the Fight to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases"*, Kari Stoever*, Director, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Sabin Vaccine Institute* *"Training community eye workers in Ghana and Liberia: the good, the bad, and the ugly"*, Glenn Strauss*, MD, Vice President of International Health Care and Programs, Mercy Ships, Int'l*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#glennstra= uss> *"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 Withou= t Borders* *"Towards an African Renaissance: Offfering a Master's Degree to Nursing Students in Angola: a Distance Eduction Experience"*, Juanita Tjallinks*, RN, MCur, in Health Studies, Midwife, Department of Health Studies, University of South Africa*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#juanitat= jallinks> *"Glaucoma Neuroprotection 2008: New Therapies on the Horizon"*, James C. Tsai*, MD, Robert R. Young Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Chie= f of Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jamesc= .tsai> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Daniel Vekhter*, BA Candidate, Yale University; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Asikuma Breman, Ghana* *"Maximizing Limited Resources to Provide Outreach Eye Care"*, Satya Verma*= , OD, FAAO, Director, Community Eye Care, Pennsylvania College of Optometry*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#satya= verma> *"Collaborating to create the future of family medicine: a Japanese-America= n exchange"*, Jennifer Vines*, MD, MPH, Oregon Health and Science University*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#jenn= ifervines> *"Transcending Trauma & Relentless Compassion: Indicators of Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) in Peer Support Counselors in Liberia - How They Help and What They Carry"*, Gwen Vogel*, PsyD, Director of Field Operations, SalusWorld*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#gwen= vogel> *"Title To Be Announced"*, Seth Wanye*, MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#sethwanye= > *"Turning Challenges Into Opportunities: The State of Cervical Cancer Prevention in America 2008"*, Sarah Wells*, MA, Associate Director, Women i= n Government*<http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/conf_speakers.php#sara= hwells> *"Protecting Border Security and Health: Effective Strategies for Monitorin= g and Treating Malaria among Burma's IDPs"*, Emily Whichard*, Program Director, Global Health Access Program* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Gavin Yamey*, MD, MRCP, Senior Editor, PLoS Medicine; Consulting Editor, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases* *"Shoulder to Shoulder Ecuador: A University-Community Partnership for Health"*, Claudia Hopenhayn and Thomas Young*, MD, Department of Pediatrics= , University of Kentucky; Shoulder to Shoulder* *"Title To Be Announced"*, Debrework Zewdie*, PhD, Director, Global HIV/AID= S Program for the World Bank*
