May 2020 Virtual Panels -Global Health Idea Labs by Unite For Sight

The following is a list of virtual workshops held by Unite For Sight®, “a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness.”

Check out their website for more details and to register.

Leading and Following with Humility and Integrity Panel
11:00am-12:00pm Eastern Time on May 13

  • Andrea Coleman, Founder and CEO, Two Wheels for Life; Co-Founder and CEO, Riders for Health
  • Ana Rowena McCullough, Co-Founder and CEO, QuestBridge
  • Richard Skolnik, Former Director for HNP, South Asia Region at the World Bank; Former Lecturer, Yale University and The George Washington University; Author, Essentials of Global Health/Global Health 101; Instructor, Yale/Coursera – ‘Essentials of Global 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
  • Marie Martin as moderator, Associate Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Assistant Professor, Health Policy, Vanderbilt School of Medicine

Cultural Humility and Respect in Global Health Panel
11:00am-12:00pm Eastern Time on May 15 

  • Scott Corlew, Global Health Consultant; Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Elizabeth Johansen, Founder, Spark Health Design; Adjunct, Olin College of Engineering; formerly Design that Matters and IDEO
  • Charles MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save the Children; Senior Fellow, Interaction: The American Council for Voluntary International Action
  • Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, Create2030
  • Rebecca Hardin as moderator, Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

Embedding Data and Evidence in Global Health Programs
11:00am-12:00pm Eastern Time on May 19

  • Lisa Hirschhorn, Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Senior Director, Implementation and Improvement Science, Last Mile Health
  • Gary Kreps, University Distinguished Professor, George Mason University; Director, Center for Health and Risk Communication, George Mason University
  • Katherine Semrau, Director, BetterBirth Program, Ariadne Labs; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Epidemiologist, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • David Tovey, Emeritus Editor-in-Chief, Cochrane; Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Center for Biomedical Research Transparency
  • Daniel Palazuelos as moderator, Director of Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Communicating the Mission
11:00am-12:00pm Eastern Time on May 21

  • Cal Bruns, CEO/Chief Innovationist, Matchboxology
  • Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co.
  • Eve Heyn, Director, Eve Heyn Communications, Specializing in Global Health
  • Michelle Kreger, Senior Portfolio Director, Global Health, IDEO.org
  • Rebecca Wear Robinson, Founder and President, Make the Minute Matter, Inc.
  • Tricia Bolender as moderator, Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach, Tricia Bolender Consulting

Register at https://idealab.uniteforsight.org/