The Global Health & Innovation Conference embraces and nurtures diverse talents, creativity, curiosity, and collaboration.

We dive deep into the complexities, impact, challenges, joys, and lessons learned in global health, innovation, education, and social impact. Join this unique forum where everyone is inspired to dive deep, to have meaningful conversations, and to embrace our collective extraordinary potential for growth and impact.

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All times are Eastern Time.

THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2022

All times are Eastern Time.

9:00-9:55am: “Beyond Mountains, and the Legacy of Paul Farmer,” A Conversation with Anatole Manzi, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Partners In Health, in Conversation With Jeffrey Blander, Chief Investment Officer, Innovative Financing and Sustainable Investing, U.S. Department of State; Chief Innovation Officer, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State

10:00-10:55am: Innovative Financing Panel

Developing and emerging market economies face the immense challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing both communicable and the increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), creating unprecedented stresses and exposing key gaps in fragile health systems. This engaging discussion will delve into the opportunities, sticking points, and potential solutions to leveraging private capital, and how blended financing approaches can help build more resilient and sustainable health systems. Inclusive of investments for human resources for health, last mile supply chain, innovative care delivery systems, digital health, and local manufacturing of essential medicines.

• Michelle Akande, Vice President, Global Commercial Access Partnerships, Pfizer

• Samwel Ogillo, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Private Health Facilities in Tanzania (APHFTA)

• Suneeta Sharma, Vice President Health Practice, The Palladium Group

• D.C. Moore, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Griot International

• Moderated by Jeffrey Blander, Chief Investment Officer, Innovative Financing and Sustainable Investing, U.S. Department of State; Chief Innovation Officer, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State

11:00-11:55am: The Art of Listening Panel

Listening and collaboration are integral to all aspects of innovation and global health. How do we all become better listeners, with humility and integrity at our core?

• Jeffrey Blander, Chief Investment Officer, Innovative Financing and Sustainable Investing, U.S. Department of State; Chief Innovation Officer, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State

• Cal Bruns, CEO and Chief Creative Incubationist, Matchboxology

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

• Laura Herman, Partner, Dalberg

• Rorisang Mhlaba, Acting School Principal, Ubuntu Pathways

• Moderated by Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Grade 1/2 Teacher, Slate School

12:00pm-12:55pm: Building Trust

Trust is integral to all relationships and collaborations. How do we authentically develop and support trust while working with colleagues, partners, communities, patients, stakeholders, funders, and others? How can we all do better?

• 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

• Corrado Cancedda, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Director, Botswana University of Pennsylvania Partnership; Strategic Advisor for Academic Partnerships, Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

• Dixon Chibanda, Founder and CEO, Friendship Bench Zimbabwe; Director, African Mental Health Research Initiative; Associate Professor,  Clinical Research Center, University of Zimbabwe; Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

• Ziyanda Ndyoko, External Relations and Job Skills Training Manager, Ubuntu Pathways

• Seth Wanye, Founder and Ophthalmologist, Friends Eye Center, Ghana

• Mark Roithmayr, CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

• Moderated by Ned Breslin

1:00-1:55pm: Scaling Programs after Local Success

What are best practices for scaling programs? What is the process for responsibly and effectively scaling, and how do you balance an interest and need to scale with the importance of organic growth?

• Jane Aronson, Clinical Assistant Professor Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine; Founder and Former CEO, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Director, International Pediatric Health Services, PLLC; Director, Global Behavioral Health Network for Children and Young People

• Scott Corlew, Lecturer, Program in Global Health and Social Change, Harvard Medical School

• Gene Kwan, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine; Health and Policy Advisor, Partners In Health

• Regan Marsh, Senior Technical Lead, US Public Health Accompaniment Unit, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

• Ruston Yarnko, Director of National Community Health Systems Team, Last Mile Health, Liberia

• Moderated by Robin Allinson Smalley, Co-Founder and Chief Connector, mothers2mothers International

2:00-2:55pm: Collaboration: The Team Sport of Success

We are all better together. Success in all sectors of health and innovation require authentic collaboration. How do you create and nurture a culture of collaboration within our teams, and with those we are working with externally?

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

• Michelle Joseph, Instructor in Global Health and Social Medicine, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School; Chief Strategy and Health Equity Officer, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School

• Felicia Knaul, Director, Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, University of Miami; Professor, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami; Founder and President, Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C.; Senior Economist, Mexican Health Foundation

• Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Grade 1/2 Teacher, Slate School

• Wendy Ostroff, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science and Developmental Psychology, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies, Sonoma State University

• Moderated by Brian Heuser, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

3:00-3:55pm: Vulnerability, Failure, and Resiliency in Leadership

In order to succeed, we must all trust in being vulnerable, taking risks, and sometimes failing. How do we balance these core principles in our programs and organizations?

• Boris Bulayev, CEO and Co-Founder, Educate!

• Katja Iversen, Executive Advisor, Author, and Advocate for Purpose Driven Leadership.

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

• Santa Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of British Columbia

• Tim Peck, Executive Portfolio Director of Health, IDEO New York

• Chris Underhill, Founder, BasicNeeds; Co-Founder, citiesRISE; Co-Founder, Elders Council for Social Entrepreneurs; Member, Global Future Council on Mental Health, World Economic Forum; Founder and Principal, Mentor Services

• Moderated by Marie Martin, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy in the Vanderbilt School of Medicine; Associate Director for Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH)

4:00-4:55pm: Diving Deep into Ethics, Illusions, and Integrity

Scientific and program integrity are essential in health, development, and innovation. From scientific integrity to the preservation of objectivity and impartiality, we will delve into the central tenets of ethics and integrity, and avoiding an illusion of success or impartiality.

• Ned Breslin

• Jon Jureidini, Research Leader, Critical and Ethical Mental Health (CEMH), School of Medicine Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide

• Charles Wiysonge, Cochrane South Africa

• Moderated by Jennifer Staple-Clark, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Unite For Sight

FRIDAY, April 22, 2022

All times are Eastern Time.

9:00-9:55am: Interactive Forum for Collaborative Conversations

• Join other conference participants in a special breakout room for an interactive, collaborative conversation about innovation and global health. Meet others, discuss yesterday’s sessions, and dive deep.

10:00-10:55am: Being Bold, Having Vision

Vision is a key part of developing programs or organizations. Innovation comes with being bold. and thinking outside of the box. What are key lessons learned in being bold and having vision?

• Chris Addy, Partner, The Bridgespan Group

• Charlotte Cole, Executive Director, Blue Butterfly Collaborative

• Gary Oppenheimer, Founder and Executive Director, AmpleHarvest.org

• Linda Reinstein, President and Cofounder, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization

• Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, Create2030

• Alexandra Scott, President, Global Environment & Technology Foundation, and Director of Program Delivery, Project Last Mile

• Moderated by Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Grade 1/2 Teacher, Slate School

11:00-11:55am: Organizational Journeys

Every organization has its own journey. What can we learn from each organization’s journey?

• Firdaus Kharas, Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift

• Emma Robbins, Executive Director, Navajo Water Project; Founder, The Chapter House

• Ash Rogers, Co-CEO, Lwala Community Alliance

• Adam Schwartz, Director, Health Program at BRAC USA

• Moderated by Mark Roithmayr, CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

12:00-12:55pm: Fulfillment in Global Health Careers

Global health organizations bring together talented and expert people from a wide variety of backgrounds and interests. Within this complex field, what helps to ensure that our careers continue to feel fulfilling? How do we learn and grow from challenges?

• Adeline Boatin, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Health, Harvard Medical School; Co-Director of Global Health, Dept OB/GYN, Mass General Hospital

• Kevin Frick, Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

• Siobhan Kelley, Director of Communications, Last Mile Health

• Kaveh Khoshnood, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; Faculty Director, InnovateHealth Yale; Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Program Director BA-BS/MPH Program in Public Health, Yale University

• Eliza Squibb, Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Moderated by Rebecca Hardin, Associate Professor, and Faculty Director for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability

1:00-1:55pm: Rigorous Thinking, Informed Decisions, and Real Outcomes

The fields of global health, development, and innovation are too often filled with low-quality data collection, outputs, and other metrics which do not reflect real outcomes. How can rigorous thinking, informed decisions, and real outcomes be integrated into the processes of any program or organization? This is a delve into authentic monitoring and evaluation that should be incorporated into any program.

• Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• Lisa Hirschhorn, Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Senior Director, Implementation and Improvement Science, Last Mile Health

• Krishna Jafa, Incoming CEO, Medic

• Kala Mehta, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco

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

• Katherine Semrau, Director, BetterBirth Program, Ariadne Labs; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Epidemiologist, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2:00-2:55pm: Innovating with Responsibility and Integrity

• David Aylward, Senior Advisor, Eugene S. Farley Jr. Health Policy Center; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado

• Ana R. Mallari, CEO and Co-Founder, QuestBridge

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

• Daniel Student, Senior Consultant, Potrero Group

• Moderated by Rachel Turkel, Volunteer Experience Coach, Crisis Text Line

3:00-3:55pm: Lessons Learned in Virtual Collaboration

Our work has significantly transformed during the past two years. What are best practices and lessons learned about effective virtual collaboration? Virtual collaboration will never replace in-person collaboration and coordination, but how can the virtual work best augment what we already do?

• Tricia Bolender, Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach, Tricia Bolender Advisory LLC

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• Natacha Poggio, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, University of Houston Downtown; Founder and Director, Design Global Change

• Samantha Parsons, Chief Operating Officer, We Care Solar