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---- Forwarded message from Jennifer Staple <[log in to unmask]> -----


UNITE FOR SIGHT 2nd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
"Eyes on International Collaboration:
Promoting Health From Campus to Lab to Field."
Boston : April 2nd and 3rd 2005

Early Bird Registration at
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2005_conference_registration.shtml
Contact [log in to unmask] with any questions.

All of the funds raised from the $15 (early bird) registration fees with go
toward Unite For Sight's sight-restoring cataract surgery programs in
Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria, and India during Summer 2005.

Community Experiences: Improving Health for the Medically Underserved
   "Impossible Dreams - The First Ascent of the East Face of Mt. Everest
and Eradicating Blindness in Mountainous Asia", Dr. Geoffrey Tabin, MD
   "Eye Diseases and Community Experiences in Tanzania", Dr. Muhsin
Sheriff, MD, MPH
   "Health Care for the Homeless in Boston," Dr. James O'Connell, MD

The Role of Research to Improve Health
   "Compassion, Knowledge, and Advanced Ophthalmic Technologies", Dr.
Dimitri Azar, MD
   "Advances in Corneal Transplantation," Dr. Shachar Tauber, MD
   "Optic Neuro-Prevention - A Strategy to Eradicate Glaucoma Blindness,"
Dr. Louis Pasquale, MD
   "Stem Cells to the Retinal Rescue," Dr. Michael J. Young, PhD
   "The Role of Household Drinking Water Treatment Technologies and Safe
Water Storage in Preventing Blindness in the Developing World," Ms. Susan
Murcott, M.S.

Epidemiology and The Economic Perspective on Health Improvement
   "The Cost of Blindness," Dr. Kevin Frick, PhD
   "The Role of Economics in Improving Health Outcomes," Heidi Williams, MSc

International Community Eye Health Programs by Unite For Sight Student Interns

Biographies of the Speakers at
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2005_conference_registration.shtml
Contact [log in to unmask] with any questions.

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