Dear all,
This conference will likely be of interest to many people on this list.



UNITE FOR SIGHT 2nd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

"Eyes on International Collaboration:
Promoting Health From Campus to Lab to Field."





April 2nd and 3rd 2005
Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (near Boston)

Unite For Sight is pleased to invite you to attend an exciting
international conference for health professional students, doctors,
professors, public health professionals, nurses, patients, philanthropists,
volunteers, and leaders in ophthalmology, public health, academia,
corporations, and policy.




<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2005_conference_registration.php>Click Here
to Register - Early Bird Reduced Registration Rate
Conference Schedule





Community Experiences: Improving Health for the Medically Underserved

"Global Health", Dr. Barry Bloom, PhD
"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 speakers at
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2005_annual_conference.php

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