_*Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices To Achieve Global Goals **Unite For Sight's Fourth Annual International Health Conference*_ *APRIL 14-15, 2007 - STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CALIFORNIA, USA ***Please also feel free to forward this message to anyone who may be interested in attending or presenting.** *How to submit an abstract for poster or oral presentation (_ABSTRACT_ SUBMISSION DEADLINE _JULY 15_):* http://www.uniteforsight.org/2007_annual_conference.php Abstract Categories: 1. International Medicine and International Health 2. Public Health 3. Eye Care 4. Scientific Research 5. Advocacy and Health Policy 6. Social innovation and entrepreneurship *Register Today For A Reduced Rate! (Current Rate is $35 Students/$55 All Others - *_RATE INCREASES AFTER July 15_** http://www.uniteforsight.org/2007_annual_conference.php *When:* April 14-15, 2007 *Where:* Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA *Theme:* "Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices To Achieve Global Goals" *Who should attend?*Anyone interested in eye care, international health, medicine, health education, health promotion, public health, international service, nonprofits, or microenterprise *Conference Goal: *To exchange ideas across disciplines about best practices in public health, medicine and research, and international health and development. Conference topics range from/ "The Right to Health: Towards Social Inclusion and Universal Health Care in Latin America"/ and /"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in the Developing World"/ to /"Global Progress in Preventing the Burden of Blindness and Other Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella"/ and /"Once I Was Blind....The Challenges of Eye Care in Ghana"/** * Join over 1,500 leaders, doctors, professionals, and students from 5 continents * More than 150 speakers about eye care, public health, international development, entrepreneurship, microfinance, policy and advocacy, bioethics, and medicine * Exchange ideas about best practices to achieve global goals in health and development Confirmed Speakers in Global Health, International Development, Public Health, Medicine, Health Policy and Advocacy Sessions <http://www.uniteforsight.org/2007_annual_conference.php#sec1> Confirmed Speakers in Global Eye Care and Research Sessions <http://www.uniteforsight.org/2007_annual_conference.php#sec2> Global Health, International Development, Public Health, Medicine, Health Policy and Advocacy** *Nancy Aossey*, President and CEO, International Medical Corps *Ann Banchoff*, MSW, MPH, Program Director, Office of Community Health, Stanford University School of Medicine *Daniel Bausch*, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine *Donna and Philip Berber*, Founders, Glimmer of Hope *"Insecticide-Treated Bednets in Mass Disease Control and Elimination Campaigns," Brian Blackburn*, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, Stanford School of Medicine *"Health Care in Georgia," Trish Blair*, MD, President, A Call To Serve International *"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in the Developing World," Terry Blaschke*, MD, Professor of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University *"Critical Health Issues in the 21st Century," Susan Blumenthal*, MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center *"Creating a Rural Learning Environment in a Rural School in South India," Mason Byles*, former executive at Hewlett Packard *"The Right To Health: Towards Social Inclusion and Universal Health Care in Latin America," Arachu Castro*, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Social Medicine; Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Harvard School of Medicine *"Leprosy Rehabilitation in India," Robert A. Chase, *MD, Emile Holman Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Stanford University School of Medicine *"Global Progress in Preventing the Burden of Blindness and Other Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella," Stephen L. Cochi*, MD, MPH, Senior Advisor, Global Immunization Division, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention *Jim DeVries*, MD, Senior Vice President of Programs, Heifer International *Sunita Dodani*, MD, MS, FCPS, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh *Kamran Elahian*, MS, Chairman, Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Partners; Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Foundation and Schools Online *"Public Private Partnerships to Advance Technologies for Neglected Disease," Christopher Elias*, MD, MPH, President of PATH *"The Dominican Bateyes: Humanitarian Crisis on the Sugar Cane Plantations," Ulrick Gaillard*, JD, CEO of Batey Relief Alliance *"Advocacy and Community Health," Gabriel Garcia*, MD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Medical School Admissions, Stanford University School of Medicine *"With Women Worldwide: Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health to End HIV/AIDS," Adrienne Germain*, President, International Women's Health Coalition *"Hold Your Breath: Cultural Competency," Maren Grainger-Monsen*, MD, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford School of Medicine *George Guimaraes*, President and CEO, Project Concern International *"HIV/AIDS in China," Jessica Haberer*, MD, Research Advisor, Clinton Foundation *John Hammock*, PhD, The Alexander N. McFarlane Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Former Executive Director, Oxfam America; former Executive Director, ACCION International; Founder and Former Director, Feinstein International Famine Center, Tufts University; Consultant, Women's World Banking and USAID *Lindsay M. Harris*, Managing Director, A Bridge for Africa Foundation *Polly F Harrison*, PhD, Director, Alliance for Microbicide Development *David Heymann*, MD, MPH, Former Executive Director for Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization *Amreen Husain*, MD, Assistant Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Stanford University *Evaleen Jones*, MD, Founder, President and Medical Director, Child Family Health International; Clinical Assistant P *Judith Justice*, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology and Health Policy in Residence, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF *"Pediatric AIDS: Worlds Apart," Mark W. Kline*, MD, President, Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative; Professor of Pediatrics and Head, Section of Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine *"Addressing the Reproductive Health of Women and Girls Displaced by Conflict and Natural Disasters," Sandra Krause*, MPH, BSN, Reproductive Health Project Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children *"Healing Through Laughter - An Innovative Psychosocial Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Southern Africa," Jamie Mclaren Lachman*, Project Njabulo Director, Clowns Without Borders *Peter R. Lamptey*, MD, DrPH, President, Family Health International Institute for HIV/AIDS *Ana Langer*, MD, President and CEO, EngenderHealth *"Health and Human Rights," Robert S. Lawrence*, MD, Edyth H. Schoenrich Professor of Preventive Medicine and Associate Dean for Professional Practice and Programs; Director, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health *"An Effective Model of Rural Microfinance," Brian Lehnen*, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Village Enterprise Fund *Fiona Macaulay,* President, Making Cents International *Jane Maxwell*, Editor, Hesperian Foundation *Robert Metcalf*, PhD, Professor Biological Sciences, California State University, Sacramento; Treasurer, Solar Cookers International *John McGoldrick, *Executive Vice President, Bristol-Myers Squibb* "Is Women's Health A Human Right?" Mini Murthy*, MD, MPH, MS, Assistant Professor of Practice,New York Medical College School of Public Health *Andre-Jacques Neusy*, MD, DTM&H, Associate Professor of Medicine; Director of Center for Global Health, New York University School of Medicine *"Innovations in Global Health Education," Thomas Novotny*, MD, MPH, Director of International Programs; Professor in Residence, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine *Bjorg Palsdottir*, MPA, Consultant, Co-Founder and Associate Director of the Center for Global Health at New York Unive *"Exploring Reproductive and Sexual Health With Liberian Refugee Women," Rena Patel*, MPhil, BA, MD Candidate, Stanford School of Medicine *Philip Pizzo*, MD, Dean of Stanford University School of Medicine *Jonathan D. Quick*, MD, MPH, President & Chief Executive Officer, Management Sciences for Health *William W. Rankin*, PhD, President, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance *Farshad Rastegar*, MD, President and CEO, Relief International *"Addressing the Root Causes of Disease in Haiti," Ian Rawson*, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti *William Reese*, President and CEO, International Youth Foundation *"To Replant the Uprooted: Toward A Shared Vision of Health Communities," George Rupp*, PhD, President and CEO, International Rescue Committee *Lisa Russell*, MPH, Filmmaker, Obstetric Fistula *Harshad Sanghvi*, MD, Medical Director, Maternal and Neonatal Health Program, JHPIEGO *Scott Sasser*, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine *Karen Sendelback*, President and CEO, Friends of the World Food Program *"Reducing Maternal Mortality in Three Low Resource Countries," Jill Sheffield*, President, Family Care International *Robert David Siegel*, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Program in Human Biology, and Center for African *Lilit Simonyan*, MPA Candidate; Founder, Former CEO, International Director, Stepanavan Youth Center NGO Armenia *"Medicine in Vietnam: Past, Present, and Future," Peter A. Singer*, MD, Chairman, East Meets West Foundation; Professor of Clinical Medicine, Chief, Clinical Endocrinology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California *"Basic Pathology and Immunology of Leprosy," David M. Scollard, *MD, PhD, Chief, Research Pathology, National Hansen's Disease Programs, Louisiana State University *Cathy Skoula*, Executive Director, Action Against Hunger-USA *D. Scott Smith*, MD, MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City Hospital *Jim Smith*, Executive Director, American International Health Alliance Inc *Jessie Stone*, MD, Director, Soft Power Heath, Uganda *Landry Tsague*, MD, William H. Foege Fellow, Department of Global Health at Emory Rollins School of Public Health *"Global Health Ethics in the New Millenium, Evolving Concepts," Anvar Velji*, MD, Treasurer, Global Health Education Consortium; Chief of Infectious Disease at Kaiser Permanente, South Sacramento; Clinical Professor, University of California at Davis *Paul Volberding*, MD, Professor and Vice Chair, UCSF Department of Medicine; Chief, Medical Service SF Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Co-Director, UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research *Karen White*, MBA, MPH, Senior Researcher, Institute for Global Health, UCSF *Tanya Whitehead*, PhD, University of Missouri - Kansas City *Elliott Wolfe*, MD, Consulting Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine *"Leadership of Global Health NGOs," Derek Yach*, MBChB, MPH, Director of Rockefeller Foundation's Program on Global Health Global Eye Care and Research *Robert Alexander*, MPH, PhD, National Eye Institute *R. Rand Allingham*, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology; Director, Glaucoma Service, Duke University Eye Center *"Eye Care in Ghana, The Challenges and Way Forward," Thomas Tontie Baah*, MD, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Hospital, Ghana *"Progress Towards Affordable Vision Correction: New Appropriate Technology and Clinical Methodology," Ian B. Berger*, M.D., M.P.H. Dr.PH, Founding President, InFOCUS *Tom Beggins*, MD, Former Medical Director and Surgeon, Lusaka Eye Hospital, Zambia *Sandy Block*, OD, Illinois College of Optometry *Harry S. Brown*, MD, Founder and President, SEE International *"Glaucoma in Africa: What We Know and What We Need To Know," Donald Budenzv*, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine *"Cornea Transplant Needs and Barriers in Ghana," James Clarke*, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana** *Pat Cross*, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Medical Student Research and Scholarship, Stanford School of Medicine *"Ocular Leprosy: Results From A Seven Year Longitudinal Study," Ebenezer Daniel*, M.B.B.S.M.S.D.O.M.P.H.M.A.M.S, Division of Ocular Immunology, Department of Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicines *Osei Darkwa*, PhD, MCSE, CCNA, Founder and President, Ghana Computer Literacy and Distance Education; Founder, Asante Akim Multipurpose Community Telecentre; Unite For Sight Ghana Program Coordinator *Syril Dorairaj*, MD, Glaucoma Service at New York Eye & Ear Infirmary *Gordon Douglas*, MD, Medical Director, Orbis International *Michael R. Duenas*, OD, Health Scientist/Project Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation and National Vision Program *"What I Have Learned About Glaucoma Management in Ghana," Peter Egbert*, MD, Professor, Stanford Department of Ophthalmology *Joe Feczko*, MD, Vice President, Pfizer Inc., Executive Vice President, Pfizer Global Research and Development, and President, Worldwide Development *"Women and Eye Disease," Ilene Gipson*, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; Chair, Women's Eye Health Task Force Executive Committee *Jasvir Grewal*, MD, Ophthalmologist, UK *"Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity," William Good*, MD *"River Blindness Control and Elimination Programs," Ken Gustavsen, *Manager, Global Product Donations, Merck & Co., Inc *"Nutritional Factors in the Development of Cataracts,"* *Heskel Haddad*, MD, New York Medical College *"Current Challenges in Glaucoma Management," Andrew Iwach*, MD, Glaucoma Research & Education Group, American Academy of Ophthalmology Committee of Secretaries *Mohammed Kabir*, Optometrist, Kumasi School of Optometry, Ghana *Vasudev Kanade*, MD, St. Raphael's Hospital *"River Blindness Disease - Past, Present, and Future Control/Elimination," Moses Katabarwa*, BSc, MPH MA, PhD, Program Epidemiologist, River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis, and Schistosomiasis Programs, Carter Center *"Vitamins and Carotenoids in the Prevention of Blindness," Klaus Kraemer*, MD, Secretary General, Sight and Life *Murali Krishnamurthy*, President, Sankara Eye Foundation *"Infinite Vision - The Story of Dr. V(enkataswamy) and the Aravind Eye Care System," Pavithra Krishnan*, Filmmaker *Jacob Kumaresan*, MD, MPH, Dr.PH, President, International Trachoma Initiative *Bradford Lee*, MSc, MD Candidate, Stanford University *Tom Lewis*, Southern Eye Associates, Sierra Leone *"Visioning Tibet," Marc Lieberman*, MD, Founder and Medical Director, Tibet Vision Project *"Eye Diseases of Artists: Van Gough, Monet, and Others," Michael Marmor*, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University *Roger Martin*, Allergan/Lumigan Glaucoma Screening Activist *Stephen McLeod*, MD, Theresa M. and Wayne M. Caygill MD Endowed Chair; Associate Professor and Interim Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco *Christine Melton*, MD, Friends of Aravind Association *Eydie Miller*, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine *"Global Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness: Challenges for Public Health Ophthalmology," Mohammed Muhit*, MD, Clinical Research Fellow, International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine *"Sustainability and Eye Care Programs: Development of a Global Resource," Kovin Naidoo*, BSc, BOptomOD, MPH, Director International Centre for Eyecare Education in Africa *Jennifer Peterson*, Country Director, Guinea and Sierra Leone, Helen Keller International *Alejandro Ramirez Magana*, Director General, Cinepolis *Gullapalli N. Rao*, MD, President, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness; Distinguished Chair of Eye Health, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute *"Entrepreneurship and Ophthalmic Equipment," Rizvi Rawoof*, Director, Optiquip Surgical, Sri Lanka *Hannah Reddick*, Guinea Program Assistant, Helen Keller International *Alan Robin*, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital *"An Epidemic of Blindness in Cuba: Lessons on Nutrition and Mitochondria," Alfredo A. Sadun*, MD, PhD, Floral Thornton Chair of Vision Research, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California *Cathy Schanzer*, MD, Medical Director and Chief Surgeon, Southern Eye Associates **"*The Ukrainian Eye Project: A 14-Year Effort To Rehabilitate Vision Care Capabilities in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine,"* *William Selezinka*, MD, Retired Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, UCSD *"Eye Care in Chennai, India," T. Senthil*, MBBS, Consulting Ophthalmologist, Uma Eye Clinic, India *Chirag Shah*, MD, MPH, Wills Eye Hospital *"Identification of Pathogenic Mechanisms of Glaucoma By Systems Analysis of Diverse Types of Genome-Wide Data," Val Shestopalov*, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute *Kuldev Singh*, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University *Pooja Sinha*, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India *Satyajit Sinha*, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India *"International Ophthalmology: Structure and Function," Bruce Spivey*, MD, President, International Council of Ophthalmology *"Education of Ophthalmologists and Allied Eye Care Providers: A Cornerstone of Preservation and Restoration of Vision Worldwide," Bradley R. Straatsma*, MD, JD, President International Council of Ophthalmology Foundation; Professor Emeritus, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA *"From Enthusiasm to Effectiveness - Moving Forward in Liberia, West Africa," Glenn Strauss*, MD, Vice President of International Health Care and Programs, Mercy Ships International *"Biominetic Artificial Cornea," Christopher Ta*, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University *"Advances in Cornea Transplantation," Shachar Tauber*, MD, Director of Ophthalmology Research, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, St. John's Hospital and Clinics *Jeff Todd*, MS, JD, Vice President Programs and Public Health, Prevent Blindness America *Ken Tuck*, MD, Past President of American Academy of Ophthalmology *R. Venkatesh*, DO, DNB, Deputy CMO, Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry, India *"Eye Care Services in Northern Region, Ghana: The Role of NGOs" Seth Wanye*, MD, The Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana *Jachin Williams*, Community Eye Care, LV Prasad Eye Institute, India *M. Roy Wilson*, MD, Chancellor, University of Colorado HSC *Richard Wilson*, MD, Gaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital Access CANCHID archives at: https://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/canchid.html plus CANCHID subscription management. CANCHID is a joint service of the Canadian Society for International Health < http:www.csih.org > and the Distributed Knowledge Project at York University. Queries to: [log in to unmask]