[Ict4ruralwomeninafrica] Final Call for Abstracts - International Health Conference
Jennifer Staple
Jennifer.Staple@aya.yale.edu
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*CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - Unite For Sight's 3rd Annual International Health
Conference*
*"Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"
_ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: AUGUST 15_
*
*When*: April 1-2, 2006
*Where*: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
*Theme*: "Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"
*Who should attend?* Anyone interested in medicine, health education,
health promotion, public health, international health, international
service, or eye care
*Conference Goal:* To empower conference attendees to identify health
needs and to develop solutions to improve access to care for the
medically underserved
*How to Register - Early Bird Registration!*
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php
*Early Bird Registration Rate:* $25 student rate; $30 for all others*
How to Submit Abstract:
*http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_conference_posters.php
_*Abstract Categories - Submission Deadline August 15*_
1. International Medicine and International Health
2. Public Health
3. Scientific Research
4. Advocacy and Health Policy
5. Nonprofits in Health
FEATURED SESSIONS - Additional Speakers To Be Announced
*_Keynote Address_*
/"Environment, Behavior and Health: Societies Matter"/ Al Sommer, MD,
MHS <http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#alsommer>
_The Health of Women and Children: A Global Overview_
/"Women's Health: A Global Overview,"/ Allan Rosenfield, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#allanrosenfield>
/"Strengthening Community Capacity for Maternal, Newborn and Child
Health,"/ Charles MacCormack
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#charlesmaccormack>
/"The Challenges of Pediatric AIDS in Africa - A Lesson in Hope and
Humanity"/ Shaffiq Essajee, BMBCh
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#shaffiqessajee>
_Strategies in Global Health_
/"Global Health Governance in a Time of Rapid Change: Opportunities and
Concerns"/ Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#derekyach>
/"Community Approaches to Achieve Global Health Goals,"/ Jacob
Kumaresan, MD, MPH, Dr.PH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jacobkumaresan>
Andre-Jacques Neusy, MD, DTM&H
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#andreneusy>
Nora Groce, PhD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#noragroce>
/"Public-Private Partnership as a Strategy for Addressing Global Health
Issues: Lessons Learned from The Mectizan Donation Program,"/ Brenda
Colatrella
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#brendacolatrella>
_Community Strategies to Improve Eye Care_
/"Update on Vision 2020: the Right to Sight,"/ Louis Pizzarello, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#louispizzarello>
/"Barriers to Eye Care: Results of Qualitative Research,"/ Rosie
Janiszewski, MS, CHES
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#rosiejaniszewski>
Ilene Gipson, PhD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#ilenegipson>
/"Teaching the Teachers: Empowering Refugee Communities Through
School-Based Education,"/ Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#valdaford>
/"Community Strategies To Improve Eye Care,"/ Satya B. Verma, OD, FAAO
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#satyaverma>
Janet Leasher, OD, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#janetleasher>
/"Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity Globalizing Eye Care"/ Harry
I. Zeltzer, OD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#harryzeltzer>
/"Strategic planning for trachoma control in nine endemic countries,"/
A. Sam-Abbenyi, MD, MSc
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#samabbenyi>
_Building Capacity Through Surgical Eye Care_
/"Sustainable Surgical Eye Care Delivery,"/ Victoria Sheffield and John
Barrows, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#victoriasheffield>
Harry S. Brown, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#harrybrown>
/"Challenges and Successes of Surgical Eye Care in //Africa//,"/ Cathy
Schanzer, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#cathyschanzer>
_Refractive Error: From Needs To Eyeglass Empowerment_
/"Estimates of Functional Blindness and Impaired Vision Due To
Uncorrected Refractive Error,"/ Brien A. Holden, PhD, DSc, OAM
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#brienholden>
/"Community-Based, Self-Sustaining, Easy-to-Replicate InFOCUS Vision
Stations: Helping to Meet and Increasing Need for Primary Vision Care,
Head-On"/ Ian B. Berger, M.D., M.P.H. Dr.PH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#ianberger>
/"Social Entrepreneurship and Presbyopia"/ Jordan Kassalow, OD, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jordankassalow>
Joshua Silver, PhD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#joshuasilver>
_Glaucoma Angles and Approaches_
/"What is Glaucoma?"/ Robert Ritch, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#robertritch>
/"Glaucoma Care For The Medically Underserved in the //U.S.//"/ Martin
Wand, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#martinwand>
/"Glaucoma Screening in a High Risk Population of New Haven,"/ Bruce
Shields, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#bruceshields>
/"Population Based Glaucoma Screening, Why Not To Do It,"/ James
Standefer, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jamesstandefer>
Leon W. Herndon, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#leonherndon>
Roger W. Martin
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#rogermartin>
_Vision Screening Strategies_
Bruce Moore, OD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#brucemoore>
Erik Weissberg, OD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#erikweissberg>
_Vision and Clinical Research_
Shachar Tauber, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#shachartauber>
/"The Ethics Behind Clinical Research in Developing Nations,"/ Matthew
D. Paul, MD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#matthewpaul>
Breakout Workshop Sessions
_Cultural Competency_
/"Lessons from the Camps: Why You Should Not Hug the Monk and other Faux
Pas,"/ Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#valdaford>
_Best Practices: Microfinance's Role in Sustainable Development_
Jordan Kassalow, OD, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jordankassalow>
/"Fonkoze: Providing Financial and Educational Services to //Haiti//'s
Poor"/ Sharmi Sobhan and Anne Hastings, PhD
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#sharmisobhan>
_Lessons from __India__: Health Outreach and __Capacity__
__Building_
/"Lok Swasthya Sewa, a Model Health Cooperative in //Ahmedabad//,
//India//."/ Chirag Shah, MD, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#chiragshah>
Jacqueline de Chollet
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jacquelinechollet>
Keith Tauro
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#keithtauro>
_Clinical and Pubic Health Approaches to Eye Care_
/"From Eye Charts to Eye Clinics: Building Community Health
Infrastructure,"/ Sachin Jain, MD, MPH Candidate
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#sachinjain>
/"A Vision of Possibilities: Merging Clinical and Public Health
Perspectives in Ocular Health,"/ Rohit Ramchandani, MPH
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#rohitramchandani>
/"Eye Health Among Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda;
Restoring the Lost Hopes,"/ Kenneth Daniel, MD Candidate
<http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#kennethdaniel>
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<div align="center"><b>CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - Unite For Sight's 3rd
Annual International
Health Conference</b><br>
</div>
<div align="center"><b>"Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"<br>
<br>
<u>ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: AUGUST 15</u><br>
<br>
</b>
<div align="left"><b>When</b>: April 1-2, 2006<br>
<b>Where</b>: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut<br>
<b>Theme</b>: "Empowering Communities to Bridge Health Divides"<br>
<b>Who should attend?</b> Anyone interested in medicine, health
education, health promotion, public health, international health,
international service, or eye care<br>
<b>Conference Goal:</b> To empower conference attendees to identify
health needs and to develop solutions to improve access to care for the
medically underserved<br>
<b>How to Register - Early Bird Registration!</b> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php">http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php</a><br>
<b>Early Bird Registration Rate:</b> $25 student rate; $30 for all
others<b><br>
How to Submit Abstract: </b><a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_conference_posters.php">http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_conference_posters.php</a><br>
</div>
</div>
<p><u><b>Abstract Categories - Submission Deadline August 15</b></u><br>
</p>
<ol>
<li>International Medicine and International Health</li>
<li>Public Health</li>
<li>Scientific Research</li>
<li>Advocacy and Health Policy</li>
<li>Nonprofits in Health</li>
</ol>
<h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">FEATURED
SESSIONS - Additional Speakers To Be Announced</span></h2>
<br>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><strong><u>Keynote Address</u></strong><br>
<em>"Environment, Behavior and Health: Societies Matter"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#alsommer">Al
Sommer, MD, MHS</a><br>
</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u>The Health of Women and
Children: A Global Overview</u><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p class="indent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><em>"Women's
Health: A Global Overview,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#allanrosenfield">Allan
Rosenfield, MD</a><br>
<em>"Strengthening Community Capacity for Maternal, Newborn and Child
Health,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#charlesmaccormack">Charles
MacCormack</a><br>
<em>"The Challenges of Pediatric AIDS in Africa - A Lesson in Hope and
Humanity"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#shaffiqessajee">Shaffiq
Essajee, BMBCh</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br>
</h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u>Strategies in Global Health</u><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p class="indent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><em>"Global
Health Governance in a Time of Rapid Change: Opportunities and Concerns"</em>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#derekyach">Derek
Yach, MBChB, MPH</a><br>
<em>"Community Approaches to Achieve Global Health Goals,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jacobkumaresan">Jacob
Kumaresan, MD, MPH, Dr.PH</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#andreneusy">Andre-Jacques
Neusy, MD, DTM&H</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#noragroce">Nora
Groce, PhD</a><br>
<em>"Public-Private Partnership as a Strategy for Addressing Global
Health
Issues: Lessons Learned from The Mectizan Donation Program,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#brendacolatrella">Brenda
Colatrella</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br>
</h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u>Community Strategies to
Improve
Eye Care</u><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p class="indent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><em>"Update on
Vision 2020: the Right to Sight,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#louispizzarello">Louis
Pizzarello, MD</a><br>
<em>"Barriers to Eye Care: Results of Qualitative Research,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#rosiejaniszewski">Rosie
Janiszewski, MS, CHES</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#ilenegipson">Ilene
Gipson, PhD</a><br>
<em>"Teaching the Teachers: Empowering Refugee Communities Through
School-Based
Education,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#valdaford">Valda
Ford, MPH, MS, RN</a><br>
<em>"Community Strategies To Improve Eye Care,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#satyaverma">Satya
B. Verma, OD, FAAO</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#janetleasher">Janet
Leasher, OD, MPH</a><br>
<em>"Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity Globalizing Eye Care"</em>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#harryzeltzer">Harry
I. Zeltzer, OD</a><br>
<em>"Strategic planning for trachoma control in nine endemic
countries,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#samabbenyi">A.
Sam-Abbenyi, MD, MSc</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br>
</h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u>Building Capacity Through
Surgical Eye Care</u><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p class="indent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><em>"Sustainable
Surgical Eye Care Delivery,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#victoriasheffield">Victoria
Sheffield and John Barrows, MPH</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#harrybrown">Harry
S. Brown, MD</a><br>
<em>"Challenges and Successes of Surgical Eye Care in </em><st1:place><em>Africa</em></st1:place><em>,"</em>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#cathyschanzer">Cathy
Schanzer, MD</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br>
</h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u>Refractive Error: From Needs
To
Eyeglass Empowerment</u><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p class="indent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><em>"Estimates of
Functional Blindness and Impaired Vision Due To Uncorrected Refractive
Error,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#brienholden">Brien
A. Holden, PhD, DSc, OAM</a><br>
<em>"Community-Based, Self-Sustaining, Easy-to-Replicate InFOCUS Vision
Stations: Helping to Meet and Increasing Need for Primary Vision Care,
Head-On"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#ianberger">Ian
B.
Berger, M.D., M.P.H. Dr.PH</a><br>
<em>"Social Entrepreneurship and Presbyopia"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jordankassalow">Jordan
Kassalow, OD, MPH</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#joshuasilver">Joshua
Silver, PhD</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br>
</h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u>Glaucoma Angles and Approaches</u><o:p></o:p></h4>
<em>"What is
Glaucoma?"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#robertritch">Robert
Ritch, MD</a><br>
<em>"Glaucoma Care For The Medically Underserved in the </em><st1:country-region><st1:place><em>U.S.</em></st1:place></st1:country-region><em>"</em>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#martinwand">Martin
Wand, MD</a><br>
<em>"Glaucoma Screening in a High Risk Population of New Haven,"</em>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#bruceshields">Bruce
Shields, MD</a><br>
<em>"Population Based Glaucoma Screening, Why Not To Do It,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jamesstandefer">James
Standefer, MD</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#leonherndon">Leon
W. Herndon, MD</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#rogermartin">Roger
W. Martin</a><br>
<br>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u>Vision Screening Strategies</u><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p class="indent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#brucemoore">Bruce
Moore, OD</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#erikweissberg">Erik
Weissberg, OD</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="indent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br>
</h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u>Vision and Clinical Research</u><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p class="indent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#shachartauber">Shachar
Tauber, MD</a><br>
<em>"The Ethics Behind Clinical Research in Developing Nations,"</em>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#matthewpaul">Matthew
D. Paul, MD</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br>
</h3>
<h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Breakout Workshop Sessions<o:p></o:p></h3>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br>
</h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u>Cultural Competency</u><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p class="indent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><em>"Lessons from
the Camps: Why You Should Not Hug the Monk and other Faux Pas,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#valdaford">Valda
Ford, MPH, MS, RN</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br>
</h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u>Best Practices: Microfinance's
Role in Sustainable Development</u><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p class="indent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jordankassalow">Jordan
Kassalow, OD, MPH</a><br>
<em>"Fonkoze: Providing Financial and Educational Services to </em><st1:country-region><st1:place><em>Haiti</em></st1:place></st1:country-region><em>'s
Poor"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#sharmisobhan">Sharmi
Sobhan and Anne Hastings, PhD</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br>
</h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u>Lessons from </u><st1:country-region><st1:place><u>India</u></st1:place></st1:country-region><u>:
Health Outreach and </u><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><u>Capacity</u></st1:PlaceName><u>
</u><st1:PlaceType><u>Building</u></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p class="indent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><em>"Lok Swasthya
Sewa, a Model Health Cooperative in </em><st1:place><st1:City><em>Ahmedabad</em></st1:City><em>,
</em><st1:country-region><em>India</em></st1:country-region></st1:place><em>."</em>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#chiragshah">Chirag
Shah, MD, MPH</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#jacquelinechollet">Jacqueline
de Chollet</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#keithtauro">Keith
Tauro</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br>
</h4>
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><u>Clinical and Pubic Health
Approaches to Eye Care</u><o:p></o:p></h4>
<p class="indent" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><em>"From Eye
Charts to Eye Clinics: Building Community Health Infrastructure,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#sachinjain">Sachin
Jain, MD, MPH Candidate</a><br>
<em>"A Vision of Possibilities: Merging Clinical and Public Health
Perspectives in Ocular Health,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#rohitramchandani">Rohit
Ramchandani, MPH</a><br>
<em>"Eye Health Among Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda;
Restoring the Lost Hopes,"</em> <a
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2006_annual_conference.php#kennethdaniel">Kenneth
Daniel, MD Candidate</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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