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New Investigators in Global Health
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 What is the New Investigators in Global Health (NIGH) Program?
The NIGH program is a competitive abstract submission and selection program designed to highlight exemplary research, policy and advocacy initiatives of new and future leaders in global health, and empower participants with global health advocacy skills. The program also provides the selected participants with the opportunity to make a presentation at a major international conference.
The program culminates in the selected presenters attending and participating in a full week of activities at the Council’s Annual International Conference on Global Health, May 26-30, 2009 in Washington, DC. Winners will participate in either the NIGH panel or the general poster session, and will attend career development sessions, a special networking reception, the Council’s Annual Awards Banquet, daily check-ins, and advocacy skills training led by leading global health advocates.
Please celebrate the future leaders of global health by attending the following sessions:
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New Investigator Panel:
Using Appropriate Technology to Improve Health: High and Low Tech
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Wednesday, May 27
10:45 am- 12:30 pm
Invited Panel Presenters and Affiliations:
Arpit Agarwal
Johns Hopkins University-Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU) Collaborative Center
Curtis Chin
Columbia University
Anjali Dotson
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Melissa Latigo
Case Western Reserve University
Gwenyth Lee
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
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Poster Session and Gallery
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Wednesday, May 27
4:30-5:30 pm
NIGH poster presenters will take part in the overall conference poster sessions.
Invited Poster Presenters and Affiliations:
Joyce Addo-Atuah
Touro College of Pharmacy
Liladhar Dhakal (Nick Simons Scholar; unable to attend)
Adventist Development and Relief Agency Nepal
Chimere Ohajinwa
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Cameron Page
Montefiore Medical Center
Crandall Peeler
Dartmouth College
Sood Rajesh Kumar
National Institute of Epidemiology
Loren Robinson
Duke University Global Health Institute
Prabu Selvam
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Andualem Wasihun
Abt Associates, Inc.
Thursday, May 28
2:15-3:15 pm
Invited Poster Presenters and Affiliations:
Abdullah Al-Maniri (unable to attend)
Karolinska Institute
Nelson Chiu
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Rebecca Cook
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Michelle Dynes (Nick Simons Scholar)
Mayo Clinic
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Laura Esmail
University of Toronto
Carissa Gottlieb
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Marianne Heppleston
Simon Fraser University
Sachiko Ozawa
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Jay Pandit
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Amy Williams
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Sera Young (Allan Rosenfield Scholar)
University of California, Davis
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Sponsors of the 2009 NIGH Scholarship Program
The Council would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of the scholarship program:
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
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Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
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Harvard School of Public Health
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Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Nick Simons Foundation
University of California, San Francisco, Global Health Sciences Program
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Nick Simons Scholars
Liladhar Dhakal and Michelle Dynes have been named the 2009 Nick Simons Scholars. The Nick Simons Foundation created the Nick Simons Scholars program in memory of Nick, a New York man who, having recently graduated from college, travelled to Nepal to work in 2002. He fell in love with the country, and returned home with the dream of becoming a doctor for the underserved. Tragically, Nick’s life ended some months later when he drowned while swimming in Indonesia. With the goal of bringing New Investigators in Global Health from the United States and from developing countries together in a positive working relationship, Michelle and Liladhar were chosen as the Nick Simons Scholars based on their common interest in child and newborn health and survival.
Allan Rosenfield Scholar
Sera Young has been named the 2009 Allan Rosenfield Scholar. The late Dr. Rosenfield was a true global health hero, a champion for women’s health and rights and maternal care around the globe. Dr. Rosenfield was also a committed board member of the Global Health Council and a staunch supporter of the New Investigators in Global Health program since it launched in 2005. To honor his legacy, the Global Health Council’s Board of Directors has created the Allan Rosenfield Scholar designation, selecting a leading accepted New Investigator presenter focusing on Allan’s historic priorities – reproductive health and family health.
Questions?
Please contact conference@globalhealth.org.
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