- Dr. Gerald Keusch, Associate Provost for Global Health, talking about new perspectives in tackling Global Health using innovation and political will.
- MGH's Thomas Burke, MD sharing the wealth of initiatives housed under MGH's Center for Global Health and Disaster Response. Including a project that repurposes an automobile into an isolette for babies (my favorite).
- Durable and locally manufacturable microfluidic diagnostic devices by the Klapperich Lab at BU.
- Need to catch up on your C-section skills? Try a few dry runs on a mother-baby simulator by the SIM Group at CIMIT thanks to advanced tissue engineering and software.
- Zebra Med: An online telemedical consult service that lets doctors volunteer their time and expertise in far away places in as little as 30 minutes at a time
- A handful of microclinic business models to cover urban, periurban, and rural patients
- A global pharma-sponsored set of research and aid programs to combat TB, malaria, and leprosy
- Insightful discussion on the promise of leapfrogging technologies in global health, and attracting young innovators towards to the field.
Gerald T Keusch, Associate Dean for Global Health, Boston University
Neil Ryder, PhD, Executive Director of Infectious Diseases, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Thomas Burke, MD, Director, Center for Global Health and Disaster Response, MGH
Alexis Wallace, Executive Director, Medicine in Need
Vikram Sheel Kumar, MD, co-Founder, President and CEO, Dimagi
They were followed by a number of entrepreneurs active in the intersection of health, technology, and BOP opportunities.
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