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UNITE FOR SIGHT SYMPOSIUM
GLOBAL PARTNERS: YOUTH, CORPORATIONS, AND ACADEMIA
BRIDGING HEALTH DIVIDES
Saturday, October 2, 2004
Symposium 12-4:30 PM ET at NYU School of Medicine
Followed by Jazz For Peace Festival at 5:30 PM
New York City
Register by September 20th - Reduced Rate
All of the funds raised from the $8 registration fees will go toward Unite For Sight's sight-restoring cataract surgery programs in Humjibre, Ghana and Nyamuswa, Tanzania this Fall.
Group Rates Available
Register at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2004_symposium.shtml
Contact [email protected] with any questions.
Unite For Sight is pleased to invite you to attend an exciting international conference for students, volunteers, physicians, professors, corporate professionals, nurses, public health professionals, and leaders in ophthalmology, pubic health, academia, corporations, and policy.
Confirmed Plenary Speakers:
--"Stem Cells to the Retinal Rescue," Dr. Michael J. Young, PhD, Director, Minda de Gunzburg Research Center for Retinal Transplantation, Schepens Eye Research Institute and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School
--Dr. Ronald Waldman, MD, MPH Professor of Clinical Population & Family Health and Deputy Director of the Center for Global Health and Economic Development at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
--"Bridging Health Divides: A Federal Perspective," Ms. Rosemary Janiszewski, Deputy Director, Office of Communication, Health Education and Public Liaison; Director, National Eye Institute Health Education Program, NIH.
--"Entrepreneurship in Medical Technology and the Role of Venture Capital," Mr. Mart Bailey, President, Callaway Private Equity Partners
--"Eye Diseases and Community Experiences in Tanzania," Dr. Muhsin Sheriff, MD, MPH, MUCHS - Harvard Research Collaboration, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; MPH in Quantitative Methods Candidate at Harvard School of Public Health
Unite For Sight Summer 2004 Interns in Tanzania and Ghana:
--"Better Vision, A Better Life: Ghana Health and Education Initiative and Unite For Sight Restoring Eyesight in Rural Ghana," Alison Polk-Williams
--"Unite For Sight Improving Eye Health in Rural Tanzania," Sachin Jain
--"Unite For Sight's Eye Health Programs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania," Sally Ong
Biographies of Speakers at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2004_symposium.shtml
Contact [email protected] with any questions.
UNITE FOR SIGHT SYMPOSIUM
GLOBAL PARTNERS: YOUTH, CORPORATIONS, AND ACADEMIA
BRIDGING HEALTH DIVIDES
Saturday, October 2, 2004
Symposium 12-4:30 PM ET at NYU School of Medicine
Followed by Jazz For Peace Festival at 5:30 PM
New York City
Register by September 20th - Reduced Rate
All of the funds raised from the $8 registration fees will go toward Unite For Sight's sight-restoring cataract surgery programs in Humjibre, Ghana and Nyamuswa, Tanzania this Fall.
Group Rates Available
Register at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2004_symposium.shtml
Contact [email protected] with any questions.
Unite For Sight is pleased to invite you to attend an exciting international conference for students, volunteers, physicians, professors, corporate professionals, nurses, public health professionals, and leaders in ophthalmology, pubic health, academia, corporations, and policy.
Confirmed Plenary Speakers:
--"Stem Cells to the Retinal Rescue," Dr. Michael J. Young, PhD, Director, Minda de Gunzburg Research Center for Retinal Transplantation, Schepens Eye Research Institute and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School
--Dr. Ronald Waldman, MD, MPH Professor of Clinical Population & Family Health and Deputy Director of the Center for Global Health and Economic Development at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
--"Bridging Health Divides: A Federal Perspective," Ms. Rosemary Janiszewski, Deputy Director, Office of Communication, Health Education and Public Liaison; Director, National Eye Institute Health Education Program, NIH.
--"Entrepreneurship in Medical Technology and the Role of Venture Capital," Mr. Mart Bailey, President, Callaway Private Equity Partners
--"Eye Diseases and Community Experiences in Tanzania," Dr. Muhsin Sheriff, MD, MPH, MUCHS - Harvard Research Collaboration, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; MPH in Quantitative Methods Candidate at Harvard School of Public Health
Unite For Sight Summer 2004 Interns in Tanzania and Ghana:
--"Better Vision, A Better Life: Ghana Health and Education Initiative and Unite For Sight Restoring Eyesight in Rural Ghana," Alison Polk-Williams
--"Unite For Sight Improving Eye Health in Rural Tanzania," Sachin Jain
--"Unite For Sight's Eye Health Programs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania," Sally Ong
Biographies of Speakers at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2004_symposium.shtml
Contact [email protected] with any questions.
