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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 27-31, 2008 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, and advocacy skills training led by leading global health advocates.
 Changing the World:
The Doctor-Activist in a Globalized Society
Commencement Address
presented by Nils Daulaire, M.D., M.P.H.
at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
May 25, 2008
read commencement address
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Please celebrate the future leaders of global health by attending the following sessions:
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Wednesday, May 28
1:45 - 3:45 pm
Invited Panel Presenters and Affiliations:
Mawuena Agbonyitor
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Emily M. Evens
Carolina Population Center
Temitope Folaranmi
Obafemi Awolowo University
Dohyeong Kim
Duke University
Prateek Srinet
Johns Hopkins University Collaborative Centre, India
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Poster Session and Gallery
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Thursday, May 29
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
NIGH poster presenters will take part in the overall conference poster session.
Invited Poster Presenters and Affiliations:
Habtamu Belete
Addis Ababa University
Cassie L. Chandler
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of International Health
Young Kyung Do
University of North Carolina
Amy Adair Ellis
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Cherrie L. Evans
Boston University
Julian J. Harris
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Rebekah R. Heinzen
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Maria-Graciela Hollm-Delgado
University of Montreal
Jocelyn Kelly
Harvard School of Public Health
Christopher A. LaFond
University of Michigan
Jordan Paul Lewis
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Janna R. McDougall, MPH
International Center for Research on Women
Jaime L. Moo-Young
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Emily Christensen Rand
American Red Cross
Jaspal S. Sandhu
University of California, Berkeley
Ashley Simons-Rudolph
RTI International
North Carolina State University
Clinton Henry Trout, III
Boston University School of Public Health Department of International Health
Katherine Tumlinson
Family Health International
Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Ann Warner
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Sergio Zegarra
Mano a Mano Bolivia
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Sponsors of the 2008 NIGH Scholarship Program
The Council would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of the scholarship program:
Canadian International Development Agency | visit website
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health | visit website
Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health | visit website
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health | visit website
Nick Simons Foundation | visit website
University of California at San Francisco, Global Health Sciences Program | visit website
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Global Health Programs | visit website
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Nick Simons Scholars
Cherrie L. Evans and Prateek Srinet have been named the 2008 Nick Simons Scholars. The 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, Cherrie and Prateek were chosen as the Nick Simons Scholars based on their common interest in community-based maternal and child care.
Please contact conference@globalhealth.org with questions.
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