From Philosophy to Practice: Partnership as Paradigm

for Health Equity

2011 GlobeMed HillTop Global Health ConferenceNovember 11-13, 2011 • Columbia University • New York, NY

Welcome to the 2011 GlobeMed HillTop at Columbia University!

Over the past two years, GlobeMed has grown from 17 university chapters to 46, with more than 1,500 student members working with 47 grassroots health organizations on four continents. Partnership has always been a pillar of GlobeMed’s operational model and value system, but in light of GlobeMed’s recent expansion, the question of how exactly to foster intimate and productive partnerships becomes even more significant.

This HillTop aims to answer the question, “How do we improve our partnerships?” We will first unpack the value system framing partnership and examine the implications of those values at all levels of the movement for global health equity. Then, we will explore the many different manifestations of partnership and consider the potential opportunities for GlobeMed students. Lastly, we will think critically and creatively about how our network can best use partnership to build a broad-based social movement for global health equity.

We hope to translate our thinking into concrete improvements.

It has been our honor and our privilege to organize this conference, “From Philosophy to Practice: Partnership as Paradigm for Health Equity.” We hope this weekend will be rich with the challenging reflections, mind-opening conversations, and inspiring ideas that characterize GlobeMed’s unique synergy of community, network, and social movement.

This HillTop would not be possible without the kindness of many. We are deeply indebted to our chapter for their continuous support, and the University community that has rallied around our efforts to bring HillTop to Columbia. We owe the National Office a thousand thanks for their mentorship, and we especially would like to thank the Summit Team and last year’s HillTop Team from UNC-Chapel Hill for their expertise. A special thank you to all the GlobeMed alumni and speakers who have offered to share their time and experience with us. We are also indebted to you, the GlobeMed student whose passion and dedication make our network a constant source of inspiration and affirmation. Your contributions will define HillTop’s success.

Dear friends,

With love and admiration,

2011 GlobeMed HillTop Team Karina, Lillian, Conner, Diane, Katie, Katelyn, and Lianne

Welcome

The Network

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Participating Chapters and their Partner Organizations

Amherst College Pastoral de la Salud  San Salvador, El Salvador

Boston College Centro de Capacitación de Campesino de la Universidad Nacional San Cristobal de

Huamanga Ayacucho

Ayacucho, Peru

Brown University Ungano Tena Nairobi, Kenya

Bucknell University Kigezi Healthcare Foundation (KIHEFO) Kabale, Uganda

Columbia University Gulu Women's Economic Development - Globalization

Gulu, Uganda

Cornell University Centro de Atención Integral para Adolescentes (CEPAIPA)

Guayaquil, Ecuador

George Washington University

Rwanda Village Concept Project Huye District, Rwanda

MIT Women Mobilizing for Development Bokeo, Laos

Middlebury College Gardens for Health International Gasabo, Rwanda

Northeastern University Kitovu Mobile AIDS Organization Masaka, Uganda

Penn State University Asociación Intercomunal de Comunidades Unidas para el Desarrollo Económico y Social

del Bajo Lempa

Baja Lempa, El Salvador

Rutgers University Cooperation for Social Services and Development

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Tufts University Nyaya Health Achham, Nepal

University of Rochester Kallpa Iquitos Iquitos, Peru

HillTop ScheduleFriday, November 11

Check-In 3:00-6:30pm Havemeyer Lobby

Opening Keynote 7:00-8:00pm 309 Havemeyer

Peter Luckow is Chief Operating Officer at Tiyatien Health, a community-based health organization that works to provide health care to rural Liberian communities.  As a co-founder of GlobeMed, 2011 Echoing Green Fellow, and featured speaker at the 2011 Partners in Health Thomas J. White Symposium, Mr. Luckow has emerged as one of the foremost young leaders in the global health movement.  We hope that his considerable experience leading partnership-oriented health organizations will inspire students to think more critically about the role of partnerships in their work in the movement for health equity.

Small Group Discussions 8:15-9:15pm Hamilton Seminar Rooms

Saturday, November 12

Breakfast 9:00-10:00am James Room, Barnard Hall 4th floor

Why Partnership? 10:00-11:00am Hamilton Seminar Rooms The small group sessions will give students the chance to hear professionals from a wide array of disciplines discuss their personal reasons for working in social justice and choosing partnership as an ideological and operational model. 

Alastair Ager Mailman School of Public Health Hamilton 313

Bruce Charash Doc2Dock Hamilton 317

Christina Sass Clinton Global Initiative Hamilton 315

Jonna Davis & Christy Scazzero charity:water Hamilton 303

Mia Herron & Mathew Gerson Sir Richard’s Hamilton 511

Nadim Mahmud MedicMobile Hamilton 402

Paul Heck Red Hot Organization Hamilton 509

Stephanie Bridges Acumen Fund Hamilton 309

HillTop Schedule

Saturday, November 12 (cont’d)

Alumni Panel 11:15-12:45pm Julius S. Held Lecture Hall - 304 Barnard Hall Panelists: Amy Yang, Evan Blank, Hannah Robbins, Peter Luckow, and Stacy Chu

GlobeMed alumni from various fields will speak on a moderated panel about how their experiences with partnership through GlobeMed have informed their later professional or educational choices to continue engaging with the idea of partnership.

Pick-up lunch in 401 Hamilton 12:45-1:15pm

Lunch with Alumni 1:15-2:15pm Hamilton Seminar Rooms

Leaders: Amy Yang, Evan Blank, Hannah Robbins, Jon Shaffer, Peter Luckow, Stacy Chu, Tracy Fuad

Students will have lunch with alumni in small groups to personally discuss any questions they have about GlobeMed, future careers, or student life.

Chapter Presentations 2:30-3:45pm Julius S. Held Lecture Hall - 304 Barnard Hall

GlobeMed at Penn State, George Washington University, and Columbia/Barnard will present on their partnerships and share their struggles, successes, and lessons learned.

ThinkTanks 4:00-5:00pm Hamilton Seminar Rooms

Students will split into their different executive board and general membership positions to brainstorm ways they can advocate for stronger partnership with their chapter’s partner, university, and local community.

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Sunday, November 13

Small Groups 10:30-11:30am Barnard Hall Seminar Rooms

Closing Remarks 11:45-12:30pm Julius S. Held Lecture Hall - 304 Barnard Hall

Check-Out 12:45-1:30pm Barnard Hall Lobby

Small Group Discussions 5:15-6:15pm Hamilton Seminar Rooms

Dinner 6:30-7:30pm James Room, Barnard Hall 4th floor

Honorary Keynote Address 7:45-9:00pm Julius S. Held Lecture Hall - 304 Barnard Hall

Pamela W. Barnes, President and CEO of EngenderHealth, will deliver the honorary keynote address. EngenderHealth is a leading global reproductive health organization with more than 65 years of experience in improving the quality of family planning, maternal health, and HIV/AIDS services. Drawing upon her extraordinary leadership at EngenderHealth and previously at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Ms. Barnes will offer insight into the value of partnership in advancing health equity and committing to pragmatic solidarity.

 

Reception 9:00-10:00pm James Room

HillTop Schedule

Peter LuckowChief Operating Officer, Tiyatien Health

Peter Luckow currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Tiyatien Health, a Liberian social justice organization partnering with rural communities to advance health care and the rights of the poor. Peter co-founded and serves on the Board of Directors of GlobeMed, a national network of university students advancing the movement for global health equity now with 46 chapters across the country.

In 2011, Peter was selected as an Echoing Green Fellow along with Dr. Rajesh Panjabi for their work with Tiyatien Health. He has also worked with Partners In Health and the Division of Global Health Equity at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Peter graduated with a BA in Anthropology from Northwestern University and is a member of the University’s Deru Senior Honorary Leadership Society.

Opening KeynoteOpening Keynote

Pamela W. Barnes, President and Chief Executive Officer of EngenderHealth, has more than 30 years of managerial and global health experience in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. She was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, overseeing successful programs across 18 countries in Africa and Asia with more than 1,000 employees. Prior to this position, she was the foundation’s Chief Operating Officer.

Ms. Barnes also worked for more than 20 years in investment management and corporate finance for GTE and RCA. She served as Vice President of Operations and Finance for Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic in New York and as Vice President of Finance and Administration at the International Trachoma Initiative. She has published and lectured widely and recently served as co-leader of a global partnership organized by United Nations agencies and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention addressing sexual violence against girls. A former Peace Corps volunteer, Ms. Barnes holds a B.S. in Economics from Marymount College and an M.B.A. from Fordham University.

Pamela W. BarnesPresident and CEO, EngenderHealth

Honorary Keynote

Christina SassDeputy Director, CGI

Christina Sass is the Deputy Director of the Program Department at the Clinton Global Initiative.  Christina has a particular focus on innovative education initiatives and girls and women as change-makers in the developing world.

A graduate of The University of Georgia Honors Program and The Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, she has studied International NGO Management, Humanitarian Studies, and received the Presidential Award for Public Service.  

Christina enjoys Motown, good coffee, travel, and her southern roots. She seeks to convince anyone who will listen that “y'all” is a word worth savoring.

Dr. Alastair AgerExecutive Director, Global Health Initiative, Mailman

School of Public Health

Alastair Ager, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health and Executive Director of the Global Health Initiative at the Mailman School of Public Health. He trained in psychology at the universities of Keele, Wales and Birmingham, was head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Malawi, and served as Senior Research Manager for the UK Department for International Development, overseeing the agency's global portfolio of health and education research.

He is currently studying refugee mental health, psychosocial well-being and cultural resources; the planning and evaluation of health and social care programs; and the role of research in humanitarian and development assistance.

Dr. Bruce CharashFounder, Doc2Dock

Dr. Charash is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Doc to Dock, an organization that collects medical supplies from the US medical community and ships them to health care providers throughout Africa.

He authored the book Heart Myths, and has lectured extensively on public health and heart disease prevention. He received the 2008 “Outstanding Physician of the Year Award” from the Greater New York Hospital Association, and the “Friend of Africa Award” from AfriMetro in 2010.

Dr. Bruce Charash is a graduate of Cornell University, Cornell Medical School, and an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at NYU Medical School, and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.

Amy YangStudent, Mailman

School of Public Health

Amy graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Piano Performance and is now at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health studying Sociomedical Sciences with a concentration in Urbanism and the Built Environment.

Outside of academics, Amy is a wannabe wine and coffee snob, an avid hole-in-the-wall restaurant explorer, and specialist in Facebook-stalking GlobeMed at the University of Michigan. She is known to run from time to time and is currently trying to read Amartya Sen’s Inequality Reexamined and Jeffrey Sach’s The End of Poverty – simultaneously.

Speaker Biographies

Christy ScazzeroWater Programs Officer,

charity:water

Christy manages the organization's water, sanitation, and hygiene programs in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, and Nepal. She is responsible for identifying new programs, vetting proposals, and evaluating reporting on existing projects. She spends the majority of her time implementing partner organizations and traveling to assess the effectiveness of programs in the field.

Christy completed her undergraduate studies at Messiah College and studied abroad in Nepal, New Zealand and the Samoan islands. Christy's background is in the mental health field where she worked as a counselor for Transitional Services for New York Inc.,

Hannah RobbinsParalegal, American Civil Liberties Union

Hannah Robbins is a paralegal at the New York office of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project.  She graduated from Northwestern University in 2009 with a degree in Spanish and Gender Studies. 

Hannah became interested in immigrants’ rights as an intern at the National Immigrant Justice Center’s Asylum Project and as a staff member at GlobeMed, where she piloted GlobeMed’s Partner Search Fellowship in Latin America, connecting grassroots health organizations to GlobeMed students. Hannah enjoys hiking. camping, bike riding, and exploring the five boroughs.

Jon ShafferCommunity Engagement

Coordinator, Partners in Health

Jon Shaffer recently started as Community Engagement Coordinator for Partners In Health, where he will work to expand PIH's social strategy and create the structures necessary to achieve justice in health.

Previously, Jon served as Executive Director of GlobeMed, during which the network grew from 17 chapters and 500 students to 46 chapters and over 1,500 students, all partnering with 47 grassroots health organizations on four continents. 

He graduated from Northwestern in 2009, where he studied biomedical engineering and was active in the GlobeMed chapter. He loves tossing the frisbee, drinking good microbrews, and being from Portland, Oregon.

Evan BlankStudent, Mt. Sinai

School of Medicine

Evan Blank is a first year medical student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis, where he majored in Anthropology and Biology.

Evan co-founded his university’s GlobeMed chapter and traveled to Uganda to find his chapter’s partner. He worked to develop a partnership with Uganda Development and Health Associates. Evan returned to Uganda to work with UDHA, lead a GROW team and conduct research in alcohol production and consumption practices. In 2011, Evan worked as a GlobeMed Partner Search Fellow in Southeast Asia. to find 15 new GlobeMed partners.

Speaker Biographies

Jonna DavisWater Programs Officer,

charity:water

Jonna manages the organization's water, sanitation, and hygiene portfolio for West and Central Africa. She is responsible for identifying new programs, vetting proposals, and evaluating reporting on existing projects. She spends the majority of her time implementing partner organizations and traveling to assess the effectiveness of programs in the field.

Jonna received a Master's in Global Ethics from King's College London and completed undergraduate studies in Economics and Music at New York University. She worked for Ernst & Young's International Tax division. During and after graduate school, she focused on human rights in short-term positions in London, New York, and Lahore.

Mathew GersonCo-Founder, Sir Richard’s

Mathew Gerson co-founded Sir Richard's Condom Company, with the intention of helping meet the unmet global demand for condoms in developing countries while also looking to lessen societal barriers around condom use domestically. 

A social entrepreneur by nature, Gerson previously founded Econscious Market, an online storefront that sells environmentally and socially conscious products while donating up to 10% of each purchase to non-profit organizations.  Gerson studied Environmental Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Tibetan Buddhism at the Naropa Institute.

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Mia HerronDirector of Marketing and

Communications, Sir Richard’s

Mia Herron joined Sir Richard's Condom Company in November 2010, serving as director of marketing, communications and community engagement.  

Herron draws from experience in developing brand strategy and implementing integrated campaigns for clients ranging from start-ups to global brands to NGOs.  Herron holds a B.S. degree with honors from University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Nadim MahmudChief Research Officer,

MedicMobile

While working at a cholera clinic in Bangladesh, Nadim witnessed how profound lapses in healthcare communication routinely cost patients their lives.  

Nadim is the Research Director and Co-founder of Medic Mobile, where works to spearhead research partnerships, demonstrate the impact of Medic tools, and coordinate research internships. 

Nadim graduated from Yale University with a B.S./M.S. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, an MPH from Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health, and is a current medical student at Stanford University. He is a Bates Fellow, Rita F. Wyman Fellow, McKesson Fellow, and a Peter J. Sharp Fellow.

Speaker Biographies

Tracy FuadUrban Education Fellow,

Great Oaks Charter School

Tracy Fuad (or Ms. Fudad, as she is known by her students) graduated in 2011 from Northwestern University, where she studied Political Science, worked for the National Office, and tried to spend spend as much time outdoors as possible.

Currently, she is working at a charter school in Newark, New Jersey, as an Urban Education Fellow (primary duties: sharpening pencils; battling inequity). Living and working in Newark provides daily anecdotal evidence for the vicious ways injustice plagues communities near as well as far, and Tracy is excited to pick up the conversation with GlobeMed this year at Hilltop!

Paul HeckExecutive Producer,

Red Hot Organization

Paul Heck produces albums, concerts and short films for the Red Hot Organization to raise money and awareness to fight HIV/AIDS around the world. Paul also produces the Red Hot + concert series at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music.

He started with Red Hot in 1993, producing "No Alternative, and has since produced RH+RIO, RH+RIOT and Dark Was The Night. He has produced albums by The National and Antibalas, as well as compilations for Shuggie Otis, Fela Kuti, and Tim Maia.

Recently, Paul has been working with Mobilize4Africa, which focuses on stopping violence against womenin Africa through music, education, and entertainment, by leveraging the powerof mobile phones.

Stacy ChuStudent,

Cornell Medical College

Stacy is a second-year medical student at Cornell Medical College.  As an undergrad at Columbia she worked with Maya Cohen to establish GlobeMed’s partnership with the Ugandan NGO Gulu Women’s Economic Development and Globalization (GWED-G).  

As a medical student Stacy enjoys working with the Weill Cornell Community Clinic, Cornell Center for Human Rights, and aspects of the Global Health Curriculum.  Stacy loves music and paint, guacamole and friends, as well as any sport that takes place on snow.

Stephanie BridgesSenior Health Portfolio

Associate, Acumen Fund

Stephanie Bridges is a Senior Associate on the Health Portfolio at Acumen Fund. She works with the global health team on deal diligence, investment management, and strategy.

Previously, Stephanie worked as a management consultant with Monitor Group, where she managed a large-scale study profiling social enterprises across East and West Africa. The outcome was published in the report “Promise and Progress” in May 2011.

She graduated from Harvard University with honors, earning her B.A. in English and American Language and Literature and was a 2001 Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

Speaker Biographies

We would like to thank all our generous supporters for making this year’s HillTop possible.

In particular, we want to express our deep gratitude to the Columbia University and Barnard College communities for their immense, collaborative support. Our sponsors span disciplines, schools, and countries, yet their dedication to advancing the movement for global health equity is uniformly astounding.

We are indebted to their spirit of solidarity and their enthusiastic encouragement of student involvement in global health. We would like to thank them for their partnership, for without such willingness to share, this HillTop and our movement for health equity would not exist.

In Solidarity,Lillian Jin and Karina Yu2011 GlobeMed HillTop Co-Chairs

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