Objectives
The forum is intended to create an open platform for innovators among policy makers, global health professionals, academics and the private sector to evaluate and anticipate global health challenges pertaining to LMIC. The forum will convene stakeholders from various disciplines to showcase innovative ideas and practical cases of innovations in global health either originating in or applicable to the LMIC context.
Call for Abstracts
The Forum convenes stakeholders from various disciplines to showcase innovative ideas and practical
cases of innovations in global health either originating in or applicable to the LMIC context.
The Scientific Committee of the Forum is issuing a call for abstracts on scholarly work that is related to global health, with an emphasis on generating evidence and recommendations for contextualized innovations applicable to the Global South. All abstracts will be peer reviewed for research quality and scientific content. Accepted abstracts will be presented in two poster presentation sessions that will be held as part of the Forum.
Eligible abstracts include research related to the following tracks:
- Integrating Information Technology in Health Systems of LMICs
- Adopting innovative approaches to humanitarian crises, prevention, and response
- Using Digital Health (eHealth, mHealth, telehealth, etc.) and Internet of Things to enhance access of hard-to-reach populations to healthcare
- Utilizing big data analytics to improve health outcomes
- Employing innovations in global health education
- Enhancing public-private sector partnerships for innovative solutions in low-resource settings
– Early bird deadline* for abstracts submission is August 1st, 2018.
– Regular deadline for abstracts submission is August 20, 2018
*Travel Support Grants and MENA Students and Faculty Awards are available; for more information, refer to the section ‘Funding Opportunities’.
Accepted abstracts will be scheduled for posters display on November 1, 2018 from 1:30PM to 2:30PM and November 2, 2018 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM.
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Funding Opportunities
THE BELOW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR ABSTRACTS PRESENTATION
GHF 2018 Travel Support Grants
Target group: All international applicants who have submitted an abstract for GHF 2018 within the early bird submission deadline (August 1st, 2018). Three applicants will be selected to benefit from the GHF 2018 Travel Supports Grants.
Amount of funding: The GHF 2018 Travel Support Grants are intended to cover the travel and accommodation expenses of three international applicants. Each selected applicant will be eligible for up to 1,000$ travel support.
Terms and Conditions:
- The Global Health Institute will be responsible for booking the ticket, accommodation (up to three nights), and transportation from and to the airport for awardees of the GHF 2018 Travel Support Grants.
- Awardees are responsible to secure their own necessary visa arrangements to attend the GHF 2018.
- Awardees will be notified by September 3, 2018.
GHF 2018 MENA Students and Faculty Awards
Target group:
All students applicants of Middle Eastern or North African origin who fulfill the below criteria:
- Are currently completing their undergraduate/graduate/post-graduate studies at universities located in the MENA region
- Have submitted an abstract for GHF 2018 within the early bird submission deadline (August 1st, 2018)
All faculty member applicants of Middle Eastern or North African origin who fulfill the below criteria:
- Are affiliated (full-time or part-time employed) with a university located in the MENA region for the Academic Year of 2018-2019
- Have submitted an abstract for GHF 2018 within the early bird submission deadline (August 1st, 2018)
Five student and faculty member applicants will be selected to benefit from the GHF 2018 MENA Students and Faculty Awards.
Amount of funding: The GHF 2018 MENA Students and Faculty Awards are sponsored by the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) and are intended to waive registration fees to the 10th Annual CUGH Global Health Conference happening on March 8-10, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
Terms and Conditions:
- Awardees of the GHF 2018 MENA Students and Faculty Awards must submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation in the 10th Annual CUGH Global Health Conference.
- Awardees are responsible to secure their own necessary visa, travel, and accommodation arrangements to attend the GHF 2018.
- Awardees will be notified by September 3, 2018.
panelist
DAY ONE: November 1, 2018
Opening Remarks
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Shadi Saleh, PhD, MPH
Founding Director, Global Health Institute
Professor of Health Systems and Financing
Associate Vice President of Health Affairs
American University of Beirut
Lebanon -
Philippe Lazzarini
Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator
for Lebanon
United Nations
Lebanon -
Keith Martin MD
Founding Executive Director, Consortium of
Universities for Global Health
United States
Session 1: The Role of Innovations in Strengthening Health Systems in Fragile Settings
Moderator
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Shadi Saleh, PhD, MPH
Founding Director, Global Health Institute
Professor of Health Systems and Financing
Associate Vice President of Health Affairs
American University of Beirut
Lebanon
Speakers
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Salman Rawaf MD, PhD, FRCP, FFPH
Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education and Training
Imperial College London
United Kingdom -
Boonchai Kijsanayotin, MD, PhD
Chair of the Asian eHealth Information Network
Health System Research Institute, Ministry of Public Health
Thailand -
Mohammad Alameddine, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Health Management and Policy
Faculty of Health Sciences
American University of Beirut
Lebanon -
Zafar Mirza, MBBS, MPH
Director of Health Systems Development
Health Management and Policy
World Health organization
Egypt
Opening Ceremony
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Noha Hachach MPH
Associate Director for Operations
Global Health Institute
Director of Medical and Health Strategy
American University of Beirut
Lebanon -
Shadi Saleh, PhD, MPH
Founding Director, Global Health Institute
Professor of Health Systems and Financing
Associate Vice President of Health Affairs
American University of Beirut
Lebanon -
Fadlo R. Khuri MD
Founding Director, Global Health Institute
President
American University of Beirut
Lebanon
Keynote Speech
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Saba Almubaslat, MA
Chief Executive Officer
Humanitarian Leadership Academy
United Kingdom
Session 2: Innovative Approaches to Humanitarian Response
Moderator
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Ghassan Abu Sittah, MBchB, FRCS
Head of Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
Co-Director, Conflict Medicine Program, Global Health Institute
American University of Beirut
Lebanon
Speakers
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Richard Sullivan MD, PhD
Co-Director Conflict and Health ResearchGroup
Professor of Cancer and Global Health
Director of the Institute of Cancer Policy
King’s College London
United Kingdom -
Pete Masters, OCA PhD
Medical Innovation Advisor
Médecins Sans Frontières
United Kingdom -
Nasser Yassin, PhD, MSc
Director of Research
Professor of Policy and Planning
Issam Fares Institute
American University of Beirut
Lebanon -
Enrique Steiger, MD
Founder, SwissCross Foundation
Professor of Policy and Planning
Issam Fares Institute
Specialist in Plastic and Reconstructive surgery and Traumatology
Switzerland
Session 3: Sustainable eHealth Solutions for Low Resource Settings
Moderator
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Marco Bardus, PhD, MA
Co-Director, E-Sahha Program (ESP)
Global Health Institute
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
American University of Beirut
Lebanon
Speakers
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Luis Fernandez-Luque, PhD, MSc
eHealth Researcher
Global Health Institute
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Qatar -
Lina Abou Mrad, MBA, PMP
Director, National e-Health Program
Ministry of Public Health (MOPH)
Lebanon -
Andre Mathias Muller, PhD, MSc
Postdoctoral Fellow
National University of Singapore
Singapore -
Jihad Flayhan BA
General Manager
NEXtCARE
Lebanon -
Jeff Harman, BSc
Project Manager
Clinical Lead
Epic
United States of America
Session 4: Use of Technology to Enhance Access to Health Care Services
Moderator
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Nadine Hachach-Haram, MD
Plastic Surgeon
Co-founder, Proximie
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow
United Kingdom
Speakers
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Adham Rashad Ismail Abdel Moneim MS, MBA, PhD
Regional Advisor, Health and Biomedical Devices
Acting WHO Representative in Iraq
World Health Organization
Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Egypt -
Oussama Elhage, MD, FRCS, DHMSA
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Guy’s & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trustm
United Kingdom -
Elias Boustani, MSc
Strategy and Innovation Consultant
American University of Beirut
Lebanon -
Lea Yerevanian, BA
Strategic Alliance Partner
Medopad
United Kingdom -
Samia Melhem MS, MBA
Global Lead, Digital Development
Infrastructure and PPP Global Practice
The World Bank Group
United States
Moderator
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Adham Rashad Ismail Abdel Moneim MS, MBA, PhD
Founding Executive Director, Consortium of
Universities for Global Health
United States -
Paul Wood
BBC foreign correspondent
Lebanon -
Ruth Sherlock
International Correspondent with National
Public Radio
Lebanon
DAY TWO: November 2, 2018
Session 5: Integration of Big Data Analytics to Improve Health Outcomes
Moderator
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Ali Mokdad, PhD
Chief Strategy Officer, Population Health
Director, Middle Eastern Initiatives
Professor, Health Metrics and Evaluation Sciences
University of Washington
United States
Speakers
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Mathew Moran, PhD, MA
Co-Director of the Centre for Science and Security Studies
Co-Investigator for the R4HC-MENA program
King’s College London
United Kingdom>
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Juraj Riecan PhD
Director, Statistics Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Western Asia
Lebanon -
Farah Choucair MSc
Technical Specialist and Project Manager, Social
Cohesion Regional Project and Arab Development
Portal
United Nations Development Programme
Lebanon -
Mourad Ouzzani, PhD
Principal Scientist
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation<
Qatar
Keynote Speech:
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Agnes Soucat, MD, PhD, MPH, MSc
Director for Health Systems Governance and Financing
World Health Organization (WHO)
Geneva, Switzerland
Session 6: Examining Gender Role and Dynamics in Global Health
Moderator
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Chaitali Sinha, MA
Senior Program Specialist
Maternal and Child Program
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Canada
Speakers
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Faysal El Kak, MD, MS, ARCOG
Senior Lecturer
Clinical Associate
American University of Beirut
Lebanon -
Maha Al Rabbat, PhD
Professor of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine
Cairo University
Egypt>
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Asha George, DPhil MSc
Professor, Adjunct Professor and Vice Chair
University of Western Cape, John Hopkins and Health Systems Global
United States -
Sawsan Abdulrahim PhD
Associate Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences American University of
Beirut
Lebanon
Session 7: Role of eLearning Models in Global Health Education and Capacity Building in LMICs
Moderator
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Ziad Shaaban, EMBA
Director of Continuing Education Center
Regional External Programs
American University of Beirut
Lebanon
Speakers
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Atish Gonsalves, MSc
Global Innovation Director
Humanitarian Leadership Academy
London -
Kamal Badr, MD ASCI AAP
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension)Associate Dean for Medical Education
American University of Beirut
Lebanon -
Habib Hasan Farooqui, MD
Associate Professor
Public Health Foundation
India -
Graeme Hathaway, MSc
Head of Technology Enhanced Learning
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
United Kingdom
Session 8: The Political Determinants ofGlobal Health
Moderator
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Keith Martin, MD
Founding Executive Director of the Consortium
of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)
Washington, DC
United States
Speakers
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Abdul Rahman Bizri, MD
Consultant in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Associate Chairperson for Clinical Affairs
Director of Quality and Compliance Program, Department of Internal Medicine
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Lebanon -
Jade Khalife, MD, MPH, MSc
Researcher-Coordinator
Joint Health Systems Research project
Mininstry of Public Health
Lebanon -
Martin Shulov
Middle East Correspondant
The Guardian
Lebanon -
Genevieve Tam MD
Gynecology Team Leader
Médecins Sans Frontières
Lebanon
Sponsorship
Travel and Accommodation
Partners
– Early bird deadline* for abstracts submission is August 1st, 2018.
– Regular deadline for abstracts submission is August 20, 2018.