April 13-14, 2013 - Confirmed Conference Speakers

The conference will include 300 speakers who will present lectures and workshops about:

Maternal and Child Health Speakers

• "Improving Maternal and Child Health: A Look at Community Level Interventions that Save Lives," Koki Agarwal, Director MCHIP, Jhpiego
• "State of the World's Children: A Tragedy in the Making," Jane Aronson, MD, CEO, Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell Weill Medical College and Columbia University
• "Helping Babies Breathe: Neonatal Care for Resource-Limited Settings," Sara Berkelhamer, MD, Helping Babies Breathe Planning Committee Member, American Academy of Pediatrics; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University
• "Reducing Pre-Eclampsia Morbidity and Mortality in Low-Resource Settings Through the Urine Congo Red Dot (CRD) Test," Irina Buhimschi, MD, Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science
• "Community Transformation: Using Community-Based Methods to Create Sustainable Change in Maternal and Child Health," Jacqueline Cutts, Founding President and CEO, Safe Mothers, Safe Babies
• "Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: The Forgotten Aspect of Gender-Based Violence in Conflict Affected Settings," Jhumka Gupta, ScD, Assistant Professor, Global Health Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health
• "The Global Toll of Preterm Birth: Strengthening Prevention and Care of Prematurity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries," Christopher Howson, PhD, March of Dimes Foundation
• "Clinical and Community Action to Address Postpartum Hemorrhage Plus," Ellen Israel, CNM, MPH, Senior Technical Advisor for Women’s Health and Rights, Pathfinder International
• "Factors Influencing Neonatal Mortality in Rural Ghana," Colleen Kraft, MD, FAAP Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute; Pediatric Program Director, Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
• "Safe Babies: Building Agency in a Rural Kenyan Community," James Nardella, Executive Director, Lwala Community Alliance
• "Reversing the Trend of Separating Infants and Mothers After Delivery at a USA Academic Center and the Impact on Breastfeeding Rates," Maureen Padilla, DNP, RNC-OB, NEA-BC, Administrative Director of Women's and Infant's Services, Harris Health System, Ben Taub General Hospital
• "Friends of Low-Cost IVF: Empowering Infertile Women Globally," Pasquale Patrizio, Professor of Obestrics and Gynecology, Yale School of Medicine; Director, Yale Fertility Center
• "Strengthening Maternal Child Health in Tajikistan by Linking Community and Facility-Based Interventions through Community-Managed Transport Systems," Ramesh Singh, Health Program Manager, Mercy Corps
• "Eliminating Pediatric AIDS, One Mother at a Time," Robin Smalley, Co-Founder/International Director, mothers2mothers International
• "We Care Solar: Bringing Light to Darkened Deliveries," Laura Stachel, MD, MPH, Co-Founder and Executive Director, WE CARE Solar