Global HEALTH
CATALYST SUMMIT
Premier yearly global health summits designed to catalyze high impact international collaborations and initiatives to eliminate global health disparities
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"Win-win Collaborations for Global Health and economic development"
Visit our New Site at www.globalhealthCatalystsummit.org
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About
Catalyzing high impact international collaborations for global health and development
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The Global Health Catalyst (GHC) summit is a premier yearly event dedicated to catalyzing high impact international collaborations and initiatives to eliminate global health disparities. The main focus of the summits are on the rising scourge of non-communicable diseases like cancer, mental health, pain and cardiovascular diseases which are severely impacting global health and economic development.
Since 2015, the yearly summits have led to many win-win collaborations including the launch of two major collaboration initiatives: the comprehensive cancer center in the cloud (C4) powered by artificial intelligence and the International Phytomedicines and Medical Cannabis Institute collaboration initiatives.
The success of the GHC summits have resulted in partnerships with faculty at different world leading institutions like the University of Pennsylvania, Oxford University UK, University of Heidelberg Germany, and partners in low-and-middle-income countries in education, research and outreach benefiting both high income and low income countries. Given the global participation and collaborations involved with the GHC summits, the content expressed on this website does not reflect the views of any institution. Join us in win-win collaborations for global health and economic development
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Our VISION
We have a dream that one day cancer will be eradicated, and that people of all socio-economic, racial, religious, and cultural backgrounds will have access to quality health care for any disease
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To realize this dream, we have adopted a transformative approach rooted in the values of creative agency and collaborative work embodied in the word UBUNTU. Popularized worldwide by Nobel Prize winners Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela, ubuntu signifies the idea that “I am because we are,” or human connectedness. This ethos rings particularly true in today’s hyperconnected world, where we all share in the bounty of the expanding internet, advanced information and communication technologies (ICTs) with artificial intelligence and where local health has become global health and vice versa. Activities to realize this dream can be classified into 4 areas: Education, Research, Care and Outreach with unique focus on leveraging:
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advanced information and communication technologies and Artificial Intelligence
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unprecedented diaspora engagement to turn brain drain to global health gain,
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support for highly innovative high quality low cost approaches and technologies for eliminating global health disparities.
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partnerships with governments, Ministries of Health, celebrity advocates, academia, healthcare industry and NGOs
OUR APPROACH
OUTCOMES
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The world's award winning premier comprehensive cancer center in the cloud (C4) Learn more
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New collaborations with millions of dollars in funding for global health and development work
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Catalyzing support for the establishment of cancer centers in different low and middle income countries including recently in: Nigeria, Rwanda, Cameroon, Ghana, and Kenya
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Catalyzing participation of USA and European stakeholders in global oncology
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Over 180 travel awards to Global Health Catalyst summits
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New cross-disciplinary course in Religion and Global Health
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Knowledge sharing with peer-reviewed publications and 3 books
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Engagement of hundreds of diaspora groups in global health and development
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Unprecedented partnerships with sports, and celebrity advocates to address global health disparities,
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Learn more
The summits feature:
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high impact collaboration sessions,
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powerful talks,
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international panels,
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Networking,
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Poster sessions,
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exhibits,
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Awards,
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Workshops,
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Knowledge sharing.
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seed-funding opportunities for collaborations
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JOIN US
Inspiring talks and panels
Some of our past year speakers
Dr Diane Gashumba
Honorable Minister of Health
Republic of Rwanda
Dr Monica Bertagnoli
President of American Association for Clinical Oncology, Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dr David Kerr
Professor, Oxford University, UK. Founder of Africa-Oxford Foundation
Dikembe Mutombo
NBA Legend and Basketball Hall of Famer
Dr Bernard Haufiku
Honorable Minister of Health, Republic of Namibia
Dr Brian Kavanagh
President of American Society for Radiation Oncology and Professor, University of Colorado
H.E. Dr Arikana Chihombori Quao
African Union Ambassador, USA
Dow Wilson
President and CEO of Varian Medical Systems
Dr Peter Nyongo'
Governor and former Honorable Minister of Health, Kenya
Dr Cristina Stefan
President of African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer
Dr Paul Anderson,
Senior Vice President. Brigham and Women's Hospital
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dr Rasha Kelej
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Merck Foundation.
Dr Julius Garvey
Surgeon, and son of legendary figure Marcus Garvey
Bruce Curran
President of American Association for Physicists in Medicine
Dr Karen Emmons
Academic Dean of Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Professor, Harvard University
Dr David Collingridge
Editor-in-Chief, Lancet Oncology
Dr Kyu Rhee
Vice President and Chief Health Officer, IBM
Calvin Johnson
NFL great and future Hall of Famer
Dr Harold Varmus
Nobel Laureate, Former Director of the USA National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute
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Karen Bass
Chair USA House of Representative sub-Committee for Global Health