Acknowledgements
Leadership:
Wilfred Ngwa, GHC Director (Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, UML)
Paul Nguyen, MD. GHC Co-director (Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center)
Ahmed Elzawawy, MD, Chair of the GHC win-win initiative, President ICEDOC
Advice/Oversight:
Prof Mike Makrigiorgos, PhD (Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center)
Prof Daphne Haas-Kogan, MD (Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center),
Prof Peter Mauch, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Dr Rebecca E. F. Wassarman, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Prof Erno Sajo, PhD (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
Prof Anthony Zietman, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Prof Felicia Knaul, University of Miami
Prof David Kerr, MD University of Oxford, UK, Founder of AFrox
Prof Eduardo Cazap, MD, SLACOM, Past president of the UICC
Organizing support/Summit Chairs
Twalib Ngoma, MD (MUHAS Tanzania)
Akila Viswanathan, MD (John Hopkins University)
Ahmed Elzawawy, MD (AORTIC, ICEDOC)
Ernest Okonkwo (Mephida, Germany)
Folakemi Odedina, PhD (University of Florida, AORTIC)
Thomas Randall, MD (Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center)
Stephen Avery, PhD (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)
Onyinye Balogun, MD (Weill Cornell Medical College)
Makeda Williams, PhD (NIH)
Louisa Ayafor, MD (ARA)
Julie Pollard, PhD (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Lydia Asana (African Renaissance Ambassador Corp, USA)
Kwanele Asante (AORTIC)
Timothy Ribbeck, PhD (Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, AORTIC)
Christian Ntizimira, MD (Rwanda)
Thomas Winningham, PhD (Health First, ARA)
Sulma Mohammed, PhD (Purdue University, AORTIC)
Kenneth Numfor, PhD (ARA)
Victor Mbarika, PhD (ICT University)
Elizabeth Omondi (Cancer Africa)
Melvin Foote (CFA)
Hariet Shangarai, RN (NesiWangu.com, Washington DC)
Emmanuel Ngassa, MD (Ask Docta, Germany/Cameroon)
Doyin Oluwole, MD (Global Health Innovations and Action Foundation)
Oscar Nebangwa, MBA (ARA Corp)
Nazik Hammad, MD (AORTIC)
Matthew Katz, MD (Radiation Nation)
Allen Herman, MD (CBIS)
SOME OUTCOMES OF THE YEARLY GLOBAL HEALTH CATALYST SUMMITS
Over 80 GHC travel awards
Travel support to learn, share, network and initiate collaborations
The Global Health Catalyst program has provided travel support for over 80 summit delegates to travel to Harvard Medical School, meet, learn, share, network and initiate collaborations.
Catalyzing the establishment of 4 new cancer centers in Africa
The GHC win-win initiative is supporting the establishment of clinical oncology services in Kenya, Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda
The Harvard Global Health Catalyst win-win initiative has catalyzed support for the establishment of cancer centers in African LMIC
Supporting the training/involvement of next generation global health leaders
The GHC win-win initiative supports training of next generation global health leaders
Each year, the GHC engages and supports participation and global health learning experiences of many honors students and minorities in global health
Catalyzing many new global health collaborations each year
The GHC provides an outstanding environment for initiating collaborations
The Global Health Catalyst at Harvard Medical School is an incubator for many new collaborations designed to eliminate global health disparities, saving lives
Over 2 million dollars in funding as a result of the Harvard GHC summit
Collaborations resulting from the summit have resulted in over 2 million dollars in funding
The summit is a different kind of conference focused on catalyzing high impact international collaborations to eliminate global health disparities. It has resulted in over 2 million dollars in funding for research collaboration
Diaspora funded co-mentored research
Co-mentored research involving faculty from the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, and LMIC resulting in co-authored publications
Support for Chartrounds Africa
A leading-edge series by the founders of Chartrounds.com
Chartrounds Africa brings together academic disease site specialists from leading cancer treatment institutions and connects them with the Chartrounds network of over 1500 physicians and medical physicists. On a scheduled basis, discuss patient management and treatment plans with trusted colleagues in real time.
Supported the training of 22 oncology healthcare professionals in African LMIC
The Global Health Catalyst has provided support for training of 22 Oncology healthcare professionals
The Global Health Catalyst provided support for the African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) Online Education platform and pioneered a global radiation oncology course taught by Harvard Medical School and other global health faculty which led to training of many global oncology healthcare professionals. Certificates were awarded during the 2017 AORTIC conference in Kigali, Rwanda
Engaged over 200 diaspora group leaders in global health: advocacy, cancer prevention, crowdfunded research, telemedicine, education, and so forth
The Harvard Global Health Catalyst is breaking new ground in engaging the resource-laden diaspora
Many studies have highlighted the tremendous potential of the diaspora in global health. The Global Health Catalyst is the first initiative to actively engage hundreds of diaspora groups/leaders in turning brain drain to global health gain
Support the development of recommendations for USA-Africa global health and development
Global Health Catalyst leaders work with the Constitutency for Africa and African Union in shaping global health policy FOR AFRICA
The Global Health Catalyst is at the forefront of helping shape global health policy for LMIC
Dana-Farber President Ed Benz and Kwanele Asante
Cameroon Prime Minister supports establishment of radiotherapy service in Mbingo, Cameroon
Dana-Farber President Ed Benz and Kwanele Asante