
Global Health Innovations: Bias, Barriers and Breakthroughs
Leading experts in health innovation from the health and development sectors discuss and debate the barriers, breakthroughs and developments in health innovation.
Note: This is a live stream event.
We're bringing together leading experts in health innovation including; academics, practitioners and funders from the health and development sectors. Join us to discuss and debate the barriers, breakthroughs and developments in health innovation.
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The event will feature four opportunities for 10 minute Q&A sessions following each topic of discussion allowing delegates to get the most out of the sessions.
Budding innovators, global health enthusiasts, practitioners and academics are encouraged to attend this insightful afternoon event of inquiry, and an evening of celebration as THET launch the Health Innovation Platform.
Those registered to the livestream will have received an email containing a livestream link the day before.
Lord Crisp, Chair of APPG – Global Health and Chair of the Innovation Steering Group
Facilitator: Lord Crisp, Chair of APPG – Global Health and the Health Innovation Platform Steering Group
Speaker: Ben Simms, CEO, THET
Facilitator: Dr Shams Syed, Coordinator, Quality Systems & Resilience, Department of Health Services, UHC & Life Course, WHO Headquarters and Steering Group Member
Speakers: Dr Sara Urassa, Director of Hospital Services, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania and Steering Group Member and Richard Skone-James, Senior Grants Manager, THET
Facilitator: Dr Matt Harris, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Imperial College London and Steering Group Member
Speakers: Hamdi Issa, PhD Student, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London and Graeme Chisholm, Policy Manager, THET
Facilitator: Professor Ged Byrne, Director of Global Engagement, Health Education England and Steering Group Member
Speakers: Dr Agnes Binagwaho, Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda and Steering Group Member and Dr Navina Evans, Chief Executive, East London NHS Trust and Steering Group Member
Nigel Edwards, Chief Executive, Nuffield Trust and Steering Group Member
Lord Crisp, Chair of APPG – Global Health and the Health Innovation Platform Steering Group
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Leading experts in health innovation from the health and development sectors discuss and debate the barriers, breakthroughs and developments in health innovation.