Global Health Entrepreneurship Institute
The Global Health Entrepreneurship Institute promotes the design, development, and success of participants' global health ideas. The Institute is designed as a dynamic, immersive global health educational forum with a maximum capacity of ten participants. Participants gain skills and knowledge about global health and social entrepreneurship strategies in order to develop effective programs with measurable outcomes.
- Who: Students and professionals are eligible to apply. Successful applicants will have demonstrated an interest in global health. Participants may already be developing or leading global health programs, or they may be interested in learning how to design or participate in effective public health programming.
- When: Friday, May 28 (9am-5pm)
- Where: Unite For Sight headquarters in downtown New Haven (across the street from Yale's Whitney Humanities Center)
- Certificate: Participants receive a Certificate in Global Health Entrepreneurship from Unite For Sight's Global Health University.
Global Health Entrepreneurial Institute Topics
- The Realities and Complexities of Global Health: Best Practices, Worst Practices, Ethics, and Strategies
- A comprehensive discussion about the principles and strategies of global health. What are best practices, and what is the significant harm of worst practices in global health? How does one look beyond good intentions and ensure that they avoid the pitfalls? Participants will learn from the lessons of successful and unsuccessful models, programs, and organizations.
- Evidence-Based Design and Measuring Outcomes
- As one develops an idea for implementation, how does one convey and measure impact? What is the difference between outcomes and outputs? Why are metrics important, and what is the role of global health research? What evaluative frameworks are used to evaluate global health programming?
- The Ethics of Innovation
- How does one innovate while focusing on quality and ensuring that the idea is evidence-based? How does one evaluate whether an idea is likely to work effectively and cost-effectively? What are best practices in innovation?
- Social Entrepreneurship
- What are successful strategies and models of social entrepreneurship? How do social enterprises operate, and what is the difference between charity and social entrepreneurship? Why is social entrepreneurship important in global health endeavors? Who are "invisible entrepreneurs", and how can they be supported?
- Health Spending and Enterprises at the Base of the Pyramid
- What is supply and demand at the Base of the Pyramid? What works, and what does not work, when designing enterprises for the Base of the Pyramid?
- Design and Development
- Learn about successful strategies for action. What makes a great idea, and how does one transform ideas into action? How does an idea scale?
About The Instructor
Jennifer Staple-Clark: Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Unite For Sight, Jennifer Staple-Clark founded the organization in her dorm room while a sophomore at Yale University in 2000. Under Jennifer's leadership and with her focus on entrepreneurial innovation, Unite For Sight has developed into a highly successful social enterprise that will soon have provided eye care to more than one million people worldwide. A visionary leader and social entrepreneur, Jennifer Staple-Clark was featured in Nicholas Kristof's "The Age of Ambition" article in The New York Times, and she was also featured weekly on CNN International in 2007 and 2008. Jennifer is the recipient of the American Institute of Public Service's 2009 National Jefferson Award For Public Service, which is regarded as the "Nobel Prize For Public Service." A cum laude graduate of Yale University, Jennifer frequently gives presentations and keynote addresses about social entrepreneurship, global health, and international development. Her most recent audiences have included Harvard School of Public Health, Yale Law School, Yale College, Yale School of Public Health, Duke University, MIT, University of Virginia, Stanford University, York University, University of Miami School of Medicine, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, New York University School of Medicine, Loyola Marymount University, Loyola University, Lehigh University, Northwestern University School of Medicine's American Medical Student Association Conference, Brigham Young University's Global Maternal and Child Health Conference, and American Academy of Ophthalmology's Women in Ophthalmology Leadership Institute.
How To Apply
The application deadline is April 30, 2010.
Please submit your application to tbryant@uniteforsight.org and reference "Global Health Entrepreneurship Institute" in the subject line. Submit a resume and a short essay (suggested length: 300-500 words) that describes your interest in the institute and your past involvement (if any) with global health. What drives your interest in global health?
The highest quality candidates will be accepted to participate in the Global Health Entrepreneurship Institute. In order to hold an accepted applicant's place in the Institute, a course fee of $120 is required within four days of acceptance. By submitting the course fee, an applicant commits to participating in the Institute, and Unite For Sight confirms the applicant's position in the limited-capacity Institute. The fee also includes a light breakfast and lunch.