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  • YIGH Sustainable Health Initiative Announces Inaugural Kalyanpur-Maheshwari Grant for Global Health Innovation

    On November 15th, participants in the Yale Sustainable Health Initiative Venture Development Program (VDP) pitched ideas for innovative global health ventures as part of the Kalyanpur-Maheshwari Grant for Global Health Innovation Pitch Competition. The winning group, Respond Crisis Translation, was selected by a panel of judges based on innovativeness, quality of their pitch, ongoing engagement with the VDP, and demonstration of impact. Respond received t $5,000 to support their ongoing work.

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  • Lab-grown breast milk

    Meet the biotech startups brewing milk in bioreactors to improve on baby formula. YSPH Professor Rafael Perez-Escamilla has concerns.

    Source: Nature Biotechnology
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  • Navigating the World of Public Health Innovation as an Intrapreneur

    Blair Palmer (MPH ‘01) is a purpose-driven and visionary social impact leader with senior management experience in the public and private sectors. With a deep passion for innovation, strategic partnerships, and epidemiology, Blair holds experience working at UNICEF, the United Nations, and the World Health Organization. She is passionate about applying entrepreneurial solutions to the world’s most pressing issues. Throughout the conversation, she shared her career journey and provided practical advice for students looking to bring innovative solutions into the realm of public health.

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  • Global Health, AI, and Landing Your First Innovation Role in Global Health

    Kailey Seiler (‘MPH 24) is the User-centered Design Lead at the Laboratory of Intelligent Global Health Technologies (LiGHT), a research group established in 2023 that develops technologies to support high-stakes decision-making in humanitarian response and low-resource settings. Before graduating this past May, Kailey was InnovateHealth Yale’s student fellow, supporting Yale’s innovation initiatives and partnerships. In this conversation, she opened up about her academic and career journey, providing practical advice for students looking to land their first job in global health innovation.

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  • Starting Your Journey in Public Health Innovation

    Dr. Leslie Asanga, a pharmacist and visionary entrepreneur, has dedicated over a decade to advancing healthcare through entrepreneurship. In response to healthcare challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Asanga founded Pills2Me, an on-demand prescription delivery service to improve medication accessibility. He also co-founded UrPharm, which enhances access to medications in Sub-Saharan Africa, addressing critical health disparities.

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  • Dr. Sten Vermund Named Dean of USF Health College of Public Health

    After seven and half years of dedicated service to the Yale School of Public Health, Dr. Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD, will be joining the University of South Florida as dean of the USF Health College of Public Health effective January 1, 2025. The relocation also allows Dr. Vermund to be on-site as the newly elected president of the Global Virus Network, which recently moved its international headquarters to USF.

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