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Health Equity Brown Bag Lunch | Geography and Inequity: Key Structural Determinants of Health in the US

Join the Alliance, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, and Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health for Geography and Inequity: Key Structural Determinants of Health in the US, a Health Equity Brown Bag Lunch Session. This session features speaker Sarah Hooper, JD, Professor of Practice at UC Law San Francisco and Associate Dean of the UCSF-UC Law SF Master of Science in Health Policy & Law. She focuses on health justice, aging, and complex care. She has been involved in clinical interventions like the Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors Clinic and research projects such as the Dementia Care Ecosystem clinical trial. Sarah has co-developed tools for decision-making among older adults with dementia, including PREPARE and Plan for Clarity.

Advancing the SDGs with GenAI | UNGA79

Accenture, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, NetHope, the Society for International Development United States and the United Nations Association—National Capital Area are co-hosting an event networking reception on the sidelines of UNGA79 in NYC on September 24, 2024 from 5:30-7:30 PM ET to examine and learn about the opportunities and challenges ahead through the lens of inspiring GenAI use cases that have the potential to or already advancing the SDGs.

Health Equity Brown Bag Lunch | Design for Health Equity & Lessons

Join the Alliance, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, and Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health for another session in the Health Equity Brown Bag Lunch series, Design for Health Equity & Lessons: Learn more about Equalize Health, the design and impact of med devices to address equity gaps, and important lessons along the way. This session features Krista Donaldson, PhD, who is an engineer, designer, and entrepreneur recognized as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. She is the Director of Innovation to Impact at Stanford's Byers Center for Biodesign and helps establish the East Africa Biodesign Program. Krista founded Equalize Health, which developed medical devices treating over 2 million patients in 80 countries. In her talk she'll cover the good, the challenges, and the big lessons from her work and Equalize Health.