Step into the future of health care at the eighth annual Stanford Medicine Pediatric & Maternal Innovation Showcase on March 17, 2025.
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Symptoms of a Warming World: Africa’s Climate Health Challenges
The Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health is hosting a timely talk on the health impacts of climate change in Africa. This event will be held on February 18 from 4-6 PM PT.
Igniting Scale: Private Sector Finance for Global Health in Emerging and Frontier Markets
Baraka Impact Finance and the Alliance co-hosted a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Convening in December to identify and develop innovative strategies that increase private sector investment in healthcare across emerging and frontier markets, where over half of the world’s population remains underserved.
Lessons on Leadership and Global Health Innovation From Jane Chen, Founder of the Embrace Baby Warmer
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Join Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign on March 11 for the next session in their Innovation and Health Equity Discussion Series which will feature Jane Chen, Stanford GSB alum and the co-founder of Embrace Global, the company that developed a portable infant incubator that has helped to save over 750,000 babies globally.
Outcomes-Based Finance as a Tool for Health Equity and Innovation
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Join Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign on February 25 for the next session in their Innovation and Health Equity Discussion Series where Neha Agarwal, senior director of strategy at PATH and Alliance board vice chair, will discuss an innovative outcomes-based financing (OBF) mechanism being developed in partnership with the governments of Tanzania and Senegal, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, and Pfizer to reinforce antimicrobial stewardship efforts in LMICs.
From the Innovators Workbench: Biodesign in India
Join Stanford Biodesign to hear from two of the Stanford-India Biodesign initiative’s architects and an early alumna. How did they lay the groundwork for the program? What are the opportunities and challenges inherent in a collaboration with the government? How did the need for cost-effective technologies influence the innovation approach? And how did they catalyze the work of funders, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and purchasers required to get the inventions to patients? They will discuss their biggest takeaways from this entrepreneurial endeavor, the potential to replicate it in other resource-constrained environments, and what excites them most about the future of healthtech innovation in India.
Beyond the Flames: The Health Risks of Wildfires
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Beyond the Flames: The Health Risks of Wildfires
“The air [after a wildfire] contains tiny particles from burning fossil fuels, homes, and even pesticides, which are linked to cancer, cardiac damage, and respiratory issues,” said Dr. Lisa Patel of Stanford in an interview with Katie Couric highlighting the severe...
Rosenkranz Global Health Policy Research Symposium
The 4th annual Rosenkranz Global Health Policy Research Symposium at Stanford University will be held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. The Symposium is a day-long event that showcases innovative global health policy research from academics around the world. The keynote speaker will be Sir Peter Piot, a prominent leader in global health policy and practice.
50 by 50: Halving Premature Deaths Globally by 2050 | A Bay Area Launch Event for the Lancet Global Health 2050 Report
On January 22, UCSF, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and the Bay Area Global Health Alliance co-hosted the Bay Area launch of the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health report, “Global Health 2050: The Path to Halving Premature Death by Mid-Century.” This event brought together Bay Area students, researchers, and other key stakeholders to explore the significant findings of the Lancet report, discuss next steps, and outline the priorities for follow-up studies.
Dual Market Returns: Healthcare Investment in Emerging Markets | JPM 2025
On Wednesday, January 15, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance hosted a panel discussion, “Realizing Returns: Investment Opportunities in Emerging Markets,” at the 2025 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM) in San Francisco, followed by a reception to continue the conversation, “Private Sector Finance for Global Health: Investing for Impact and Equity,” held at Accenture San Francisco Innovation Hub. Together, these discussions explored investment opportunities in global health and partnerships using innovative financing models to drive both business and social returns in emerging markets.
Congratulations to Alliance Members Named to the WomenLift Health 2025 Cohort
The Alliance congratulates our Deputy Director Abbey Kocan and many other women leaders among our members for being selected as emerging leaders as part of WomenLift Health’s sixth North America Cohort of the Leadership Journey, a fully-funded leadership initiative designed to support women through the challenges and opportunities of advancing to senior leadership positions in global health.
As Dengue Cases Rise, Research Points to a Simple Solution: Trash Cleanup
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Innovation and Allyship: Case studies from India and the United States
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Join the Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, and the Stanford Global Health Club for the January 28 session of the 2025 Innovation & Health Equity Discussion Series, “Innovation and Allyship: Case studies from India and the United States,” featuring Stanford Biodesign Fellows, Charlene Kuo and Ivana Llobet.
The Case for Joy in Global Health Research
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50 by 50: Halving Premature Deaths Globally by 2050 | A Bay Area Launch Event for the Lancet Global Health 2050 Report
Alliance Events, Hybrid, Member Events
On January 22, UCSF, UC Berkeley, Stanford, and the Alliance are co-hosting the Bay Area launch of the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health report, “Global Health 2050: The Path to Halving Premature Death by Mid-Century.” This event will bring together Bay Area students, researchers, and other key stakeholders to explore the significant findings of the Lancet report, discuss next steps, and outline the priorities for follow-up studies.
Scaling Innovations for Health Equity: A Conversation With Global Strategies
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Join Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, Bay Area Global Health Alliance, and Stanford Global Health Club for the November session in the Innovation & Health Equity Discussion Series: Scaling Innovations for Health Equity: A Conversation With Global Strategies. Global Strategies, the nonprofit behind one of the largest neonatal digital health platforms in the world, NoviGuide, will join us, together with their partners from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to discuss their pediatric innovation journey and the importance of diverse user testing and cross-country partnerships.
Health Experts Push for the Elimination of a ‘Remarkably Harmful Toxin’
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Stanford Launches Center Focused On Human and Planetary Health
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Digital Health Week 2024: Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Vaccine Education
Join Stanford Digital Medic, Maya Health Alliance, and UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences for an interactive online presentation to see their approach to improving HPV and routine vaccination rates in Indigenous Maya communities in Guatemala. You’ll discover how they used a human-centered design approach to gather insights from community members and health workers to create a culturally relevant, animated vaccine education video series. Learn how tailored and inclusive interventions can address barriers to immunization and equip communities with the information they need to make decisions for themselves and others.