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The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event @ UNGA78

ECHAlliance will host a two day ‘Global Health Connector’ event during the upcoming 9th edition of the Science Summit at UNGA78. The Summit will take place in New York and virtually, on 26th-27th September, a leading worldwide event to promote the contribution of science to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for areas critical for our shared future: people, the planet, prosperity, peace and partnerships.

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The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event @ UNGA78

Starts at:

Tuesday, 26 September 2023 - 09:00
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Ends at:​

Wednesday, 27 September 2023 - 18:00
EST

Event Location:

New York,
United States
& Virtual
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The ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Event at Science Summit @ United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78)

Our event will consist of two days of discussion including keynote speakers, panel discussions and networking, bringing together key leaders from the European Union, Africa, India, Latin America and the United States.

 

Venue: Cure Building – 2nd Floor, Education Center (345 Park Ave South, New York – more information here – https://cure.345pas.com/

You can join us as partners to showcase your organisation during the event. For more information contact

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Topics

Healthy aging

Data & Digital

Green Health

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Agenda

Day 1

9h00 - 9h05 - Welcome to the ECHAlliance Global Health Connector Science Summit at UNGA

Brian O’Connor – Chairman, ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector

Data and Digital
9h05 - 9h20 - What is the benefit of digital health? A perspective on digital health value pools

Tobias Silberzahn – Partner, McKinsey & Company - View Presentation Here

Data and Digital
Data and Digital
9h20 - 9h45 - The Evolution of Public Health and the Role of the Nurse

Rear Admiral Aisha K Mix – Assistant Surgeon General, Chief Nurse US Public Health Service - View Presentation Here

Data and Digital
Data and Digital
9h45 - 10h05 - New Horizons for Cardio Vascular Health – the Role of Digitalisation and Health Data

Dr Marius Geantă – Chair of Policy and Innovation Advisory Committee at FH Europe Foundation -View Presentation Here

Data and Digital
Data and Digital
10h05 - 10h20 - RNA Screening for CVD & Universal Genomic Screening

Dr Santiago Miriuka  – Co-Founder & CEO MultiplAI - View Presentation Here

Data and Digital
10h20 - 10h35 - Coffee & Networking
Data and Digital
10h35 - 11h00 - The Importance of Evidence in Digital Health

Professor Joseph Kvedar – Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, Senior Advisor at Massachusetts General Hospital Centre for Innovation in Digital Healthcare, Editor-in-Chief at npj Digital Medicine - View Presentation Here

Data and Digital
Data and Digital
11h00 - 11h30 - Digital Health Innovation in Africa
  • Brian O’Connor (Moderator)– Chairman, ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
  • Dr. Amit Thakker – Executive Chairman at Africa Health Business (Virtual)
  • Dr. Nicaise Ndembi – Senior Advisor to the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC),  Director General and Research Professor at Kanazawa University School (Virtual)
  • Jean Philbert Nsengimana – Chief Digital Advisor to Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Virtual)
Data and Digital
Data and Digital
11h30 - 11h50 - Harnessing Digital Innovations : Accelerating the HPV Elimination Journey
  • Ya-Ting Chen – Executive Director of Vaccines at MSD’s Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence - View Presentation Here
  • Bleddyn Rees – Chair at The Digital Health Society, ECHAlliance
Data and Digital
Data and Digital
11h50 - 12h05 - Review of Data & Digital Services Recommendations & Actions for the Summit of the Future
  • Ya-Ting Chen – Executive Director of Vaccines at MSD’s Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence
  • Rear Admiral Aisha K Mix – Assistant Surgeon General, Chief Nurse US Public Health Service
  • Dr Marius Geantă – Chair of Policy and Innovation Advisory Committee at FH Europe Foundation
  • Dr Santiago Miriuka  – Co-Founder & CEO MultiplAI
  • Professor Joseph Kvedar – Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, Senior Advisor at Massachusetts General Hospital Centre for Innovation in Digital Healthcare, Editor-in-Chief at npj Digital Medicine
  • Bleddyn Rees – Chair at The Digital Health Society, ECHAlliance
Data and Digital
Data and Digital
12h05 - 12h20 - How Will Digital Health Help to Rebuild Ukraine’s Health Service?

Oleksii Iaremenko – Health Recovery Office, Ministry of Health for Ukraine - Virtual Recording Here - View Presentation Here

Data and Digital
Data and Digital
12h20 - 12h25 - The Cure's Xchange Challenge, focusing on Health AI For Good

Seema Kumar – Chief Executive Officer, The Cure

Data and Digital
12h30 - 13h50 - Lunch & Networking
Healthy Ageing
13h50 - 14h05 - Healthy Aging - A Challenge that Needs Worldwide Attention and Collaboration

Jon Warner – US Ambassador at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector - View Presentation Here

Healthy Ageing
Healthy Ageing
14h05 - 14h25 - The Art and the Science of Longevity

Bradley Schurman – Founder and CEO at The Super Age - View Presentation Here

Healthy Ageing
Healthy Ageing
14h25 - 14h40 - The Older Adults Demographic Shift (India’s Special Challenge)

Ravi Bala – AgeTech Expert; Chair, Digital Health Assessment Framework - View Presentation Here

Healthy Ageing
Healthy Ageing
14h40 - 15h00 - The Power of Age - Defining What Healthy Ageing and a Successful ‘Healthspan’ Means
  • Charlotte Yeh – Chief Medical Officer at AARP - View Presentation Here
  • Michael Philips – Director, Technology Strategy & Relationships at AARP
Healthy Ageing
Healthy Ageing
15h00 - 15h20 - Best Practices in Healthy Ageing Innovation, Technology and Beyond

Lisa Edgar – Chief Executive Officer of The Big Window - View Presentation Here 

Healthy Ageing
Healthy Ageing
15h20 - 15h35 - The 50+ population - Redesign to Thrive

Scott Collins – Chairman and CEO at Link-age Launch - View Presentation Here

Healthy Ageing
Healthy Ageing
15:35 – 15:55 - Review of Health Ageing, Recommendations & Actions for the Summit of the Future
  • Jon Warner - US Ambassador at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
  • Bradley Schurman - Founder and CEO at The Super Age
  • Ravi Bala – AgeTech Expert; Chair, Digital Health Assessment Framework
  • Charlotte Yeh - Chief Medical Officer at AARP
  • Michael Philips - Director, Technology Strategy & Relationships at AARP
  • Lisa Edgar – Chief Executive Officer of The Big Window
  • Scott Collins - Chairman and CEO at Link-Age Launch
Healthy Ageing
15h55 - 16h05 - Coffee & Networking
Green Health
16h05 - 16h20 - Introduction to Green Health

Karolina Mackiewicz – Innovation Director at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector - View Presentation Here

Green Health
Green Health
16h20 - 16h40 - Radical Stewardship: Sustaining the Earth Sustains Us

David Ewing Duncan – Journalist, Author, Researcher, Curator, and Advisor

Green Health
Green Health
16h40 - 17h50 - Practical Use Cases from Around the World
  • Cassandra Thiel, Assistant Professor at NYU Langone Health, Sustainability Consultant -View Presentation Here
  • Shane Dunne, Associate Director, Sustainability at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - View Presentation Here
  • Dr. Toseef Din – CEO at M.P. Shah Hospital, Top 40 Under 40 Africa Award Winner of Health and Wellness, 2022 (Virtual) - View Presentation Here
  • Chethan Sarabu – Director of Clinical Informatics, Pediatrician at Sharecare, Stanford Medicine - View Presentation Here
  • Philip Webb – Chief Executive Officer at Respiratory Innovation Wales - View Presentation Here
  • Dr. Prasun Mishra – Founding President of the American Association for Precision Medicine (AAPM), Chairman of WISE Capitals
Green Health
Green Health
17h50 - 18h00 - Review of Green Health, Recommendations & Actions for the Summit of the Future
  • Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance
  • David Ewing Duncan – Journalist, Author, Researcher, Curator, and Advisor
Green Health

Day 2

09h00 - 09h15 - Introduction to Day 2 & Review of Day 1

Jon Warner - US Ambassador at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector

Healthy Ageing
9h15 – 11h15 Healthy Ageing Innovation: How to Engage and Sustain Older Consumers with Health and Well-being Initiatives?
Healthy Ageing
Healthy Ageing
11h15 - 12h00 - Digital Health Innovation and Initiatives in Healthy Ageing in Africa, India & Asia Pacific?
  • Jon Warner – US Ambassador at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
  • Andrew T. Barnhill, J.D – Head of Policy and Chief Government Affairs Officer at IQVIA
  • George Margelis – Independent Chair, Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council (Virtual)
  • Rajendra Gupta – Founder at Health Parliament (Virtual)
Healthy Ageing
12h00 - 13h00 - Lunch & Networking
Women's Health
13h10 - 13h30 - What Is Global Future of Telehealth and What Should the Summit of the Future in 2024 Discuss for Telehealth?
  • Brian O'Connor (Moderator) – Chair at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
  • Dr. Michele Y. Griffith – President, International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH)
  • Ann Mond-Johnson – Chief Executive Officer at American Telemedicine Association

 

Women's Health
Women's Health
13h30 - 13h45 - Women in Health – Initiatives from the HLTH Foundation

Janna Guinen – Executive Director, HLTH Foundation

Women's Health
Women's Health
13h45 - 14h45 - Women’s Health – Data & Digital
  • Nicole Althaus (Moderator) – US Ambassador, ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector - View Presentation Here
  • Mevish Vaishnav – Chief Operating Officer at Health Parliament (Virtual)
  • Dr. Irene Aninye – Chief Science Officer at Society for Women’s Health Research
  • Rear Admiral Aisha K Mix – Assistant Surgeon General, Chief Nurse US Public Health Service
  • Ann Mond-Johnson – Chief Executive Officer at American Telemedicine Association
  • Janna Guinen – Executive Director, HLTH Foundation
  • Esther Ruiter – Project Manager at Coalition for Women’s Health Africa (Virtual)
Women's Health
Women's Health
14h45 - 15h15 - AI Health Application Use Cases: How to Navigate to Safe and Scalable Solutions Today

Professor Rachel Dunscombe – Imperial College, UK Government AI Council Member & Co-Chair OpenEHR (Virtual)

Women's Health
15h15 - 15h30 - Coffee & Networking
Women's Health
15h30 - 15h45 - Compact Lessons for Health Data Sharing for Secondary Use & Sign Posting for UN Global Digital Compact

Professor Dipak Kalra – Doctor & President at European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (Virtual) - View Presentation Here

Women's Health
15:45 - 16:30 - Review of Day 1 & 2 Recommendations and Actions for the Summit of the Future
  • Nicole Althaus – US Ambassador, ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
  • Jon Warner – US Ambassador at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
  • Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance
  • Bleddyn Rees – Chair at The Digital Health Society, ECHAlliance

Day 3

Match need and solution
A strong community is established with regular quarterly meetings, events and opportunities to network and collaborate.
Break down silos
We encourage and build collaboration across our International Network of Digital Health Ecosystems by building successful cooperation across geographic boundaries to build trust and learn from the experiences across different health systems.
Create economic growth
Ecosystems create mutually beneficial partnerships to improve the delivery of health and social care and provide real economic benefits – using the economic potential within the health economy to help grow the regions economy.
Transform healthcare
Our International Digital Health Ecosystems are multi-stakeholder groups with the patient at the core, driving the agenda, leading with the need.

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Speakers

Nicole

Nicole Althaus

Virtual
US Ambassador at ECHAlliance The Global Health Connector
Nicole Althaus is a seasoned leader in digital health product innovation and marketing strategy, with a strong commitment to enhancing...
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Irene Aninye 2024

Irene Aninye Ph.D.

Virtual
Chief Science Officer at Society for Women’s Health Research
Dr. Irene O. Aninye is the Chief Science Officer for the Society for Women’s Health Research, a national nonprofit dedicated...
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Ravi-Bala-1-200x200

Ravi Bala

Virtual
AgeTech Expert; Chair Digital at Health Assessment Framework
Ravi Bala is an Agetech expert and a consulting Chief Growth Officer to startups. He is Co-Founder and a former...
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Dr

Aisha K. Brooks

United States
CAPT, U.S. Public Health Service
Dr. Aisha K. Brooks is a Captain in the U.S. Public Health Service and serves as the senior health policy...
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Ya-Ting Chen

Virtual
Executive Director of Vaccines at MSD’s Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence
Ya-Ting Chen, PhD, MPH is an Executive Director of Vaccines at Merck Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence. With over...
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Scott Collins

Virtual
Chairman & CEO at Link-age Launch
Scott Collins, CEO of LINK-AGE LAUNCH; a venture studio with deep healthy aging expertise building de-risked companies solving high priority...
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Toseef-Din

Dr.

Toseef Din

Virtual
CEO, Top 40 under 40 Africa award winner of health and wellness, 2022 M.P. at Shah Hospital
Accomplished management professional with over 20 years experience in finance and healthcare management, well-versed in assessing risk, developing solutions and...
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Shane-Dunne-200x200

Shane Dunne

Virtual
Associate Director, Sustainability at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
I’m lucky to be able to combine my passion with my employment. Since 2014, I’ve led Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer...
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Rachel Dunscombe

Rachel Dunscombe

Virtual
CEO openEHR / Visiting Professor Imperial College London
Prof. Rachel Dunscombe (FBCS FEDIPLeadPract CHCIO) is currently CEO of OpenEHR Intrnational. Until August 2022 Rachel spent over five years...
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Lisa Edgar

Virtual
Chief Executive Officer at The Big Window
Lisa joined the Executive Leadership Team in February 2022 to drive our vision of knowing our customers, and what it...
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David Ewing Duncan

Virtual
Journalist, Author, Researcher, Curator, and Advisor
David Ewing Duncan is an award-winning journalist in print, television, and radio; the best-selling author of ten books published in...
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Dr.

Marius Geantă

Virtual
President and Co-Founder of the Center for Innovation in Medicine
Marius Geantă is President and Co-Founder of the Center for Innovation in Medicine. He has more than 15 years of...
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Janna Guinen

Virtual
Executive Director at Health Foundation
Janna drives HLTH Foundation’s mission to promote diversity, equity and inclusion through the use of digital health, and has helped...
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Oleksii-Iaremenko

Oleksii Iaremenko

Virtual
Health Recovery Office Ministry of Health for Ukraine
An expert in healthcare system reform and management, with 17 years of experience. Currently, the Head of the Health Recovery...
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Prof.

Dipak Kalra

Virtual
Doctor & President at European Institute for Innovation through Health Data
Professor Dipak Kalra, PhD, FRCGP, FBCS, plays a leading international role in research and development of Electronic Health Records, including...
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Seema Kumar

Seema Kumar

Virtual
CEO at The Cure
Seema Kumar joined Cure Experience in 2022 as the Chief Executive Officer.  Prior to Cure, Ms. Kumar spent nearly 20...
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Prof.

Joseph Kvedar

Virtual
Digital Medicine Professor of Dermatology, Senior Advisor, Editor-in-Chief at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital Centre for Innovation in Digital Healthcare, npj
Author, editor, advisor and telehealth evangelist. With a focus on advancing the adoption of telehealth and virtual care technologies at...
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Karolina Mackiewicz

Karolina Mackiewicz

Finland
Innovation Director at ECHAlliance
Karolina Mackiewicz (MA Political Sciences, MA Futures Studies) has over 15 years of professional experience in international projects in the...
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George Margelis

Dr.

George Margelis

Australia
Independent Chair at Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council
George is a medical practitioner who has been deeply involved in technology for the last 30 years. Originally trained as...
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Dr.

Santiago Miriuka

Virtual
Co-Founder at Miriuka MultiplAI
MD, MSc, PhD, with over 20 years of clinical cardiology, heart failure and heart transplantation experience and translational research in...
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Prasun-Mishra

Dr.

Prasun Mishra

Virtual
Founding President at American Association for Precision Medicine (AAPM), Chairman of WISE Capitals
Dr. Prasun Mishra is a leading life science, technology, and healthcare thought leader and an Impact Investor. He chairs WISE:...
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Gillian Monaghan

Virtual
Chief Executive Officer of Saga Spaces
Gillian a chartered certified accountant, who started her career in banking and held a number of senior finance roles before...
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Ann Mond-Johnson

Virtual
Chief Executive Officer American Telemedicine Association
Ann Mond Johnson is CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, overseeing the only association focused completely on advancing the adoption...
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Dr.

Nicaise Ndembi

Virtual
Senior Advisor at Africa Centre for Disease Control
Currently the Senior Science Advisor, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, a virologist and public health expert, Dr. Ndembi...
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Brian

Brian O’Connor

United Kingdom
Chair at ECHAlliance
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Brian has developed his career as a consultant, manager, and investor. He has worked and...
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Jean Philbert Nsengimana

Jean Philbert Nsengimana

Rwanda
Chief Digital Advisor at Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Jean Philbert Nsengimana (Phil) is the Chief Digital Health Advisor at Africa CDC. He also serves as a special advisor...
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Michael-Philips

Michael Philips

Virtual
Technology Strategy and Relationships Director at AARP
As Director of Technology Strategy and Partnerships, Michael Phillips lead’s AARP digital age-inclusion efforts, and supports the association’s social mission...
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Raj

Dr.

Rajendra Pratap Gupta

Virtual
Founder at Health Parliament
Rajendra Pratap Gupta (Rajendra) is a public policy expert who has been contributing to policy making for over a decade...
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Bleddyn Rees

Wales
Chair at the Digital Health Society, Deputy Chair at ECHAlliance
Bleddyn is an experienced commercial and international healthcare lawyer with over 30 years’ experience advising on outsourcings, privatisations, complex contracting...
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Esther Ruiter

Virtual
Business and Partnership Manager, Africa Health Business
Esther Ruiter is a fully qualified and registered midwife in Belgium and Kenya. She has over ten years of experience...
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Chethan Sarabu

Chethan Sarabu

Virtual
Director of Clinical Informatics, Pediatrician at Sharecare, Stanford Medicine
I live at the intersection of medicine, design, and information. The driving force connecting these interests is the pursuit of...
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Bradley Schurman

Virtual
Founder and CEO The Super Age
Bradley Schurman is the author of THE SUPER AGE: DECODING OUR DEMOGRAPHIC DESTINY (Harper Collins) and the founder and CEO...
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Andrew T. Barnhill

Virtual
Head of Policy and Chief Government Affairs Officer, IQVIA
Barnhill is a life sciences government affairs executive with experience at Fortune 500 companies and a diverse set of healthcare...
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Amit Thakker

Dr.

Amit Thakker

Kenya
Executive Chairman Africa Health Business
A visionary entreprenuer and an industry captain, Dr. Amit N.Thakker, has been a groundbreaking pioneer in the integration of private...
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Cassandra Thiel

Virtual
Assistance Professor at NYU Langone Health
My research utilizes life cycle assessment and principles of industrial ecology to analyze and improve the environmental performance of medical...
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Mevish Vaishnav

Virtual
Chief Operating Officer at Health Parliament
Ms. Mevish Vaishnav is a senior healthcare professional and has served in senior roles in the industry and on various...
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Jon Warner

Virtual
US Ambassador at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Jon Warner is a respected business and expert in health and healthcare innovation having led several organizations and founded and...
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Dr.

Philip Webb

Virtual
Chief Executive Officer at Respiratory Innovation Wales
Healthcare professional with experience in both the NHS and Industry. Academic background includes health economics, epidemiology, statistics, performance management and...
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Michele Griffith

Dr.

Michele Y. Griffith

Virtual
President, International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH)
Dr. Michele Y. Griffith has over 30 years of experience as a physician specializing in Internal Medicine, Integrative Medicine and...
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Charlotte Yeh

Virtual
Chief Experience Officer Cherish
Dr. Yeh is a passionate driver of healthcare transformation and a tireless advocate for healthy aging. Her career has spanned...
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