U.S. LEADERSHIP JOURNEY

LIFT-OFF EVENT

July 22 & 23, 2021

Thank you for being a part of Lift-Off and celebrating the remarkable 2020 U.S. Leadership Journey Cohort with us.

You can watch highlights of the event as well as the recordings of the cohort members’ presentations below.

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Read the Day 1 Opening Remarks by:

• Michele Barry, Founder

• Amie Batson, Executive Director

Watch Highlights from Day 1 and Day 2

Leadership Project Presentations

CENTERING WOMEN AND GIRLS IN HEALTH

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Watch: Iris Mwanza's "Integrating Sexual & Reproductive Health Services for Adolescents into Community Health"

Learn more about Iris Mwanza.

Watch: Skye Gilbert's "Build Gender Inclusive Digital & Data Governing Bodies in Sub-Saharan" Africa

Learn more about Skye Gilbert.

Watch: Nureyan Zunong's "Simplified Supervision Tools to Increase Equal Opportunity for Female Leadership within the South Sudan Community"

Learn more about Nureyan Zunong.

Watch: Megan Huchko's "Peer Navigation to Improve Cervical Cancer Prevention Uptake in Western Kenya"

Learn more about Megan Huchko.

Watch: Kate Rademacher's "Reclaiming Rest: A Global Health Imperative"

Learn more about Kate Rademacher

CATALYZING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE

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Watch: Allison Phillips' "Developing a Strategic Plan for Stanford Global Health"

Learn more about Allison Phillips.

Watch: Laura Lewandowski's "The Return on Investment for Women Versus Men When Investing in a Medical School Education: An Analysis of Educational Debt, Compensation, and Leadership Advancement"

Learn more about Laura Lewandowski.

Watch: Brittany Hume Charm's "Applying WomenLift Wisdom to Leap to, and Lift Off in, a New Career Step"

Learn more about Brittany Hume Charm .

Watch: Ingrid Katz's "Leading through a Time of Transition – Developing a Strategic Plan for the Harvard Global Health Institute"

Learn more about Ingrid Katz.

Amy Lin's "Chart Team Strategy to Optimize Innovation in Global Health"

Learn more about Amy Lin.

Watch: Sia Nowrojee's "Every Ending is a New Beginning: Transferring Ownership of the 3D Program for Girls and Women to Local Partners in India"

Learn more about Sia Nowrojee.

OPTIMIZING PATHWAYS TO LEADERSHIP

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Watch: Cheryl Moyer's "WomenLift Research: Plugging the Leaky Pipeline"

Learn more about Cheryl Moyer.

Watch: Vivian Hsu's "Increasing Gender Equity and Integration into VD&S and EDD Grantmaking"

Learn more about Vivian Hsu.

Watch: Christine Ngaruiya's "Research Capacity Building, Agenda-setting, Dialoguing (knowledge-sharing), and Grant Writing Program in East Africa (RoADs)"

Learn more about Christine Ngaruiya.

Watch: Folake Olayinka's "Case Comparisons of the Impact of Country Level Leadership on its Public Health and MNCH outcomes"

Learn more about Folake Olayinka.

Watch: Kashmira Date's "Seeding Change: An Organizational and Individual Leadership Development Framework for Mid-Career Women of Color"

Learn more about Kashmira Date.

Watch: Nandini Oomman & Bindiya Patel 's "Your Story, Your Power: Advancing Women’s Leadership in Global Health"

Learn more about Nandini Oomman.

Learn more about Bindiya Patel.

BUILDING INTEGRATED & RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEMS

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Watch: Jennifer Goedken's "Do ask, Do tell: Respecting and Protecting Women by Changing the Culture of Consent in Medical Education"

Learn more about Jennifer Goedken.

Watch: Mary Warsh & Deepika Kandula's "Mainstreaming Gender Considerations in Malaria Programming"

Learn more about Mary Warsh.

Learn more about Deepika Kandula.

Watch: Callie Simon's "Beyond the Youth Corner: Accelerating Action for Adolescent- and Gender-Responsive Health Systems"

Learn more about Callie Simon.

Michelle Hsiang's "COVID-19 Therapeutics for Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of Candidate Agents with Potential for Near-term Use and Impact"

Learn more about Michelle Hsiang.

Thank you for joining our Lift-Off Event!

You can read more about the 2020 Cohort Members here.

Illustration by Jenny Soderbergh.