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Global Health Live Chat Participants
- Whitney Welshimer joined the International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) as the Communications Assistant in May, 2007. For the past 23 years, the IWHC has worked in countries throughout the world to advocate for young people's health, woman's rights and sex education. Through their investment in young women throughout the world, monitoring of government health policies and their advocacy to different stakeholders in individual countries influential organizations such as the UN and WHO among others the IWHC seeks to create a world where women are free from discrimination, sexual coercion, and violence; where they make free and informed choices on sexuality and reproduction; and where health information and services are accessible to all. As the Communications Assistant Whitney maintains IWHC's multilingual websites, and helps generate new site features and content. Whitney fields all media calls and requests to IWHC staff and colleagues, and creates daily news reports from domestic and international outlets. In addition, Whitney conducts research for IWHC publications, and assists in the creation and dissemination of articles, fact sheets and speeches for multiple constituencies.
- Sherri Williams is a reporter at the Columbus Dispatch who spent three weeks in December in South Africa on a National Association of Black Journalists fellowship reporting on the country's AIDS crisis. As Chapter President of the Columbus Association of Black Journalists, Ms. Williams was instrumental in organizing a recent town hall meeting (in partnership with the Columbus AIDS Task Force) that allowed participants to discuss the impact that epidemic is having on the black community.
- Cate Oswald is currently the Coordinator of Monitoring & Evaluation and Operational Research for Partners In Health's efforts in Haiti. In this capacity she works through the Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School providing logistical and programmatic support to colleagues in Haiti involved in service delivery, training, advocacy, and research initiatives. Prior to her current work in Haiti, Cate served as assistant to PIH's Executive Director, Ophelia Dahl. She began her work at PIH as a volunteer while still a student, and later served as a summer intern. Cate has experience working on issues of social justice and equality locally in Rhode Island and Massachusetts through homeless rights initiatives, especially in access to nutrition, housing, and health care. Internationally, Cate has worked in Sub Saharan Africa, South America, and the South Pacific on projects aimed to understand the social context of disease while working alongside communities to improve health outcomes. She holds a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in International Health and Epidemiology and is a 2004 graduate of Brown University with a B.A. in International Development Studies. She believes strongly in students' ability to positively impact the global health movement.
- In addition to these three view points, we welcome Matthew Imm, a medical student involved with the global health issues group at OSU.
- Students from the Columbus Academy, Anna Thompson, Jon Razi, Lauren Falkenberg and Courtney Miller, who have been involved in a seminar on global health issues along with staff from the Columbus Council on World Affairs will also participate in the chat.
(Anonymous)
thanks much