Disruptive Women in Health Care Rings in the New Year with Nine New Bloggers
January 6th, 2010
It is with tremendous excitement and a great deal of pride that I introduce our newest Disruptive Women in Health Care bloggers.
As we welcome in 2010, we also welcome our newest colleagues–women with unique experiences, vast knowledge, and extra-ordinary accomplishments:
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Agnes Binagwaho, MD, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health of Rwanda, is a pediatrician specializing in emergency pediatrics, neonatology, and the treatment of HIV/AIDS in children and adults. |
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Psychiatrist Arletty Pinel, MD, an expert with decades of global experience in sexual and reproductive health, is the Director of SurGlobal, a special new program on health and development at the International Center for Sustainable Development in Panama. |
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Beatriz de Faria Leão, MD, PhD, who has been in health informatics since 1980, is a founder of the Brazilian Health Informatics Association with expertise in the areas of standards and electronic health records. |
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Karen H. Nielsen, MBA, MPA, is President of Nielsen & Associates, LLC, has worked in the health care field for over 20 years, and is predominately focused on collaborative efforts between private and public organizations. |
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Lois Privor-Dumm, IMBA, is the Director, Alliances and Information for the International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
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Michele Barry, MD, FACP is the Senior Associate Dean for Global Health and Director of Global Health Programs in Medicine at Stanford and serves as the health consultant for the Ford Foundation overseas programs. |
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A national leader in patient safety, Rosemary Gibson is a writer, strategist, and thought leader in U.S. health care with a new book, The Treatment Trap, which puts a human face on overuse of unnecessary medical treatment. |
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Sally Stansfield, MD is the Executive Secretary of the Health Metrics Network (HMN), responsible for managing the technical and financial contributions of HMN partners to accelerate reform of health information systems for improved health outcomes on behalf of the Network and its host, the World Health Organization (WHO). |
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Co-founder and Executive Director of the Convenient Care Association, Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, JD, is also Vice President at the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), and has earned a reputation as an effective change agent, systems-thinker, social innovator and policy advocate. |
Learn more about our new bloggers, as well as all the Disruptive Women.
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