Global MPH students Carlos Cunningham and Reynolds Fellow Alexandre Carvalho have been accepted to Unite for Sight's Global Health & Social Entrepreneurship Idea Incubator workshop taking place on November 6th in New Haven, CT. The workshop will focus on effective healthcare delivery and the importance of best practices in global health, successful strategies of social innovation and social entrepreneurship, and mentoring and guidance on how to establish new initiatives and organizations. The workshop is a small, intimate forum with a limited capacity of no more than 9 participants. For more information on the workshop, click here.

NYU Master's Program in Global Public Health student Ikenna Umechukwu has been elected to the position of Career Development Officer for the NYU Global Health Alliance.

Ikenna received his MBBS degree from the University of Nigeria in 1998. Following some years of clinical practice in public and private hospitals with a keen interest in public health, Dr. Umechukwu joined the EPI unit of World Health Organization (WHO) in Nigeria. While with WHO; he worked in various capacities, the most recent being National Surveillance Officer. Ikenna was also involved in setting‐up an NGO that provided health knowledge, care and support for the disadvantaged populations of Adamawa State of Nigeria, where he volunteered in the management capacity. His interest is in health management and policy research. Ikenna plans to return to Africa where wants to support healthcare strengthening through provision of quality leadership.

Global MPH student Segufta Dilshad presented at the 20th World Diabetes Congress this past week in Montreal. Her presentation, "Need Assessment for Financial Support of People with Diabetes: A Case Study of a Developing Country like Bangladesh" described resent rsearch to identify the need for and sources of financial support for persons with diabetes who have low-incomes. The complete abstract can be found online (P-1710).