2015 - 2016 END7 STUDENT YEARBOOK
CELEBRATING A YEAR OF PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES (NTDs) his year, on more than 50 campuses from Sierra the Philippines at Potluck for Progress dinners and campus Leone to Scotland, END7 student supporters worked presentations. As END7’s ambassadors on the ground, Tto raise awareness of NTDs and motivate their peers students played a crucial role in amplifying the conversation and community members to get involved. Students gave about NTDs in communities around the world. presentations in classes and at conferences, planned creative outreach events and led hands-on public health Many students found supporting END7 to be a learning education efforts in communities at risk of NTDs. experience in and of itself. As Karmen Rivera, founder of END7 at Princeton University, put it, “Being involved Students worked to share “the scope and the hope” with END7 has refined my academic focus. I went from of NTDs, delivering a message that conveys both the being a pre-med biology major interested in only hard magnitude of the challenges facing the NTD control and science to being a Global Health & Health Policy student elimination effort and the incredible progress that has acquainted with a world beyond cells – a world of sociology, already been made to date. In October, students shared anthropology, global health, human rights and inequalities, NTD Success Stories from Haiti, Sierra Leone, India and all determinants of NTDs and the keys to their defeat.”
MY END7 EXPERIENCE HAS GREATLY IMPACTED MY FUTURE. AS AN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES MAJOR I AM HOPING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PUBLIC POLICY “AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS RELATED TO HEALTHCARE AND FOREIGN AID…END7 HAS REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGING IN ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE WORLD’S POOR. —ANA VILLAGRAN, BAYLOR” DUKE UNIVERSITY NTD HOUSE COURSE END7 PRAGUE SCOUTING OUTREACH END7 Student Advisory Board representative John Lu Student leaders at Charles University in Prague, Czech taught a “house course” – a student-taught for-credit Republic, educated the next generation of END7 students course – on NTDs at Duke University. John also launched by leading a presentation and activities for a local Duke’s first undergraduate global health journal to spotlight elementary school scout troop - and even fundraised by student research on issues like NTDs. collecting pocket change from the children! NTD SUCCESS STORIES AT SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY END7 AT THE PRAGUE GLOBAL HEALTH FORUM The Saint Mary’s University Voice for NTDs Society held In May, END7 student leaders presented at the Prague their first events in October as part of END7’sNTD Success Global Health Forum - a major opportunity to raise Stories month. They staffed information tables on campus awareness of NTDs and lead future medical professionals and held a Potluck for Progress to celebrate the work being through interactive case studies to learn about diagnosis in done to fight NTDs around the world. tropical medicine. SPOTLIGHT: BAKER INSTITUTE NTD WORKSHOP “CHARTING A PATH IN THE NTD WORLD” STUDENT WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 29 / RICE UNIVERSITY BAKER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY / HOUSTON, TEXAS
n September, scientists and policy experts came together at Rice DR. MITCHELL WOLFE, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY University in Houston, Texas for a very special conference, “The United FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF IIStates and Mexico: Addressing a Shared Legacy of Neglected Tropical HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, ON THE CAREER PANEL Diseases and Poverty.” The high-profile event featured presentations by Dr. Mercedes Juan López, Mexico’s Minister of Health, Dr. Carina Perotti Fux, Medical Coordinator of Doctors Without Border in Mexico, and Andrew Natsios, former Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, among other noted speakers. Before the main program, END7 co-hosted a special workshop for students to learn about the world of neglected tropical diseases: career opportunities, essential skills and opportunities to get involved while still in school. A panel of expert guests, representing fields from research to resource mobilization, provided students with advice on pursuing a career in global health. Student leaders, including winners of an international competition to develop NTD educational resources, shared their personal experiences in NTD research, advocacy, education, and fundraising in “TED Talks.” Special guest Dr. Greg Martin from the popular podcast and web series This Week in Global Health led a training session on using new media to drive progress in global health, followed by an interactive small group competition that challenged student participants to think of creative ways to observe NTD Awareness Week on campus. Workshop participants ended the day at the opening reception for the conference, networking with global health leaders. STUDENT “TED TALKS”
NTD RESEARCH Nathan Lo, Stanford Medical School NTD ADVOCACY Anjali Bhatla, Rice University NTD EDUCATION Jennifer Nguyen and Emmy Sun, Western University
NTD FUNDRAISING Tahseen Karim, UT Medical School FOR PRESENTATION VIDEOS AND MORE INFORMATION, VISIT www.bakerinstitute.org/events/1733/
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GUEST EXPERTS:
Neal F. Lane, Ph.D. Senior Fellow in Science and Technology Policy, Baker Institute Sarah Marchal Murray Chief Operating Officer, END Fund Kirstin Matthews, Ph.D. Fellow in Science and Technology Policy, Baker Institute Carina Perotti Fux, M.D. Medical Coordinator, Doctors Without Borders, Mexico Mitchell I. Wolfe, M.D., MPH Deputy Assistant Secretary, Global Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Greg Martin, M.D., MPH, MBA Host, This Week in Global Health SPOTLIGHT: NTD AWARENESS WEEK
From January 24-30 – the anniversary of the London to make a difference. Students reached an even bigger Declaration on NTDs – END7 student supporters on audience on social media, using the hashtag #NTDWeek to campuses in the United States, Canada, Scotland, Nigeria share updates and facts – with partners like NPR and the and Sierra Leone celebrated the first-ever NTD Awareness United States Centers for Disease Control getting in on the Week. Through creative fundraisers, information sessions, action sharing their own #NTDWeek posts by week’s end! social activities and advocacy events, students raised NTD Awareness Week was the perfect kick-off to 2016 – awareness of NTDs and got their peers involved in efforts with plans to expand to even more campuses in 2017! SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - AUSTIN RICE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE SPOTLIGHT: MOBILIZING IN SIERRA LEONE
n October of 2015, pharmacy student Ishmael Tamba Jalloh launched the first END7 chapter in Africa at the Ii University of Sierra Leone College of Medicine and Health Sciences. He recruited more and more students to the cause, launching three more chapters at additional USL colleges in quick succession. Throughout the year, these student leaders collaborated directly with the Ministry of Health and leading health NGOs in Sierra Leone to raise awareness of NTDs and increase community participation in mass drug administration (MDA) campaigns.
Ishmael volunteered with community education activities during the first MDA in Sierra Leone after the Ebola epidemic interrupted regular public health efforts, held in October 2015. “During the MDA campaign,” he wrote, “I found out that people are only aware of one of the seven neglected tropical diseases — elephantiasis, which is called ‘Big Foot’ in our local language. Now, I am thinking that more work needs to be done to raise awareness of all of the NTDs in Sierra Leone.”
He got right to work, launching a broad-reaching education campaign during NTD Awareness Week in January. He and his peers gave presentations to their peers on campus, visited elementary schools to teach young children to wash their hands and use proper sanitation to prevent NTDs and even appeared on TV and radio stations to encourage everyone to participate in MDA campaigns. In May, the USL students played a major role in the promotion and administration of Sierra Leone’s LF MDA campaign. Reflecting on the social mobilization campaign in May, Ishmael shared, “One of our greatest challenges was advocating to community health workers to take drugs to the colleges so university students could participate in the MDA. Eighty percent of the colleges we visited were treated during the MDA, but this still leaves many students without access to treatment.” USL students are committed to ensuring that all of their peers have access to NTD treatment.
“We will continue our activities to raise awareness of these important public health campaigns, encourage our peers and fellow community members to participate, and advocate to make sure everyone has the chance to be part of MDA campaigns so Sierra Leone can end NTDs for good,” Ishmael shared in a guest post on our blog. We cannot wait to see where USL students take the END7 campaign in Sierra Leone - and beyond - next year! tudents continued to be a driving force behind END7 reaching out to the White House and Congress to protect advocacy activities this year - educating their peers and increase U.S. funding for NTD treatment. Sabout key advocacy opportunities, collecting signatures on END7 petitions targeting influential policymakers and Strategies included collecting signatures on END7 traveling to Washington, D.C. for the second annual END7 advocacy actions, writing op-eds and letters to the editor Student Advocacy Day to urge members of Congress to during key policy negotiations, and contacting influential protect funding for NTD treatment in the federal budget. decisionmakers with phone calls, social media posts and Students are using their voices to raise awareness of in-person visits on the second annual END7 Student the scope of the NTD burden and the hope of the global Advocacy Day. As END7 Student Advisory Board member strategy for control and elimination. Driven by the belief Anjali Bhatla of Rice University put it, “NTDs are finally that their generation can see the end of the suffering gaining traction as a major global health issue worldwide, caused by these preventable and treatable diseases, and this is why it is so necessary for students to push students are urging world leaders to invest the resources NTDs through advocacy and education. We need to make necessary to control and eliminate NTDs. sure world leaders are held accountable for the promises they make!” END7 Student Advisory Board rep David This year, student advocacy focused on urging the United Obadina of Northeastern University added, “The most Nations to prioritize NTDs in the Sustainable Development important thing I learned this year is that the voices of Goals, pressuring G7 heads of state to make good on their people are powerful. When we unite for this cause, we can pledge to invest in NTD treatment and prevention and cause tremendous change – and we already have done so.” SEPTEMBER: Making #NTDsCount in the SDGs
Students urged the United Nations to include an indicator to measure progress towards the end of NTDs in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More than 1,000 students signed the petition online and tweeted at UN representatives. NOVEMBER: The G7 Can END7
Six months after G7 leaders pledged to invest in NTD treatment and prevention at their May 2015 Heads of State Summit, END7 launched a petition to urge them to act on this promise. Students across the world signed and shared messages. JANUARY: Obama’s NTD Legacy
In the weeks before President Obama released the final budget request of his administration, students contacted the White House with handwritten letters, emails and phone calls urging him to leave a global health legacy by funding NTD treatment. FEBRUARY-MAY: Protecting the #NTDBudget
Throughout the spring semester, END7 students advocated for the United States Congress to protect and increase funding for the US Agency for International Development’s NTD Program - a vital source of funding for NTD treatment. SPOTLIGHT: END7 AT THE UNITED NATIONS
END7 CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP WINNER PHIL REINHART, A SENIOR AT DUKE UNIVERSITY, OUTSIDE UN HEADQUARTERS (ABOVE) AND AT A SPECIAL EXHIBIT ON DISEASE ELIMINATION AT THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN NEW YORK CITY (BELOW) 2015 MILLENNIUM CAMPUS CONFERENCE AUGUST 11–15 / UNITED NATIONS HQ / NEW YORK CITY
hat better place to launch an END7 advocacy action targeting United Nations country ambassadors than...United WiNations headquarters? At the seventh annual Millennium Campus Conference, END7 did just that, leading a training session on grassroots global health advocacy and encouraging conference participants - more than 400 undergraduate and graduate students passionate about international development - to urge the UN to include an indicator to measure progress against NTDs in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). END7 Student Advisory Board representative Phil Reinhart of Duke University won a scholarship to represent END7 at the conference and meet student leaders from around the world at the five-day event. At the Opportunities Fair, students learned more about END7, with many launching campus chapters after leaving the conference inspired to join the fight against NTDs. In a conference room at UN headquarters on the East River, students gathered for END7’s presentation on global health advocacy, learning about key victories by grassroots advocates and their strategies for maximizing impact.
At the Opportunities Fair, students posed with messages to their country’s permanent representative to the UN, urging them to include an indicator to measure progress towards the end of NTDs in the SDGs. With a goal and target to end NTDs already secured, finalizing an indicator is the last step in making sure that ending NTDs is at the top of the world’s to-do list to end extreme poverty.
STUDENTS LAUNCHED END7’S ADVOCACY ACTION TO ENSURE THE INCLUSION OF AN INDICATOR MEASURING PROGRESS AGAINST NTDs IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) BY TWEETING PHOTOS TO THEIR COUNTRY’S UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR. SPOTLIGHT: END7 STUDENT ADVOCACY DAY
SECOND ANNUAL END7 “THIS YEAR I LEARNED THAT SMALL GROUPS OF STUDENT ADVOCACY DAY COMMITTED INDIVIDUALS MARCH 1 / WASHINGTON, D.C. CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. JUST LOOK AT THE STUDENTS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL BUILDING ON ADVOCACY DAY FOR PROOF.” — JOHN LU, DUKE
n March 1, student leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., for the second annual END7 Student Advocacy OiDay. The event brought together 40 END7 student leaders from 15 colleges and universities across the country for 39 meetings with members of Congress and their staff. These young advocates traveled to our nation’s capital on planes, trains and buses from as far as Texas and Florida to urge their elected officials to maintain U.S. leadership in the fight against neglected tropical diseases by protecting and increasing the budget for the USAID NTD Program. The largest public-private partnership in USAID history, the NTD Program has leveraged more than $11.1 billion in donated drugs over the past decade. Yet, despite the clear impact of NTDs on health and development and the proven cost-effectiveness of treatment, President Obama’s FY 2017 budget proposal only allocated $86.5 million USAID NTD Program – a 13.5 percent cut in funding from the previous three years’ enacted level of $100 million. Students arrived in Washington ready to make a passionate case for the importance of U.S. leadership in the fight against NTDs. USAID NTD PROGRAM OFFICIAL ROB HENRY PRESENTS AT THE BRIEFING STUDENTS WITH REP. WILLIAM KEATING
STUDENTS ON THE HILL BETWEEN MEETINGS SIENA ROMANO OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WITH SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN
“WE HAD FOUR SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS WITH STAFFERS, AND EVEN GOT TO MEET ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES IN PERSON: REP. AMI BERA (D-CA), WITH WHOM WE BRIEFLY CHATTED AND TOOK “SOME PICTURES! HE HAS AN M.D. AND CAN THUS SEE NTDS FROM BOTH A MEDICAL AND POLITICAL STANDPOINT. AS A PRE-MEDICAL STUDENT STUDYING BOTH BIOLOGY AND POLICY, I FELT THAT MY INTERACTION WITH REP. BERA WAS PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL. —CYRUS GHAZNAVI, RICE UNIVERSITY” tudents started their day on the Hill at a morning Scoffee meeting with Senator Roger Wicker (R- MS, pictured at right), co- chair of the Senate’s Malaria and NTD Caucus. Then, they participated in an advocacy briefing in the Capitol from USAID, RTI International and Helen Keller International before fanning out across Capitol Hill to meet with 39 congressional offices to advocate for the USAID NTD Program budget. The day ended with a closing reception featuring a keynote by Barbara Bush, co-founder and CEO of Global Health Corps and daughter of USAID NTD Program founder President George W. Bush. 2016 ADVOCACY DAY MEETINGS REP. ALAN GRAYSON (D-FL) REP. DAVID CICILLINE (D-RI) REP. TED POE (R-TX) SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA) REP. AMI BERA (D-CA) REP. DAVID REICHERT (R-WA) REP. THOMAS ROONEY (R-FL) SEN. JEFF FLAKE (R-AZ) REP. ANDER CRENSHAW (R-FL) REP. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D-FL) REP. WILLIAM KEATING (D-MA) SEN. JERRY MORAN (R-KS) REP. BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN) REP. ED ROYCE (R-CA) SEN. BEN CARDIN (D-MD) SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-SC) REP. BRENDAN BOYLE (D-PA) REP. GREGORY MEEKS (D-NY) SEN. CHRIS MURPHY (D-CT) SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R-FL) REP. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER (D-MD) REP. JOE PITTS (R-PA) SEN. CORY GARDNER (R-CO) SEN. PATTY MURRAY (D-WA) REP. CHARLIE DENT (R-PA) REP. MARIO DIAZ-BALART (R-FL) SEN. DAVID PERDUE (R-GA) SEN. ROGER WICKER (R-MS) REP. CHRIS STEWART (R-UT) REP. MATT SALMON (R-AZ) SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA) SEN. ROY BLUNT (R-MO) REP. CURT CLAWSON (R-FL) REP. RODNEY FRELINGHUYSEN (R-NJ) SEN. EDWARD MARKEY (D-MA) SEN. STEVE DAINES (R-MT) REP. DANIEL DONOVAN (D-NY) SEN. TIM KAINE (D-VA) am honored to be here with you today to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the USAID NTD program. It seems oddly fitting I and very humbling that I am with you today to celebrate this program that my father launched a decade ago as he was the catalyst for my involvement with global health...This community of young leaders inspires and energizes me. Knowing that I’m standing in front of a community of equally engaged, thoughtful, and committed individuals eager to improve lives worldwide also inspires me. It is critical that you continue to advocate and work for change by meeting with your representatives in Congress and amplifying your voice and the voices of other END7 supporters through petitions and op-eds. We have so much at our disposal to achieve great things, and we also have the possibility to reimagine leadership that can accomplish even more, including eliminating NTDs. This is exciting, even if it is a bit daunting. But I know, beyond a doubt, that we are up for the task. — BARBARA BUSH, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS
“AFTER SPENDING ONE DAY ADVOCATING FOR NTD FUNDING ON CAPITOL HILL, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT WILL NOT BE MY LAST. ALTHOUGH I FELT PASSIONATE ABOUT END7’S GOAL BEFORE THE EVENT, ATTENDING STUDENT ADVOCACY DAY INSTILLED IN ME AN EVEN GREATER PASSION FOR THIS ISSUE AND MADE ME EVEN MORE DETERMINED TO HELP CHANGE THE OUTLOOK FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY THESE DEBILITATING DISEASES.” —TAYLER McCORD, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY undraising is a key component of student support events and online donations to student fundraising pages for the END7 campaign. Students around the world since the launch of the END7 campaign. It all adds up Fhave planned fundraisers ranging from “Dancing with to make a big impact: funds raised by students benefit the Stars”-inspired ballroom dancing competitions, to NTD treatment and prevention programs in Africa, Asia Super Smash Bros video game tournaments, to “dirt cup” and Latin America. These funds support the costs of dessert sales. setting up mass drug administration (MDA) programs - transporting donated medicine to communities in need, In April of 2016, END7 at the University of Texas-Dallas training health workers to distribute them, conducting submitted the donation that tipped student fundraising disease surveillance and distributing educational past the $100,000 mark - a tremendous accomplishment materials to encourage healthy behaviors that stop the representing countless contributions to on-campus spread of NTDs. IN 2016, FUNDS RAISED BY END7 SUPPORTERS WILL BENEFIT NTD TREATMENT & PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN 6 COUNTRIES FAVORITE FUNDRAISERS OF 2015 - 2016
GIVING TUESDAY // worldwide
Students at dozens of universities around the world raise nearly $10,000 for END7 on the international day of giving back through on- campus fundraisers and online fundraising pages!
DANCING WITH THE STARS // Northeastern U. END7 at Northeastern collaborated with the Ballroom Dancing Club for this fun event featuring ballroom dancing lessons and a competiton - raising nearly $500 through ticket sales!
TROPICAL NIGHT // Saint Mary’s University
The Saint Mary’s University Voice for NTDs Society kicked off NTD Awareness Week with a Tropical Night fundraising party featuring a limbo competition, photo booth and tropical snacks to raise $700!
CUPCAKE WARS // Southeastern University
The Southeastern University Cupcake Wars to END7 brought student groups from across campus together to compete for the title of best-decorated cucpcake - raising a sweet $1,100! SPOTLIGHT: GIVING TUESDAY
For the second year, END7 students participated in an passion for this cause and asked friends and family to donate inter-university fundraising competition to celebrate to online fundraising pages. In the end, students raised Giving Tuesday - the international day of giving back! On nearly $10,000 for the fight against NTDs - and END7 was December 1, more than 25 schools planned on-campus recognized as a Campaign of the Week by the international fundraising events, shared “unselfies” to explain their organizers of Giving Tuesday!
NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
CHARLES UNIVERSITY, PRAGUE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SPOTLIGHT: END7 STUDENT HEADLINES END7 STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD
he END7 Student Advisory Board (ESAB) Tis a forum for highly- engaged student leaders to advise the END7 campaign on the structure and implementation of student engagement in service of the global effort to control and eliminate the seven most common neglected tropical diseases. Representatives from universities around the world lend their unique perspectives and skills to help shape END7 student supporters’ advocacy, fundraising and education efforts. By contributing their time and expertise to the activities of the Board and to mentoring students on the END7 Campus Leaders Council (CLC) - a larger network of student leaders - representatives play a major role in charting the course of the END7 campaign. This year, an extraordinary group of student leaders on the ESAB and CLC devoted countless hours to the END7 campaign from campuses worldwide. Not pictured: John Lu, Duke University; Ana Villagran, Baylor University END7 CAMPUS LEADERS COUNCIL
Blaise Langan Baylor University United States Roshni Bham Boston University United States Samuel A. Akinsola Botho University Botswana Henry Okorie Ugorji Central University College Ghana Chelsea Edwards Charles University Prague Czech Republic Yuka Makiyama Concordia University Canada John Lu Duke University United States Ramzie Fathy Farragut High School United States Mochamad Ali Rosadi Gadjah Mada University Indonesia Michael McNamara Georgetown University United States Laura Abasi Hardin Simmons University United States Eleazer Ngozi Uchegbulam Imo State University, Owerri Nigeria Alpana Singh Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India Lindsay Selman James Madison University United States Chinyere Chukwuocha Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Nigeria Hadi Siddique North Carolina State University United States Nina Granow Northeastern University United States Karmen Rivera Princeton University United States Lauren Chan Queen’s University Canada Cyrus Ghaznavi Rice University United States Maheshi Dharmasiri Saint Mary’s University Canada Bong Jia Ying Singapore Polytechnic Singapore Goravpaul Chatrath Texas Tech University United States Rajan Kandel Tribhuvan University Nepal Emily Miller Tufts University United States David DeMarco Unionville High School United States Juan Carlos Villegas Cuevas Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez Mexico Remani Saad Islam University Mohamed Khider of Biskra Algeria Kennisha Donatus University of Abuja Nigeria Cassidy Farrow University of California, Berkeley United States Zijing Li University of California, San Diego United States Lauren Crossman University of Cincinnati United States Sarah Mosure University of Connecticut United States Beth Poulton University of Glasgow United Kingdom Tony Luo University of Melbourne Australia Mary Hahm University of Notre Dame United States Kanchan Amatya University of Oklahoma United States Ishmael Tamba Jalloh University of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Elizabeth Cramer University of South Florida United States Elaine Ramirez University of Texas at Dallas United States Cedric Mubikayi Virginia Tech United States Tanvee Varma Wellesley College United States Colette Matysiak Yale University United States THE FIRST END7 AT PRINCETON EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING WILL GO DOWN IN THE BOOKS AS MY FAVORITE MEMORY FROM THIS YEAR. FEELING THE PASSION IN THE ROOM PERMEATING FROM NOT JUST MYSELF, BUT THE OTHER FOUR PEOPLE AROUND ME – ALL EQUALLY COMMITTED AND WILLING TO EMBARK ON THIS MISSION – REALLY SET THE TONE FOR END7 AT PRINCETON. IN THAT HOUR AND A HALF, I TRULY FELT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO DEEPLY ENGAGE WITH AN ISSUE AMONGST LIKEMINDED PEERS WITH OPTIMISM, HOPE AND EXCITEMENT FOR THE FUTURE. “ —KARMEN RIVERA, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ” END7 CAMPUS LEADERS COUNCIL guest speakers
Each monthly END7 Campus Leaders Council meeting advice, engaging in spirited discussions with student leaders featured a presentation by a guest expert who shared their and offering personal insights to students interested in unique perspective on the fight against NTDs, representing careers in their field. Student leaders reported that these fields ranging from fundraising to filmmaking. These guest presentations were one of the highlights of their inspiring professionals were generous with their time and experience on the END7 Campus Leaders Council! JONATHAN COURTNEY, Giving What We Can The Associate Executive Director of Giving What We Can shared an overview of the “effective altruism” movement - the effort to drive charity dollars to the highest-impact causes - as students planned a major fundraising drive for END7 on Giving Tuesday.
MO SCARPELLI, Documentary Filmmaker The award-winning filmmaker behind several END7 videos, Mo Scarpelli shared her tips for ethical storytelling - how to share powerful first-hand accounts from communities affected by NTDs without resorting to stereotypes or other common pitfalls of global health communication.
JASON BAUBIEN, National Public Radio
As NPR’s Global Health and Development Correspondent, Jason has reported on some of the most important global health stories of the past decade, from HIV/AIDS to Ebola. Fresh off a story on river blindness in West Africa, he shared his tips with students planning for NTD Awareness Week.
ERIN HOHLFELDER, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Erin served previously as the ONE Campaign’s Policy Director for Global Health, leading the campaign’s efforts to advance grassroots global health advocacy. Now leading a new initiative at the Gates Foundation, Erin helped students prepare to shine on Student Advocacy Day.
JOE AMON, Helen Keller International HKI’s Vice President for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Joe oversees a portfolio of NTD treatment and prevention programs in 20 countries in Africa and Asia. He advised students interested in his path from scientific research to public health program design and implementation. SPOTLIGHT: STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
This year, the END7 campaign awarded scholarships to promising student leaders to attend leading global health and development conferences and the second annual END7 Student Advocacy Day:
PHILLIP REINHART, DUKE UNIVERSITY JESSICA ELLIS, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN Millennium Campus Conference American Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Annual Meeting Phil attended the Millennium Campus Conference at Jess attended the American Society for Tropical Medicine United Nations headquarters in New York City in August, & Hygiene Annual Meeting in Philadelphia in October, meeting fellow students passionate about international attending presentations of cutting-edge NTD research development from all over the world and hearing speakers and networking with leaders in the field. She even got the like Jeffrey Sachs describe the new era of sustainable chance to try on personal protective gear used by Ebola development just before the UN ratified the SDGs. first responders in a special simulation at the event! END7 STUDENT ADVOCACY DAY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
TAYLER McCORD NICOLE SPITZER JOHN LU Michigan State University University of Central Florida Medical School Duke University TO OUR AMAZING STUDENT SUPPORTERS: Over the past year, your hard work on campuses and in communities around the world has made a real difference in the fight against NTDs. Thank you for your lending your voice and vision to this movement. As the global health leaders of tomorrow, we hope you will carry your passion for this cause into your bright futures. Together, we can see the end! With gratitude,
Amy Finan Emily Conron Chief Executive Officer Student Outreach Coordinator Sabin Vaccine Institute END7 Campaign
END7 is a campaign of the Sabin Vaccine Institute to raise awareness of the seven most common neglected tropical diseases and the resources necessary to control and eliminate them.