[Health] Introductions

Mon Aug 2 12:16:14 EDT 2010

Hi All,

Here's my introduction:

I have been following the OLPC health project on and off for the last couple
years.  My background is in biology, nutrition, and public health. I
currently work for a non-profit organization that does health care work in
Africa. Our work mostly focuses on HIV/AIDS related issues but we also
manage a cancer program in Ethiopia as well.

Best,
Mika

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Scheffler, Garrett [ITSUS] <
GScheffl at its.jnj.com> wrote:

>  Hi All,
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> My name is Garrett. I am a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in
> Troy, NY majoring in Industrial Engineering and Product Design. This summer
> I am an intern for the Global IT Services company within Johnson and
> Johnson. I have introduced the idea here at J&J of getting involved with
> OLPC and some associated possibilities. Our company has several resources
> which could be beneficial to a broad scope of projects; and with the
> companies commitment and interest in service to the community, I have found
> higher-ups that are interested in moving forward. I got on this list by
> expressing my interest in OLPC to Adam Holt, an OLPC support manager. Anyone
> with specific needs or interest in what our company can offer the program,
> please contact me.
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> Regards,
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> Garrett Scheffler
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> *From:* health-bounces at lists.laptop.org [mailto:
> health-bounces at lists.laptop.org] *On Behalf Of *Jacquelyn Stone
> *Sent:* Monday, August 02, 2010 10:29 AM
> *To:* Steve Thomas
> *Cc:* Ian Thomson; OLPC Health list; etoys-education-team at googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Health] Introductions
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> Hello All-
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> My name is Jacquie Stone and I am brand new to this email list. I went to
> college with Beth Santos, and she talked to me about how you are all looking
> to develop a public health curriculum for this program.
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> I completed my Master's in Public Health this past spring at Boston
> University, with a concentration in epidemiology and international health.
> Both before and during my degree, I worked for the Clinton Foundation
> HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI). During my 4 years there I had the opportunity to
> live and work for them in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Nigeria and Boston. During
> that time, and while in school, my focus narrowed to childhood malnutrition,
> with particular emphasis on the epidemiology of the condition, developing
> trainings for diagnosis and treatment of malnutrition, and designing
> monitoring and evaluation systems for programs aiming to address childhood
> malnutrition.
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> In January, I left CHAI to work for Management Sciences for Health, a non
> profit public health consulting firm based in Boston. Just recently, I
> finished a contract consultancy with them and I am now looking for
> additional consulting work, paid or pro bono.
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> I've just moved to Jacksonville, North Carolina to live with my (newlywed)
> husband, who is a Marine stationed here. As luck would have it, Beth is
> moving to my neighborhood as well and we had the chance to meet in person
> this past weekend to talk about the future of this public health curriculum.
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> Given my background and interests, I'd be most inclined (and enthused!) to
> partner with anyone who is interested in working on a malnutrition unit.
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> Look forward to collaborating with you.
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> Best,
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> Jacquie
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> On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Steve Thomas <sthomas1 at gosargon.com>
> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I can help with Etoys development and am interested in pairing with anyone
> working subject matter knowledge.
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> Stephen Thomas
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> On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Ian Thomson <IanT at spc.int> wrote:
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>   Hi All,
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> I work for an intergovernmental agency in the Pacific Islands, providing
> Technical Assistance to 22 Islands. It is called the Secretariat of the
> Pacific Community (SPC)
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> I work in the ICT Outreach program and have responsibility for OLPC and the
> Rural Internet Connectivity System (affordable VSAT Internet)
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> So far, we have started 9 country OLPC projects.
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> SPC has a major Health program in the region and runs many projects on Non
> Communicable Diseases and things like elimination of malaria, TB etc. Some
> of our health projects are funded by the Global Foundation. We do quite a
> lot of education and capacity building in the program and have developed
> many paper based education resources
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> In the Pacific, we are looking at developing culturally appropriate digital
> resources that help islanders address their major issues such as Health and
> Climate Change.
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> Ian Thomson
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> PacRICS and OLPC Coordinator
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> SPC
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> Phone +687 26 01 44
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> *From:* health-bounces at lists.laptop.org [mailto:
> health-bounces at lists.laptop.org] *On Behalf Of *Beth Santos
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 01, 2010 7:46 AM
> *To:* OLPC Health list; etoys-education-team at googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* [Health] Introductions
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> Hi all,
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> Now that I'm back in the USA, let's get people introduced to one another. I
> think a good idea might be to first introduce ourselves and describe our
> interests, then pair people up together (Etoys people with public health
> people and such) to take on different units (I'm assuming at least the
> majority of them will be based in Etoys so that teachers can edit them to
> make them culturally relevant in various locations). Then we can get a
> timeline going to see some of this stuff out.
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> So if you can just take a quick five minutes to *introduce yourself *and
> to indicate what *particular interests *you have in terms of public health
> projects, that'd be great!
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> I'm Beth and I'm the Outreach Coordinator for Waveplace Foundation<http://www.waveplace.org>.
> After doing a few laptop pilots using Etoys and OLPC's XO laptop, what I
> realized was really missing was some public health curricula that kids could
> use in our (and other) laptop programs around the world. I have my own
> computer program running in São Tomé that has benefitted from the Waveplace
> courseware but has also done a lot of development on its own. I've also
> worked in Haiti and St. John with Waveplace.
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> Lots of interest in terms of public health, nothing in particular comes to
> mind, though I do have experience with malaria and AIDS prevention
> initiatives.
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> Excited to be working with all of you and hoping that we can get some great
> work together!
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> Take care,
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> Beth
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> PS Etoys Education Team-- I cc'ed you on this email in case any of you are
> interested in joining us on the OLPC listserv, which is our home even though
> it's technically a Waveplace project that we're doing. Let me know and I'd
> be happy to add you, or sign up yourself to the OLPC list at least!
>
> ---
> *Beth Santos*
> Outreach Coordinator
> Waveplace Foundation
>
> Tel: +1 610 797 3100 x 44
> Fax: +1 610 797 3199
> Cell: +1 603 661 1273
> http://www.waveplace.org
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