Brennan Bollman

Role(s) / Profession(s)

• Student

Organization

• Harvard Medical School
  Website: http://hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asp Type: Academic Institution Country: United States About: Harvard Medical School’s (HMS) mission is to create and nurture a diverse community of the best people committed to leadership in alleviating human suffering caused by disease. Students and more than 7,500 full-time faculty in 11 academic departments located on the School's Boston campus, in one of 47 hospital-based clinical departments at 18 Harvard-affiliated teaching hospitals and research institutes, or at 30 research centers, divisions, and institutes, advance the School’s mission every day. Within HMS, the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine (DGHSM) works in close collaboration with the GHD project teams, from participating in GHDonline communities to developing the GHD academic platform.
• Tiyatien Health
  Website: http://www.tiyatienhealth.org Type: Non-Governmental Organization Country: Liberia About: Tiyatien Health is a 501(c)(3) non-profit social justice organization that builds equitable models of primary healthcare within the public sector. Organized as a unique partnership between rural communities and Liberia- and US-based health professionals Tiyatien, meaning "truth" and "justice" in a local Liberian dialect, promotes equity by advancing healthcare services and the fundamental rights of the poor. In February 2007, Tiyatien Health, in partnership with the Liberian Ministry of Health and the National AIDS Control Program, launched the HIV Equity Initiative – Liberia’s first comprehensive, community-based HIV treatment program – at the Martha Tubman Memorial Hospital in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County. The HIV Equity Initiative (HEI) has successfully provided comprehensive health and social services to a growing group of over 100 HIV-infected individuals. The backbone of HEI’s success is its network of community health workers, called “accompaniers,” who provide long-term medical, moral and psychosocial support to HIV-positive individuals and their communities.
• University of Notre Dame Haiti Program
  Website: http://haiti.nd.edu/ Type: Academic Institution Country: Haiti About: Working to address neglected diseases in Haiti through both research and public health interventions--focusing on lymphatic filariasis (LF), soil-transmitted helminths (STH), and iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). Current projects include the delivery of double-fortified salt (with iodine and diethylcarbamazine) through the existing local salt economy.

Work Location(s)

• United States

Language(s)

• English
• Haitian Creole
• Spanish

Brennan's Communities

• [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention
• Endemic Non-Communicable Diseases
• Global Surgery & Anesthesia
• HIV Treatment & Prevention