Dan Schwarz

Role(s) / Profession(s)

• Student

Organization

• Brown University Medical School
  Website: http://bms.brown.edu/ Type: Academic Institution Country: United States About: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island’s only school of medicine, is home to a community of scholars and physicians dedicated to the highest standards in education, research, and health care. Since granting its first MD degrees in 1975, Alpert Medical School has become a national leader in medical education and biomedical research. By attracting first-class physicians and researchers to Rhode Island over the past three decades, the Medical School and its seven affiliated teaching hospitals have radically improved the state's health care environment, from health care policy to patient care.
• Harvard School of Public Health
  Website: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ Type: Academic Institution Country: United States About: The Harvard School of Public Health includes more than 200 faculty members working in various disciplines of public health. The overarching mission of the School - to advance the public's health through learning, discovery, and communication - comprises four objectives: to provide the highest level of education to public health scientists, practitioners, and leaders; to foster new discoveries leading to improved health for the people of this country and all nations; to strengthen health capacities and services for communities; and to inform policy debate, disseminate health information and increase awareness of public health as a public good and fundamental right.
• Nyaya Health
  Website: http://www.nyayahealth.org/ Type: Non-Governmental Organization Country: Nepal About: Nyaya Health's mission is two-fold: 1. To develop healthcare capacity and the provision of free community-based healthcare in rural Nepal; and 2. To establish and disseminate a scaleable model of healthcare delivery in regions affected by poverty, isolation, war, and neglect. Nyaya’s health care development activities are based in the district of Achham, Nepal, and are centered at the Bayalpata Hospital. * Nyaya Health Website: http://www.nyayahealth.org for more information about our organization * Nyaya Health Wiki: http://wiki.nyayahealth.org with details about our clinical protocols, operations, management and financing activities * Nyaya Health Blog: http://blog.nyayahealth.org where staff and volunteers post personal accounts of Nyaya’s work.
• Partners In Health - PIH
  Website: http://www.pih.org/ Type: Non-Governmental Organization Country: United States About: Partners In Health, co-founded by physicians Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim, serves millions of poor patients in nine countries, providing them with extensive health care and social services that address the root causes of poor health. By successfully proving that providing comprehensive, community-based medical care for complex diseases such as AIDS and tuberculosis is not just possible but essential, the organization has helped bring about significant changes in global health policies and practices.

Work Location(s)

• United States

Dan's Communities

• Adherence & Retention
• Endemic Non-Communicable Diseases
• Global Health Nursing & Midwifery
• Global Surgery & Anesthesia
• Health IT
• Malaria Treatment & Prevention
• MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention
• Strengthening Health Systems: The Role of NGOs - November 7-11 2011
• TB Infection Control

Language(s)

• English