ADVISORY BOARD

Dr. de Bernis is a Senior Maternal Health Advisor at the United Nations Population Fund.

Dr. Neil McDonnell is the Deputy Director of Strategy for Global Health at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Patricia Coffey is a senior program officer for field research and evaluation and leader of the newborn/maternal cluster in the Health Innovation Portfolio within the Technology Solutions Global Program.

Dr. Free is PATH's vice president and senior advisor for technologies. In addition to overseeing PATH's technology work, he is the global program leader for Technology Solutions and the director for the HealthTech program, which is funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Dr. Lawn is Senior Research and Policy Adviser with Saving Newborn Lives-Save the Children-US, a program funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Dr. Mabeya is a Lecturer and an Obstetrician Gynecologist at Moi University School of Medicine in Eldoret, Kenya.

Dr. Merialdi obtained a degree in Medicine at the University of Parma in 1991 and completed the residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the same University in 1995.

Dr. Archana Patel is Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College in Nagpur, India. She is also Director of the Clinical Epidemiology Unit at the college and Vice President of the Lata Medical Research Foundation.

Dr. Peterson is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Maternal and Child Health and Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, respectively.

Suzanne Stalls has worked extensively during the past twenty-five years throughout the world in the fields of reproductive health; program design, implementation and management; community development and technical assistance; and education and training.

Dr. Walker is currently a Senior Scientist in the Institute for International Programs, Department of International Health in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.