Christine Hill presents social enterprise pitch about Ghana at Yale鈥檚 Unite for Sight Global Health Conference

Christine Hill (DPT 鈥12) will be presenting a Social Enterprise Pitch, titled 鈥淕hana on the Move!鈥 at Yale University鈥檚 Unite for Sight Global Health Conference on April 24, 2012.

Hill, Marissa Stewart (DPT 鈥12), Steph Wheeler (DPT 鈥12), and Megan Wyand (DPT 鈥12) all participated in UNE鈥檚 Health Immersion experience in Ghana in August 2011.  Working closely with physiotherapists at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital and the community of Sekondi, they developed a culturally attuned health promotion program as part of two courses in the DPT program: Administration, taught by Professor Jeff Nevers, and Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, taught by Dr Kathleen Cullinen.

Social Enterprises Pitches are a forum to present innovative ideas for funding and further development.