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

Christine Hill (DPT ‘12) will be presenting a Social Enterprise Pitch, titled “Ghana on the Move!” at Yale University’s Unite for Sight Global Health Conference on April 24, 2012.

Hill, Marissa Stewart (DPT ‘12), Steph Wheeler (DPT ‘12), and Megan Wyand (DPT ‘12) all participated in UNE’s 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. 

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