Co-CEO at @gchallenges: scientist by training, feminist at heart; inspired to tackle grand challenges to make tomorrow a better place than today.

Don't miss @HumanitarianGC Director Fawad Akbari at the opening plenary of the Canadian Conference on Global Health tomorrow. #CCGH2023 will bring together more than 700 global health, humanitarian and development practitioners, academics & researchers. Register now ⬇️
It's true! #CCGH2023 is almost sold out; register now to save your spot! Together, let's bridge the gap "from Rhetoric to Action" and create impactful change in #globalhealth. More info here: cagh-acsm.org/en/events/2023…
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Karlee Silver retweeted
"Canada is one of the world’s largest funders of #GlobalHealth initiatives. This funding could achieve even more if more of it was spent on proven, mature health innovations that scale quickly." By @karleesilver and @tunjieleso of @gchallenges. #CdnPoli options-po.li/3gANdFa
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The first call for @beinginitiative 👇
🚨#RFP We’re looking for subcontractors from low-and middle-income countries to support the #GlobalMentalHealth program and conduct country context analyses of local mental health and wellbeing needs of young people. Learn more: bit.ly/GCCopportunities.
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Karlee Silver retweeted
By supporting young people and their communities, we'll help create lasting change in local communities & beyond! Learn more about us and our current opportunities for collaboration ➡️ bit.ly/3yZbcV3.
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Karlee Silver retweeted
We’ll work with and for young people towards a world where they feel well and thrive by combining: 🌐Networks 💡Research 🌱Innovation 📣Policy & Advocacy 🤝🏽Engagement with young people and people with lived experience
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Karlee Silver retweeted
It’s 🚀 day! We're BEING, a 🌎 mental health initiative envisioning lasting change in local communities and beyond by innovating to improve young people’s wellbeing. Hosted by @gchallenges with @unitedgmh @FondationBotnar & @CanadaDev #beinginitiative
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Follow @beinginitiative - the newest global #mentalhealth funding initiative just launched at #GrandChallenges 2022 by partners @gchallenges (funded by @CanadaDev), @FondationBotnar, @DHSCgovuk & @UnitedGMH. Partner from Global South will be announced soon.
It’s 🚀 day! We're BEING, a 🌎 mental health initiative envisioning lasting change in local communities and beyond by innovating to improve young people’s wellbeing. Hosted by @gchallenges with @unitedgmh @FondationBotnar & @CanadaDev #beinginitiative
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What a pivotal moment for country-led #GrandChallenges sharing how to mobilize domestic resources to develop innovations for country priorities. Next wave is coming! Seen in photo: the veteran leaders of GC Africa @SciforAfrica, South Africa @MRCza & India @BIRAC_2012
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Day 2 with an early one! Donor funding has skewed laboratory systems in Africa to single disease rather than systems. No wonder it’s not sustainable! @gchallenges @SciforAfrica @WOAH_Global are taking a #GrandChallenges approach to addressing the sustainability challenge.
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.@karleesilver: “We are very pleased to renew the strategic partnership between the International Development Innovation Alliance and @WHO. Life-saving and -improving innovations need to scale in order to reap the rewards of investing in innovation." who.int/news/item/21-10-2022…
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Want to address youth mental health? Support youth leaders and get out of the way! Standing room only for this fabulous panel at #GrandChallenges Annual Meeting highlighting youth-led mental health innovations. @UnitedGMH @FondationBotnar @gchallenges @citiesRISE
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We’re gearing up for our first Pitch Event at the #GrandChallenges Annual Meeting! Over the course of the next two hours we will hear from supported innovators on their game changing solutions to improve the delivery of #humanitarian aid to conflict affected people.
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Karlee Silver retweeted
Thanks for the shout out @BillGates for @gchallenges! 🇨🇦was a leader in being 1st country to take a grand challenges approach - working to solve global problems through innovation for impact. Our impact not possible without support from @CanadaDev #GCAM22
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📣 #JobAlert: Director, Humanitarian Innovation. As articulated by the departing director👇, its a dream job. #humanitarian #innovation
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📣Career Opportunity @gchallenges: Senior Program Officer to design and demonstrate the feasibility of a grand challenge approach to create sustainable diagnostics laboratories. More info: grandchallenges.ca/careers/
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Best single talk of #GC2021 for me was @AjoketerMeulen making the case for including pregnant women in clinical trials and vaccination campaigns. Spent my whole postdoc annoyed that this was seen as too risky to do while ignoring the risk of not doing it. About time!
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The Global Health team at @gchallenges is looking for talented individuals who have the right to work in 🇨🇦 to manage innovation portfolios focused on #mentalhealth #SavingBrains #socialfinance #mnch. grandchallenges.ca/who-we-ar…
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#COVID19 is affecting essential health services. Awa Marie Coll Seck, @karinagould & I believe that putting gender equality at the heart of policy & financing can counter the effects of the #pandemic on women and girls: wrld.bg/riQd50FmX9c
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