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Keynote Speakers

Our 2026 Keynote Presentation

Keynote speaker details and Rice360 Innovation and Leadership in Global Health Award recipient(s) will be announced soon.


Previous Keynote Speakers & Award Recipients

2025

Patricia J. Garcia, MD, PhD

Professor at Cayetano Heredia University, and Former Peruvian Minister of Health

June Madete, PhD

Professor and Biomedical Engineer, Kenyatta University

2024

Leith Greenslade, MBA, MPA

Founder and CEO, JustActions

Nuttada Panpradist, PhD

Biomedical Researcher and Engineer, University of Washington (Formerly)

2023

Theresa Mkandawire, PhD

Associate Professor, Malawi University of Business & Applied Sciences

Renuka Gadde, MBA

Global Health Executive, Clinton Health Access Initiative

2022

Dr. Anne Hansen, MD, MPH

Medical Director, NICU, Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Chief, Newborn Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

2021

Dr. Data Santorino

Uganda Country Manager, CAMTech Uganda

Pediatrician & Lecturer, Mbarara University of Science & Technology

2020

Dr. Wendy Taylor

Rockefeller Foundation Fellow

2019

Noah Perin

CEO & Co-Founder, VIA Global Health

2018

Dr. Roger Glass

Director, Fogarty International Center

Associate Director for International Research, NIH