Better Evidence, Better Training, Better Care: Supporting current and future clinicians in Africa to use evidence-based digital tools

This session will explore the partnerships and people that enable Better Evidence at Ariadne Labs to support the frontline health workforce to make the best decisions when and where it matters most. Through 108 local Champions, the Better Evidence for Training program is facilitating access to digital tools for nearly 90,000 students and faculty at more than 59 medical schools across 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This session will feature Biliamin Popoola, President of the Better Evidence for Training Champion Steering Committee and Librarian at the University of Medical Sciences in Nigeria, and Julie Rosenberg , Associate Director of Better Evidence. The two will discuss the importance and lessons of partnerships, how digital tools impact the global health landscape, and how the program aims to impact global health equity in both the short- and the long run.

About the HGHI Coffee Sessions

The HGHI Coffee Sessions Virtual Series takes place on the last Friday of each month from 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Eastern Time. Showcasing global health researchers and practitioners from Harvard and beyond, this series aims to explore the role of partnership and collaboration when working to advance global health equity. A diverse range of topics will be covered; including climate change and health, global health security, mental healthcare, reproductive healthcare access, financing and governance for global health, healthcare in conflict areas, digital health, and more. This series will take place online over Zoom, and all sessions will be recorded and available on HGHI’s YouTube Channel. 

About our Speakers

Julie Rosenberg, MPH, Associate Director, Better Evidence, Ariadne Labs

Julie Rosenberg, MPH, is Associate Director, Better Evidence at Ariadne Labs, a program working to help current and future health care providers access the latest clinical knowledge at the front lines of care delivery through digital tools. With the Director, she has led the scale-up strategy, research and program operations, leveraging in-kind donations and funding to maximize the impact of the program on patient outcomes. 

Julie is also Deputy Director of the Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard where she supports health care providers by studying what works in health care delivery and sharing those lessons through courseware and training. Julie has helped lead the development of over 45+ open-access teaching cases published through Harvard Business Publishing and supported the development of an online community of practice engaging 25,000+ global health providers for over a decade. 

Previously, Julie worked in clinical research at Emory University School of Medicine and in community-based nonprofit organizations in Latin America and the US. Julie is currently pursuing her DrPh in public health leadership. She has an MPH in epidemiology and global health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and a BA in anthropology, with pre-med coursework and a Spanish language certificate, from Harvard College.

Biliamin Oladele Popoola, MLIS, Systems, Scholarly Communications, and Evidence-Based Medicine Librarian, Champion for the Better Evidence for Training Program, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Nigeria 

Biliamin Oladele Popoola is an academic librarian, researcher, and knowledge management professional from Nigeria. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Anatomy, a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Studies (MLIS), and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He works as the Systems, Scholarly Communications, and Evidence-Based Medicine Librarian at the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Nigeria, where he also serves as a Champion for the Better Evidence for Training programme at the institution.

Biliamin is a Fellow of the Carnegie Next-Generation Librarians Fellowship Programme at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and a recipient of the Cunningham International Fellowship by the Medical Library Association, U.S.A. He is also on the NIH’s DS-I Africa Consortium’s Data Science Librarians team and presently leads the Champions Steering Committee for the Better Evidence for Training programme at Ariadne Lab. 

Biliamin has published widely and presented papers at conferences. He has served as a facilitator, trainer, and panellist on several occasions. He is a reviewer and editor for some scholarly journals in librarianship and currently serves as the Secretary-General for the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA). 

Biliamin has a special interest in health information librarianship, public health, knowledge management, professional development, knowledge synthesis, information literacy, and emerging technologies.