Employing Digital Tools and Technology to Expand Access to Healthcare

Technology has the potential to revolutionize global health by improving access to care, enhancing service quality, and reducing costs. Telehealth, mobile health apps, and data analytics are some of the tools being used to improve access to care and bridge disparities. Join us for an insightful session with Dr. Jarone Lee, MD, MPH and Dr. Eva Regel, DBE, MBE, MS, of Health Tech Without Borders to dive deeper into this topic and discuss their work and the effective outcomes of their partnership. Attendees will gain insights into successful strategies and challenges in the various regions where Health Tech Without Borders works, emphasizing the importance of local context, cultural sensitivity, and collaboration. 

This event is free and open to the public. 

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About the Speakers

Jarone Lee, MD, MPH, Co-Founder, Health Tech Without Borders, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine 

Dr. Jarone Lee, MD, MPH is a dual-trained specialist in emergency and critical care medicine, with over a decade of experience as a disaster responder. He co-founded Health Tech Without Borders, Inc. (HTWB), a global non-profit dedicated to using digital tools and technology to provide immediate access to health resources in humanitarian crises. Dr. Lee is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and serves as Director of Global Partnerships at MGB Global Advisory. Additionally, Dr. Lee leads critical care strategy as Vice Chief of Critical Care in the Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Lee graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed his residency training at St. Luke’s Roosevelt of Columbia University before completing a fellowship in Critical Care at Mass General Hospital. 

Eva Regel, DBE, MBE, MS, Clinical Director, Health Tech Without Borders, Assistant Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Clinical ethicist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Dr. Eva Regel, DBE, MBE, MS is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics and clinical ethicist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is also a clinical director at Health Tech Without Borders, where she leads Helping Healers Heal, a program aimed at mental health peer-to-peer support of healthcare providers and mental health clinicians working in zones of humanitarian disaster. She performs ethics consultations for adult patients, their families, and health care teams, conducts research, writes on issues in clinical ethics, and leads and participates in medical staff debriefings, support, and education. Dr. Regel’s research interests include humanitarian ethics, specifically areas of research in moral distress and moral injury in first responders working in disaster and war regions. She also has extensive clinical skills and expertise in mental health, including crisis interventions, trauma counseling (both physical trauma and psychosocial trauma, including childhood trauma), counseling on acute and post-traumatic stress, death and dying, adjustment to illness, anxiety, and depression.  

Dr. Regel received her doctoral degree in Bioethics at Loyola University Chicago, master’s degree in Bioethics from Harvard Medical School, master’s degree in clinical social work from Boston College, master’s degree in economics from Houston University, and bachelor’s degree in Biophysics from Moscow State University.    

About the Global Health Coffee Sessions Event Series

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 our YouTube Channel.

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