Joel Selanikio
Joel Selanikio is an American physician. He is an attending pediatrician and assistant professor of pediatrics at Georgetown University Hospital[1]
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Citizenship | American |
Alma mater |
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Awards | Lemelson–MIT Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physician |
Institutions | Magpi |
Education
Selanikio graduated from Haverford College, Philadelphia, in 1986, and then worked for Chase Manhattan as a systems analyst. He completed a degree in medicine at Brown University and did his residency in Atlanta, Georgia.[2]
Career
Selanikio worked for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. He left his job there to start DataDyne.org, a company that made open-source software for collecting data on public health.[3][4]
After the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Selanikio worked with the International Rescue Committee in Aceh, Indonesia.[2] In 2014–2015, during the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, he worked with the International Medical Corps in Lunsar.[5]
Presentations
Recognition
- ComputerWorld 21st Century Achievement Award (2012)[11]
- Fast Company Magazine Social Enterprise of the Year (2009)[12]
- Wall Street Journal Award for Technological Innovation in Healthcare (2009)[13]
- Lemelson-MIT Prize $100,000 Award for Sustainable Innovation (2009)[4]
- Tech Museum Award for Health (2008)[14]
- Stockholm Challenge (2008)[15]
- Haverford College Award (2005)[16]
References
- "Dr. Joel David Selanikio, MD". MedStar Health.
- "Memo to Tsunami Officials: Get Organized". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- "Brown Medicine Magazine - A magazine for alumni & friends of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University". brownmedicinemagazine.org.
- "Innovator Selanikio Wins $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability". MIT.edu. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- "Death Becomes Disturbingly Routine: The Diary of an Ebola Doctor".
- "TED Talks".
- "Ivey Global Health Conference".
- "Royal Society of Medicine Lecture".
- "Tech for Society Panel, Davos".
- "Lemelson-MIT Innovation Prize Lecture". MIT.
- "Harnessing the computing power of low-cost mobile phones". ComputerWorld.com.au. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- "The 10 Best Social Enterprises of 2009 - Fast Company - The Future Of Business". FastCompany.com. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- Plank, Willa (27 September 2010). "They Won. And Then What?". Retrieved 8 March 2017 – via www.wsj.com.
- "Past Laureates". TheTech.org. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- "The winners in the Stockholm Challenge Award 2008". Telecentre.org. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- "Doctor and aid worker receives alumni association's 2005 Haverford Award". haverford.edu.