Treasurer The Women’s Health and Education Center (WHEC) The Women’s Health and Education Organization, Inc. (WHEO, Inc.) 11 West Elm Street West Townsend, MA 01474 Telephone: 508-361-3721 Fax: 508-525-4506 E-Mail:rslyons73156@hotmail.com Robert S. Lyons is Senior Vice President of Wealth Management with Merrill Lynch where he has been employed since 1998. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Lyons served as Executive Director of the University of Massachusetts Foundation for 10 years. He has more than thirty years of progressive experience in investments, finance, and accounting. Mr. Lyons is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC), has an undergraduate degree in accounting, and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He participates in numerous community activities, and resides in Townsend, MA and Harwich, MA with his wife and three children. Robert has been financial adviser for The Women’s Health and Education Center (WHEC) and The Women’s Health and Education Organization, Inc. (WHEO, Inc.) since 2008.Read More
Professor Division of Gynecologic Oncology Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Creighton University School of Medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, a member of Catholic Healthcare West 500 W. Thomas Road, Suite 660 Phoenix, AZ 85013 (USA) Tel #: (602) 406-6000 Fax #: 602-406-9921 Email: Bradley.monk@chw.edu Biographical Summary Dr. Monk received his medical degree from the University of Arizona in 1988 where he graduated at the top of his class. He then underwent training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, Los Angeles between 1988 and 1992, and Gynecologic Oncology at the University of California Irvine (UCI) between 1992 and 1995. In 1995, he was appointed the Director of Gynecology Oncology at Texas Tech University and Associate Director of the Southwest Cancer Center where he served until 1998. Since 1998, he has been a member of the faculty at UCI where he currently is Associate Professor (with Tenure). He is board certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He is also an active full member of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the American Association of Cancer Research. Dr. Monk has been an Investigator for the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) since 1995 and is the Chair of the Cervical Committee along with serving on the Tissue Utilization and Publications Committees. He is the Co-Principal Investigator for the GOG at UCI and Study Chair for both group wide phase III trials in cervical carcinoma and also serves as the study chair or co-chair for seven other trials investigating new therapies in cervical and ovarian cancer. Dr. Monk has received career development funding (K-23) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to investigate new strategies against HPV related illnesses and, in addition, is funded by the NCI to study therapeutic HPV vaccines. Dr. Monk has over 90 peer-review publications predominantly dealing with the areas of cervical and ovarian cancer prevention, therapeutics as well as issues related to quality of life. He has also published fifteen book chapters and is on the Editorial Board for Gynecologic Oncology and The American Journal of Hematology/Oncology and is a past President of the Orange County OB-GYN Society.Read More
25 October 2004 Dear Dr Luthra, Thank you for your letter of 15 October 2004 and congratulations to the Center on becoming associated with the UN-DPI. I would be pleased to share information about the Woman’s Health and Education Center with relevant WHO departments, however, it will also be helpful to have the following information as well: a copy of the Center’s constitution or equivalent document; copies of its membership lists; list of its officers; copies of its annual reports for the past three years and audited accounts; copies of any evaluations of its projects and/or research reports produced by the Center; if produced, a copy of its publications/media catalogue. I take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in the work of WHO. Yours sincerely, Ms. J.S. Matsumoto External Relations Officer Office of the Civil Society InitiativeRead More
General Manager & Treasurer eclecTechs™, LLC 22 Cherry Street Westfield, MA 01060 info@eclecTechs.com www.eclecTechs.com Barbara has been the General Manager at eclecTechs since 1998. eclecTechs offers many Internet services, including Web Design, Programming, Networking and Consulting. eclecTechs also offers DSL and web hosting at reasonable rates. Barbara received a degree in Accounting from The University of Massachusetts in 1989.Read More
Senior Advisor in Health Promotion Leader, Urban Health and Health Determinants Team Area for Sustainable Development and Environmental Health Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) 525 23rd Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Phone: 202 974-3969 Fax: 202 974-3645 e-mail: ricemari@paho.org Marilyn Rice is Senior Advisor in Health Promotion and Coordinator of the Urban Health and Determinants of Health Team for the Area of Sustainable Development and Environmental Health for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). She has over 30 years of experience working in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual environment, often playing the role of a facilitator to help ensure clear communication and collaborative efforts in developing and implementing initiatives. She has done extensive work to support systematic evaluation and documentation of health education and promotion experiences in countries throughout the world and she coordinated and oriented technical cooperation activities in the areas of health promotion, social determinants of health, urban health and development, community mobilization, and implementation of healthy public policies. She has worked for PAHO for 22 years and the Global Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) for 7. She has also held the position of Project Director of the National Resource Center for Prevention of Perinatal Abuse of Alcohol and Other Drugs and Branch Chief of the Perinatal Branch for the US Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (part of the US Department of Health and Human Services). She holds a degree in sociology and masters training in public health and health education. She is known throughout the world for her work in community development, social mobilization, health promotion and education, as well as for her leadership in the emerging field of urban health. She has been very active in the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), serving multiple terms as Regional Director, and she currently is the Regional Vice President for the North American Regional Office (NARO) and sits on the Global and NARO Boards. Additionally, she is the Chair of Society of Public Health Education’s (SOPHE) International and Cross-Cultural Health (ICCH) Community of Practice and as a result she also sits on the SOPHE Board. She is on the editorial board of numerous peer review journals in the fields of health promotion and education. More specifically, Marilyn Rice’s experience includes: Extensive experience in leading and managing the design and monitoring of new projects through promoting team work with a diverse group of professionals, and developed long-range strategies and objectives through consensus-building in initiatives focused on but not limited to the following areas: maternal and child health; reproductive health and family planning; gender sensitive health and development initiatives; demonstration projects addressing pregnant and postpartum women and infants exposed to alcohol and other drugs; participatory action planning and evaluation in health promotion and education, especially in local development priorities and in reproductive health; nutrition education; participatory education in health; research projects in health promotion/education and community participation, and in alcohol and other drug use; school-based health education; and disaster preparedness and the community’s participation Creating strategies, analytical models and methodologies for the planning and evaluation of public health initiatives Providing technical assistance and advice to countries throughout the world Writing state-of-the-art documents and guidelines in techniques for planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating programs Developing training manuals and materials from entire face to face and virtual courses to supplemental electronic teaching and audio visual materials Drafting and securing approval from the Ministers of Health from countries throughout the Americas for position papers, as well as resolutions to generate cooperative implementation of PAHO and WHO programs by these governments Coordinating collaboration with a diverse group of professionals from United Nations, intra-country, national, regional and local agencies, universities, schools of public health, community organizations and professional societies Delivering numerous public speeches, presentations, briefings, lectures and seminars to audiences – in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French for government officials and/or for community leadersRead More
23 February 2005 Dear Dr. Luthra, I have the honour to invite you to address the community of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) associated with the Department of Public Information (DPI) on Thursday, 7 April 2005, at the weekly Briefing organized by the NGO Section of DPI. The topic of the Briefing will be “International World Health Day”. Our well-informed NGO representatives would be interested in hearing from you on how your organization is working with the United Nations and with governments to promote maternal health and early childhood care. Other invited speakers include H.E. Chief Arthur Mbanefo, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations and Dr. Jack Chow, World Health Organization, Assistant Director-General for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. We respectfully ask that you give a presentation of approximately seven-to-ten minutes so that the remaining time can be devoted to a question-and-answer period. The weekly DPI/NGO Briefings are attended by an average of 200 representatives of national and intemationa1 NGOs that work with the United Nations. The Briefing will take place in the Dog Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. I hope you will be able to join us on 7 April 2005. Yours sincerely, Paul Hoeffel Chief NGO Section Department of Public InformationRead More
President Women’s Health and Education Center (WHEC) NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations e-mail: Rita@WomensHealthSection.com Dr. Rita Luthra is President of The Women’s Health and Education Center (WHEC) which is NGO (non-governmental organization) in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. It is also affiliated with the World Health Organization (WHO), PMNCH (Partnership for Maternal and Child Health at WHO), The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), UN Department of Public Information ( UN DPI), UN Women, UN University (UNU), UN Foundation (UNF), and Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy initiative of the UN Secretary-General. Established in 2001, The Women’s Health and Education Center (WHEC) undertakes initiatives with the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO), to achieve the hopes and dreams of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with special focus on Maternal and Child Health. Dr. Luthra has worked with various international organizations, such as the UNA-USA, Peace Corps, Population Council and World Health Organization. Dr. Luthra’s main interest is international health and development. She has 25 years of expertise in the project/program development at the National and International levels with various respectable international organizations, and innovative health technology systems such as telemedicine, online distance education and various e-Health management systems. The use of information science and telecommunications to support the practice of medicine when distance separates the caregiver from the patient is the way forward to make medical care more affordable and more accessible in every country. A strong and vital health workforce is an investment in health for today and the future. It has profound effect on all the citizens of the world, political, social, and economic systems. There are 3 leading purposes of the health-related uses of information and communication technologies (ICT) in low- and middle-income countries: To extend geographic access to health care; To improve data management; and To facilitate communication between patients and physicians outside the physician’s office. In 2018 at High Level Political Forum (HLPF), Dr. Luthra presented WHEC Global Health Line’s (WGHL’s) LINK (Learning and Innovation Network for Knowledge Solutions) Access Project – To provide access to reproductive health research worldwide, at UN Headquarters, NYC, New York (USA). Available @ UN Web TV: http://webtv.un.org/watch/player/5807660229001 Dr. Luthra was born and grew up in Rajasthan, India and currently resides in Massachusetts, USA. She received her education and medical degree (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) M.B.B.S. from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (India) in 1974. M.D. (Doctor of Medicine) in Obstetrics and Gynecology, in 1978 from The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh (India). After finishing the residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Boston, MA (USA) she received Fellowship in Obstetrics and Gynecology from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in 1986. She practiced Obstetrics and Gynecology mostly in Massachusetts (USA) till November 2015. Currently working with the UN and WHO on various initiatives to achieve Universal Health Care (UHC) and improve maternal and child health. Dr. Luthra is Editor-in-Chief of the e-learning publications: http://www.WomensHealthSection.com and WHEC Update. The initiatives of WHEC are also posted on CSO Net (Civil Society Net) under Best Practices and Projects on World Map ID # 364, title: Continuing Medical Education for the Globalized World. http://www.WomensHealthSection.com – knowledge that touches patients, is a vision for the globalized world. Please visit our Letters of Support Page: http://www.womenshealthsection.com/whec/letters We welcome everyone. Dedicated to Women’s and Children’s Healthcare and Wellbeing WorldwideRead More
