Honors and Awards

Haas Business Students Win First Prize for NASG Implementation Project – 2013

On September 20, 2013, a team of MBA students from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business’s International Business Development Program won first prize at the 2013 Haas International Business Development Conference for their field research project on implementation of the NASG in Zambia. With the support of the Safe Motherhood Program, Puneet Agarwal, Molly Bode, Kate Morris, and Francis Wong traveled to Zambia, visiting hospitals and rural clinics and interviewing a wide range of stakeholders, from funders (DfID, USAID) and implementers (CHAI, Jhpiego) to government agencies (Ministry of Health) and clinical staff. Their research produced both an end-to-end analysis which provided recommendations for implementation based on each of those lifecycle steps, and a more generic checklist document for NASG adoption in any low-resource setting.

The team won first place at the IBD conference amidst strong competition from 140 of their fellow students in 35 teams. Click here to view their winning project video.

UCSF Global Health Sciences Students’ NASG Project Wins Policy Competition – 2013

In July 2013, a team of ten students in the UCSF Masters in Global Health Sciences Program were selected as the winners of a policy project competition for their policy solution aimed at reducing the high rate of postpartum hemorrhage in Malawi. This competition was the culmination of a six-week summer course, Global Health Policy: Transforming Evidence into Action, taught by Dr. Gavin Yamey of the UCSF Global Health Group, and the team collaborated with the Safe Motherhood Program to develop their policy solution. Team members were Keely Bisch, Priya Wadhera, Katie Fox, Ellora Karmarkar, Shardae Williams, M. O’Brien, Nick Hu, Julia James, Ruby Singhrao, and Natalie Dial. Click here to view their winning project slideshow.

Dr. Miller Nominated for UCSF Chancellor’s Award for the Advancement of Women – 2012

Dr. Suellen Miller was once again nominated for the 2012 UCSF Chancellor’s Award for the Advancement of Women in the Faculty category. This award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of women and women’s health on the UCSF campus as well as throughout the broader community.

NASG Paper Selected as a Top Global Emergency Medicine Article – 2012

The UCSF Safe Motherhood Program announces inclusion of Kausar F., Morris J., Fathalla M., Ojengbede O., Fabamwo A., Mourad-Youssif M., Morhason-Bello I., Galadanci H., Nsima D., Butrick E., Miller S., “Nurses in Low Resource Settings Save Mothers’ Lives with Non-pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment”, in “Global Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature from 2012.” The paper was co-authored by the Safe Motherhood Program’s Dr. Farah Kausar, Jessica Morris, Elizabeth Butrick, and Professor Suellen Miller.

This year, 4818 articles were sourced from the published and grey literature in multiple languages and screened by the Editorial Board of the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review. Ours was one of twenty-eight selected for inclusion in this year’s review of papers “of the highest quality which have specific relevance to the various domains of global emergency medicine, including… emergency care in limited-resource settings.” We are honored by this high-level recognition of the NASG’s contribution to emergency obstetric care in low-resource settings, and hope that inclusion in this review will encourage further adoption of the NASG.

Dr. Miller Speaks at TEDxSF: 7 Billion Well, San Francisco – 2012

On November 10, 2012, Dr. Suellen Miller was an invited speaker at the TEDxSF event, 7 Billion Well: Reimagining Global Health, held at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center. The event themes were: 1) reframing global health, 2) going beyond medicine, and 3) simple solutions with big impact.

Dr. Miller’s talk was titled Stop the Bleeding and can be viewed by clicking here.

Dr. Miller Nominated for UCSF Chancellor’s Award for the Advancement of Women – 2011

Dr. Suellen Miller has been nominated for the 2011 UCSF Chancellor’s Award for the Advancement of Women in the Faculty category. This award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of women and women’s health on the UCSF campus as well as throughout the broader community.

Dr. Miller Invited to “Mobilizing for Action”, Jordan – 2006

Dr. Suellen Miller was invited to Jordan for a high level meeting, “Mobilizing for Action”, held at the Dead Sea under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan and co-convened by Marian Wright Edelman, President and Founder of the Children’s Defense Fund; Madeleine Albright, Founding Chair of the International Assembly of Women Ministers and former US Secretary of State; Mary Robinson, Executive Director of Ethical Globalization Initiative and former President of Ireland; Mahnaz Afkhami, President of the Women’s Learning Partnership; and Melanne Verveer, Chair of Vital Voices. The meeting represented the culmination of several years of meetings, learning, listening and planning how women can work together to improve the health of mothers, infants and children, and to enhance educational opportunities for girls. In Jordan the GWANC Initiative brought together 212 women leaders from 38 countries spanning diverse faiths, generations and disciplines, including two Nobel Laureates, a former President, six First Ladies, numerous Ministers and senior government officials, corporate leaders, heads of international and national agencies and civil society organizations.

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Dedication of the Textbook of Postpartum Hemorrhage, London – 2006

Dr. Paul Hensleigh travelled to London for the dedication of the Textbook of Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Comprehensive guide to evaluation, management and surgical intervention, in which Dr. Miller and Dr. Hensleigh had written chapter 14: Non-pneumatic anti-shock garment, p. 136-147. The book party was held at the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology in London, and HRH, Princess Anne dedicated the book and attended the party. More about this honor.
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NASG Poster Wins First Prize at RCOG Meeting, Cairo – 2005

At the International meeting of the RCOG, Cairo, 27-30 September 2005, Dr. Miller and the Egyptian NASG Team won first prize for best scientific poster, Differences in Three Countries: Outcomes with the Non Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment.