Joel Selanikio is a well-known American physician, attending pediatrician, and assistant professor of pediatrics at

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Education

Selanikio graduated from Haverford College,

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, in 1986. He then started to work for Chase Manhattan as a systems analyst. He also completed a degree in medicine at Brown University and settled in

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Career

After his residency in Atlanta, Selanikio started to work for the

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. He then left his job to start DataDyne.org, a company that made

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for collecting data on

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. After the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Selanikio worked with the International Rescue Committee in

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. During the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, he worked with the

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Presentations

* TED (2013) * Ivey Global Health Conference (2013) * Royal Society of Medicine Lecture (2011) * World Economic Forum “Tech for Society” Panel, Davos (2010) * Lemelson-MIT Innovation Prize Lecture (2009)

Recognition

* ComputerWorld 21st Century Achievement Award (2012) * Fast Company Magazine Social Enterprise of the Year (2009) * Wall Street Journal Award for Technological Innovation in Healthcare (2009) * Lemelson-MIT Prize $100,000 Award for Sustainable Innovation (2009) * Tech Museum Award for Health (2008) * Stockholm Challenge (2008) * Haverford College Award (2005)

References

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