Benjamin Todd
Faculty Advisor: M. Bernardine Dias

Title: Project HATCH: Helping Advance Technology, Communication, and Health in Haiti

   
     
Short
Bio
 

Benjamin Todd is a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, completing a Masters of Science in Public Policy and Management.  Prior to Benjamin’s graduate work, he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho assisting the National University of Lesotho’s adult and distance learning programs, expanding a rural hospital’s technology infrastructure and planning and taught HIV/AIDS life-skills.  Before Peace Corps, Benjamin was the director of the Smart Neighborhood Initiative in Hartford, CT. The nationally recognized project provided internet access and a free community technology center to residents living in several of the poorest census tracts in Connecticut.   Benjamin graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT, with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1997.

     
Project Synopsis
 

The Helping Advance Technology, Communication, and Health in Haiti (HATCH) project endeavors to find cost-effective communicatioin and scheduling technologies that help empower rural community health centers, affiliated with the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) in Haiti, to provide better healthcare outcomes for their constituents.   By leveraging the personal experiences and skills of the project group members, our team represents a unique partnership between the H. John Heinz III School for Public Policy and Management, TechBridgeWorld, and HAS.