Author: Rebecca Obounou

Bolstering Growth in a Global Healthcare Startup

By Rebecca Obounou | March 19, 2019

Hacking a Challenge In April 2018, the Schlesinger Fund for Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship co-hosted World Health Day 2018 with Olin and Wellesley Colleges. One of the sessions during that day was Beyond the Hack: Brainstorming Solutions with Global Healthcare Entrepreneurs. We convened four ventures who were over one year into their startup phase, had the…

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Opportunities in Native American Healthcare

By Rebecca Obounou | February 12, 2019

Flooring. That is the word that comes to mind when reflecting on the wealth of insights from our Global Health Learning Circle with Dr. Matt Tobey last November. The complexities and challenges of U.S. rural healthcare, particularly for the Indigenous American population, are harrowing. Dr. Tobey’s efforts are most admirable but there is a clear…

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Creating Change in Haiti through Tech and ET&A

By Rebecca Obounou | June 19, 2018

  Last spring, I was in full semester swing, wrapping up my last final exams and projects for my Babson MBA degree. I was eight months into my role as Assistant Director of The Schlesinger Fund for Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship (GHE). For my nonprofit organization, CHES, I was organizing a special event in Boston while…

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Entrepreneurial Opportunity Amidst One of the World’s Largest Challenges

By Rebecca Obounou | May 10, 2017

I had the privilege of attending the Boston Global Surgery Symposium held at Harvard Medical School on March 4th with a few of Babson’s curious and bright students. The Schlesinger Fund for Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship (GHE) sponsored their attendance. As Assistant Director of GHE, I am devoted to providing and creating learning opportunities for our…

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Addressing Poverty Through Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship

By Rebecca Obounou | December 6, 2016

I am first generation Haitian-American, born right here in the city of Cambridge. Reverse of how most Haitian-Americans experience Haiti, my parents returned to the country with our family (urban city kids) during my adolescence. We settled in Northern Haiti in a town called La Coupe Limbe and were surrounded by extremely poor neighbors who…

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