Dr. Suzanne S Gilbert is a respected innovator with 40 years experience designing and scaling comprehensive, equitable eye care services in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Suzanne is a cofounder of Seva Foundation where she is Senior Director of Innovation & Sight Programs in Berkeley, California. A social epidemiologist by training, Suzanne has participated in design and implementation of landmark community-based studies of the prevalence of blindness and associated factors, has scaled training of ophthalmic personnel worldwide, and has built consortia to fast-track innovations in service delivery. She often collaborates with Seva Canada and the British Columbia Centre for Epidemiology and Ophthalmology, both based in Vancouver.

Suzanne is a Trustee of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, Chair of the IAPB North America Region, Co-Chair of the IAPB Human Resource in Eye Health Work Group, President of the International Society of Geographic & Epidemiologic Ophthalmology, and member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Global Outreach and Education Committee. Suzanne recently completed book chapters on epidemiology and on human resources as well as co-editing an issue of the Community Eye Health Journal (London) focusing on Human Resources in eye health.

Financial disclosure: Dr. Gilbert has/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization:

1. Seva Foundation
2. International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness