Dr. Richard Lester is the Director of the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative and an Associate Professor in Global Health at the University of British Columbia. He completed his research fellowship in HIV in Kenya, where he initiated development of an innovative mobile phone health (mHealth) service that was demonstrated in a landmark trial, WelTel Kenya1 to improve HIV outcomes. He is the Scientific and Executive Director of the WelTel International mHealth Society, a non-profit organization and Grand Challenges Canada $1M Award winner for transitioning the mHealth service to scale in remote Kenya.