Ifeanyi Nsofor
Health Nigeria
Ifeanyi is a public health physician, project manager, behavioral science researcher and global health equity advocate. With over 140 published articles in outlets like the…
Desmond Jumbam
Health Cameroon
Desmond is a Ghana-based health policy consultant whose pointed critique of neocolonialist thinking in global development – “How (Not) To Write About Global Health”, published…
Sonali Vaid
Health India
Sonali Vaid is a physician and a public health specialist. For over a decade she has focused on the application of quality improvement science to…
Maria Valenzuela
Health AZ, United States
Maria Avalenzuela serves as the Executive Director at Spaces of Opportunity, where she is dedicated to creating transformative programs that uplift individuals and strengthen communities….
Elmer Aluge
Health Nigeria
Elmer is the President of the Sickle Cell Aid Foundation in Nigeria, the country with the highest-burden of sickle cell disease in the world. Experiencing…
LaBrisa Williams
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights OK, United States
LaBrisa Williams is the Executive Director of the Tulsa Birth Equity Initiative, an organization whose mission is to equip families in Tulsa to have healthy…
Marlene Cerritos-Rivas
Health MA, United States
Marlene Cerritos-Rivas (she/ella) is a health equity advocate and a community organizer at heart. Her passion for ensuring every person has access to quality health…
Monique Castro
Health CA, United States
Monique Castro is a citizen of the Diné (Navajo) Nation and Xicana. She was born and raised on the ancestral homelands of the Tongva People…
Omare Jimmerson
Health OK, United States
Omare Jimmerson, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Birth Equity Initiative is the daughter of a Nigerian immigrant and also a mother of two, working to save…
Ramadhani Noor
Health Tanzania
Noor is a physician with additional training in public health and nutrition with over 15 years of experience practicing medicine, conducting public health research, and…
Leah Upton
Health OK, United States
Dr. Leah Upton is a physician leader in a community clinic who builds structures for whole-person, whole-family care that encourages physical, mental, and social health….
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