Reine-Marcelle Ibala is a rising 4th year medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC), currently in the MPH-45 global health program at Harvard TH Chan. Originally from Congo (Brazzaville), Reine immigrated to the US with her family through political asylum. This inspired her work with the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights, helping physicians help victims of violence and torture apply for asylum. Reine has also worked under Dr. Lindsay Stark…
Dr. Iheanacho is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Adjunct), Yale University School of Medicine and Chairman of Psychiatry, Trinity Health of New England/Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut. He is the Director of Yale Global Mental Health Program and leads the HAPPINESS project which integrates mental health into primary care and non-psychiatric medical centers in low resource settings. Dr. Iheanacho is a board certified General Adult Psychiatrist and Addiction Psychiatrist whose…
Nafisa Jiwani is the Managing Director for Global Health Initiatives at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), America’s development bank. As a Managing Director, Ms. Jiwani serves as a senior policy adviser for the agency, providing guidance and leadership on policy and transactional matters focused on Global Health. Additionally, Nafisa is spearheading DFC’s Health and Prosperity Initiative, which seeks to mobilize capital to strengthen health systems and improve resiliency…
Kayembe-Kitenge Tony is a Physician Toxicologist at the Toxicology Unit, University of Lubumbashi and Academic Secretary of the Higher Institute of Medical Techniques, the doctoral school of Lubumbashi, DCR Congo. His research interest are in clinical and environmental toxicology, teratology: in particular reproductive health, congenital malformations in children, and spirometry in African children. He is the medical director of the Service National hospitals in Katanga. He is also a founder…
Emilie Koum Besson is a health economist with a wider breadth of experience in health in complex humanitarian emergencies, geospatial analytics, pharmaceutical systems strengthening and human resources for health policies. She is also a scholar activist working to advance gender equity and anti-racism in health science, promote ethical and decolonial research practices and bridge the gap between researchers, policy makers and communities, especially in Africa. In 2022 she led the work…
Dr. Isabel Madzorera is an Assistant Professor in Public Health Nutrition at the University of California, Berkeley, in the division of Community Health Sciences. Dr. Madzorera is a nutrition epidemiologist with interests in the intersection of food systems, nutrition and sustainable diets in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The goals of her research program are to utilize advanced nutrition epidemiologic methods to assess diet quality as a key modifiable risk…
Zamo Mbele is a registered clinical psychologist in Johannesburg, South Africa. He currently practices as a senior psychotherapist and is a senior supervisor at Tara H. Moross Hospital and at the WITS Donald Gordon Medical Centre. Zamo has worked in both the private and public sector of South Africa’s mental health services and has more than a decade’s experience within the South Africa public mental health space; as a clinician…
Angèle Mendy holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Her research focuses on the internal and international Mobility and Migration of health professionals and their impacts on the provision of health care to populations. She a former Takemi Fellow in International Health (2020-2022) at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health where she currently supports Dr. Jesse Bump’s research on the historical roots of health…
Professor Justice Nonvignon is a Health Economist and public health researcher with extensive experience in teaching and mentoring students. His main areas of teaching and research experience include economic and impact evaluation of population, health and nutrition programmes and health financing. His research work spans multiple countries in Africa. Justice currently serves as the Acting Head of the Health Economics Programme (HEP) at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and…
Latifat Okara is an impact-driven global public health practitioner in Washington, DC, and the founder of NomNom Babies Company with a decade of experience in program management, international development, and health systems strengthening. Latifat serves as health nutrition and population global practice consultant at the World Bank, where she provides direct technical support, including evidence-based, global best practice policy advice, to policy makers and senior country officials of the Ministry for…