Mardo Katalkdjian

Mardo Katalkdjian

Mardo is a junior at UC San Diego majoring in psychology with a passion for global health. Growing up in war-torn Syria, Mardo witnessed healthcare inequalities that sparked a passion for advocacy and policy change. His ultimate goal is to attend medical school and become a physician who can combine medical expertise with a deep understanding of global health policies to make a lasting impact on the world. In his…

Mery Kaltakdjian

Mery Kaltakdjian

Mery is a senior at University of California, San Diego studying Psychology with a specialization in human health, as part of the honors program. Having survived war, she values the gift of life and strongly believes in health equity. Living in five countries has broadened her interests in policies governing healthcare delivery mechanisms and factors influencing accessibility, efficiency, and quality of care. Her future goals include attending medical school while conducting…

Maira Owais

Maira Owais

Maira Owais is currently a third year student studying in the Departments of Biology and Economics at Amherst College. Her academic and career interest are directed towards public health and global policy, with a particular focus on studying healthcare from an economic perspective and using the framework of health economics to better understand the intricacies of system structures. She has been working with the Health Systems Innovation Lab over the…

Nathan Shlobin

Nathan Shlobin

Nathan A. Shlobin, BA, is a third-year MD/MBA student at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Kellogg School of Management. His subspecialty interest is in neurosurgery, while his topical interests are global health, health policy, decision science, ethics, and health systems and biotechnological innovation. Nathan is currently a Global Surgery, Obstetrics, Trauma, and Anesthesia fellow at the G4 Alliance; Secretariat team member of the World Federation of Neurosurgical…

Varshini Odayer

Varshini is a junior at Harvard College studying Neuroscience and Social Anthropology with a secondary in global health and health policy. She is very interested in the intersection of social change and global health. She is very excited to be working with the Health Systems Innovation Lab, and believes that the lab is a unique space to think about incubation and global health innovation. At Harvard, she is a Mellon Mays Fellow…

Raghav Bordia

Raghav Bordia, BS, MSc

Raghav was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan. His family moved to the United States in his infancy and he was raised in California. He had his undergraduate education at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington where he majored in Microbiology and minored in global health. He got his Master’s in Physiology at Georgetown University. Currently, he works in Clinical Research at the GI department at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he…