Originally from Congo, Reine came to the US on political asylum as a child. Her experience drove her to Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC), where she joined the Center for Human Rights, documenting physicians’ psychological and gynecological evaluations to help victims of violence apply for asylum. On the Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) student board, Reine helped develop PHR’s national sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) physician training module. Under Dr.…
Sahir is an MPH student in the department of Health and Social Behavior. He is deeply passionate about advancing equity in communities with a history of injustice, including BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ people. Prior to attending Harvard, Sahir co-founded Lighthouse LGBT, a platform that helps increase access to inclusive care for the LGBTQIA+ community. He also executive produced Alaskan Nets, an award-winning documentary that depicts the unique challenges faced by the…
Medha is a Master of Science student in the Global Health and Populations department. Medha has previous experience in health & benefits consulting and served as a 5th grade teacher in south Dallas through AmeriCorps prior to starting graduate school. Throughout her first year at Harvard, Medha has been a graduate research assistant at the Center on the Developing Child, working alongside the Aspen Institute to determine opportunity gaps for…
Arista Jhanjee is an MPH-65 candidate in Health and Social Behavior at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is primarily interested in global health, and is passionate about advancing community approaches to mental healthcare and expanding mental health service access within South Asia. Prior to enrolling in the MPH program, Arista provided administrative, operational, and communications support to various global health organizations and initiatives in San Francisco…
Sam is a 2022 graduate from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with an MPH in Health Management. Before this, Sam worked as a medical practitioner in Melbourne, Australia, and has an interest in critical care medicine. He currently works at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. He graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 2019 and was the recipient of the EH Embley…
Griffin Jones (he/his) is a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and has committed his career to scaling innovations aimed at improving the health of marginalized populations. Most recently, Griffin served as the Interim Director of Strategic Investment at the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) executing on diverse legislative directives to invest over $80 million through programs targeting the Commonwealth’s most…
Diana is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Epidemiology in the GRAPE multidisciplinary research and training team in global perinatal Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on identifying predictors of maternal mental health and adverse pregnancy outcomes, as well as evaluating how in-utero exposure to violence and distress affects the physical and mental health of the offspring. Diana works with data from a well-characterized prospective…
Benita is a Master of Science student in the Department of Global Health and Population. Her passion is to improve social determinants of health globally, focusing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Subsaharan Africa. Benita’s background in International Agriculture and Development Sociology informed her interest in using qualitative research to address socio-economic challenges that underprivileged communities face. Benita’s project focuses on evaluating the effects of artisanal mining on…
Brianna Keefe-Oates is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Population Health Sciences in the Social and Behavioral Sciences department. She studies how policies and community-based activism can influence inequities in access to reproductive health services and health outcomes, especially during the pregnancy and postpartum periods. Her current research focuses on understanding abortion care access and quality after abortion was legalized in Argentina and how parental leave impacts postpartum care attendance in…
Christine has spent her career focused on issues related to poverty and equity. Christine has the privilege of regularly working with young moms in her role as board chair at Roca. Christine is the CEO of a consulting firm she founded, SmarterGive, where she provides strategic advice to philanthropic donors interested increasing their impact. She speaks and writes about a variety of topics related to social change. Prior to SmarterGive,…