Psychiatrist
Lagos
Nigeria
Dr. Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri, popularly referred as the "Celebrity Shrink" is a multiple award-winning mental health physician, advocate and coach who is passionate about people’s mental wellness and provides workable tools to ensure that. Maymunah is a leading voice in Nigeria on mental health and wellness and has almost 20 years of experience as a practicing physician...
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Director of Programs/ Non-profit Practitioner
Cleveland, Ohio
United States
Currently the director of programs for the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, Gulnar Feerasta (she/they) is passionate about promoting empowerment, resiliency, and leadership throughout marginalized communities. With advocacy and outreach at the forefront of her vision, her goal is to build strong support systems while improving the quality of life through long-term policy and social change...
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Lecturer in Physiotherapy
Bahir Dar
Ethiopia
Belaynew Adugna is a lecturer and pioneer of the undergraduate physiotherapy program at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. He is the owner of Bahir Dar Physiotherapy Specialty Clinic — the only private physiotherapy clinic in the region — and the founder of One Love Day Service Center, a non-profit therapeutic center for profoundly disabled children...
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Clinical Social Worker
Chicago, Illinois
United States
Sarah Chambers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing at the intersection of neuroscience, integrated medicine, and health promotion. She currently works as an interdisciplinary team member in the Department of Neurology at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois where she provided psychotherapeutic care to patients with neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders...
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Environmental Health Specialist
Manila
Philippines
Dr. Geminn Louis “Gelo” Apostol is a Filipino physician, educator, and researcher specializing in environmental public health, climate-resilient health systems, and socio-ecological determinants of health...
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Nutritionist and Public Health Specialist
Jerusalem
Palestine
Rana al Qawasmi is a Palestinian nutritionist, public health specialist, and Hubert Humphrey alumna for Public Health Policies and Management. She works as a health systems strengthening consultant for the Stability, Services and Reform Program by DFID. In her role Rana works on strengthening and developing healthcare status and services for Palestinians through policies, despite political and social barriers...
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Artist & Community Advocate
San Francisco, California
United States
Gloria Aguirre is an artist and community advocate in San Francisco, serving as program manager for community outreach at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. Advocating for long term investments to improve health literacy and access to care in often marginalized communities, she believes that humanity’s most powerful tools for change are curiosity and creativity...
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Economic Development & Political Activism
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States
Claire Thomas is a Senior Program Manager, Community Contracting for Vizient in the Gulf South. In this role, she works with regional health care systems to implement their health and economic equity goals...
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Nutritionist & Program Coordinator
Lima
Peru
Haydeé Nancy Rumaldo is a nutritionist and project and research coordinator at Partners In Health- Perú. Her work focuses on promoting health equity in underserved populations. She has training in qualitative methods, extensive experience in implementation science, and community-based participatory methods in urban and rural contexts...
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Community Psychologist
Chiapas
Mexico
Ana Ortega holds a B.A. in psychology and an MSc. in international development. She currently works as a Mental Health Coordinator with Compañeros en Salud (CES), the sister organization of Partners in Health, in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico. In this role, she oversees the work of community mental health workers and psychologists...
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