News & Updates

Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity Announces 2024 Senior Fellow Advisory Board

Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity (AFHE) is thrilled to announce the 2024 Senior Fellow Advisory Board (SFAB). Comprised of four graduated fellows serving one-year terms, SFAB works closely with the AFHE Senior Fellow Engagement Team to build a vibrant and connected community of Senior Fellows. Members of the 2024 Senior Fellow Advisory Board include: Monique [...]

Edited By Beth at April 19, 2024

AFHE Receives Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Award

Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity (AFHE)’s interdisciplinary and global approach to health equity and leadership training has been recognized by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation for its innovative methods, commitment and impact on their community. AFHE is the winner of this year’s Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Award for Program Excellence in Social Mission. Presented by […]

Edited By Beth at March 18, 2024

Cuba’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

This piece was written by Janice Blanchard with input from AFHE Senior Fellows Anjali Singh Kulkarni, Mildred Omino, Oscar Ramírez and Eliza Squibb. During the  AFHE trip to Cuba in September, fellows got to visit a number of establishments that highlighted individual Cubans entrepreneurial endeavors. In recent years, sparked by a 2021 reversal on a […]

Edited By Janice Blanchard at November 20, 2023

For the Love of Land or the Love of Money

For the Love of Land or the Love of Money: Cuba Reflections The author Monique Brown is a New Orleans, Louisiana resident. She is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Well Placed LLC and a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity. The views expressed here are her own. There is a song that I remember […]

Edited By Monique Brown at November 20, 2023

AFHE Cuba Convening Wrap-up

From September 12 - 16, Senior Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity traveled from their homes and workplaces around the globe to come together in Havana, Cuba, to learn about the role of the Cuban social and economic systems in national health and well-being. Our partnership with Care Lab provided a unique opportunity to engage with [...]

Edited By Beth at October 31, 2023

Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity Announces its 2024 Cohort

WASHINGTON (Sept. 19, 2023) — The Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity U.S. + Global (AFHE), part of the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity (Mullan Institute), based at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, is proud to announce its 2024 cohort — 16 emerging leaders from around the globe that […]

Edited By Beth at September 19, 2023

Reflections by a Global Atlantic Fellow on Health and Displacement

By Gabrielle Jackson, Senior Atlantic Fellow Health Equity   I celebrated my 39th birthday in Greece.   I’m not saying this to boast or brag. In fact, it is a statement of complete gratitude.   My birthday felt like an honor in what had been a very hard year. I made it through 2022, despite a […]

Edited By Beth at March 3, 2023

Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity Announces its 2023 Cohort

WASHINGTON, (Sept. 13, 2022) -- The Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity U.S. + Global, part of the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, based at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, is proud to announce its 2023 cohort — 20 global leaders dedicated to combating health disparities and promoting equity. Coming [...]

Edited By Beth at September 14, 2022

Working collaboratively to face the COVID-19 pandemic with social justice

By Silvia Kochen, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health and Jonatan Konfino, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity, US + Global   In early 2020, right at the beginning of the first wave of COVID-19, both of us immediately understood the urgent need to improve and strengthen the health system in our country, particularly in […]

Edited By Beth at August 17, 2022