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Fellows from the Cohort Year: 2021

Claire Thomas

Economic Development Coordinator & Political Activist
Minneapolis, Minnesota

United States

Claire Thomas is an Economic Development Coordinator for the East Side Neighborhood Company. In this role, she works with community members to design and implement innovative solutions for more inclusive economic systems for BIPOC-owned small businesses and equitable community development...

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Akshita Siddula

Community Organizer
Baltimore, Maryland

United States

Akshita Siddula is a public health professional based in Baltimore, Maryland. She is currently serving as the Executive Director of The 6th Branch. Previously, she was Managing Director with Right to Health Action (R2HA), a health advocacy group. In this role, she recruited and trained healthcare activists and organizers around the country to push for policies to create a just healthcare system...

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Haydeé “Nancy” Rumaldo

Nutritionist & Program Coordinator
Lima

Peru

Haydeé "Nancy" Rumaldo is a nutritionist and a Project Coordinator at Socios En Salud Sucursal Perú, a subsidiary of Partners In Health, which provides health care to people living in poverty through comprehensive interventions. She has implemented the community accompaniment model for child health projects in urban and rural contexts...

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Oscar Ramírez

Industrial Engineer
Lima

Peru

Oscar Ramírez is an industrial engineer dedicated to the management of social projects, with an emphasis on community health. His work centers on issues of tuberculosis, HIV, maternal and child health, and social protection. He is part of the organization Partners In Health and is currently a coordinator of a multi-country project in Latin America and the Caribbean whose main objective is to strengthen civil society in the comprehensive response against tuberculosis, with a focus on human rights, gender equality and the most vulnerable populations.

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­­­Ana Cecilia Ortega Dominguez

Community Psychologist
Chiapas

Mexico

Ana Cecilia Ortega Dominguez is a psychologist working with Compañeros en Salud (CES)—the sister organization of Partners in Health—in the Sierra region of Chiapas, Mexico. In this organization, she trains and supervises community mental health workers on the delivery of PM+ (a trans-diagnostic psychological intervention) and builds capacity among physicians to provide quality mental health care in rural clinics...

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­­­Marx Itabelo Lwabanya

Hospital Medical Director
Nundu

Democratic Republic of Congo

Dr. Marx Itabelo Lwabanya is the Medical Director at Nundu Deaconess Hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His research focuses on improving maternal and newborn health in limited resource settings. In 2017, he won the Brown Master’s Award for Professional Excellence for his effort to improve neonatal care by developing an online training for neonatal care nurses and establishing a peer-mentoring program for at-risk mothers at the Van Norman Clinic in Bujumbura...

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Naglaa Fathy Lithy

Sexual and Reproductive Health Consultant
Giza

Egypt

Dr. Naglaa Fathy, OB/GYN specialist, works as Program Manager for OSRA program at Egyptian Red Crescent funded by USAID and Pathfinder Egypt which supports sexual and reproductive health and the family planning system in Egypt.

Naglaa is the founder of MG Company which aims to use innovative and Edutainment approaches to address sustainable development goals...

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­­­Paige Knowlson

Non-profit Leader
Charleston, South Carolina

United States

Paige Knowlson is the Executive Director of Pattison’s Academy, an organization providing comprehensive services to children with severe disabilities in Charleston, South Carolina. Paige’s passion lies in building collaborative, interdisciplinary teams, programs and communities that collectively promote childhood health and development...

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Shannon Jordan

Public Health Program Analyst
Washington, DC

United States

Shannon Jordan is a program analyst at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Health Equity (OHE) which works to understand and eliminate health disparities among Veterans. She serves as the OHE engagement lead disseminating health equity resources to care providers, researchers, Veterans, and the public|also supporting workforce diversity and cultural competency at VHA...

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Brenda Hughes

Community Health Leader
Walterboro, South Carolina

United States

Brenda Hughes is the Manager of the Community Systems Team for the South Carolina Department of Health. She is responsible for a team implementing policy, systems and environmental change to advance health equity in rural populations. She serves in a leadership role in multiple coalitions across the state to develop community capacity, build sustainable communities and address the root causes of health inequities...

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