GLOBAL COHORT 2016 – 2020
INTRODUCTION ....................................................... 1 EQUITY IN BRAIN HEALTH . . ................................. 4 HEALTH EQUITY ................................................... 24 HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA ......... 36 HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTH AFRICA .............. 50 RACIAL EQUITY .. .................................................... 60 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY.................... 70 SOCIAL EQUITY...................................................... 80
Welcome to the Atlantic Fellows community Our mission is to empower catalytic communities of emerging leaders to advance fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. Our world is complex, uncertain and full of ambiguities. Although there has been progress, social and economic inequalities persist across the world, with already endangered groups of people suffering disproportionately. In the context of demographic and social change, rapid urbanization, climate change and shifts in economic power and technology, there is an urgent need for collective action. Atlantic Fellows are exceptional leaders in their field of work with a deep resolve for a more equal and just world. United in their pursuit of equity, Fellows come from all walks of life and a variety of professions. They include advocates, artists, journalists, lawyers, business professionals, health practitioners, government officials, academics, and researchers. Working across diverse settings and contexts, and from within the communities they serve, Atlantic Fellows are courageous, compassionate, and collaborative thinkers and doers, who collectively seek to bring lasting improvements, locally and globally. After completing one of seven Atlantic Fellows programs, which share a purpose of advancing fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies, Fellows join a lifelong local community and a global community, which is supported by the Atlantic Institute. They are provided with the networks, architecture and resources to connect, learn, and act to address the underlying systemic causes of inequity. The Fellows represented in this book are from a wide range of disciplines, geographies and perspectives. However diverse in experience and approach, Atlantic Fellows have a common goal: to achieve transformational power for the communities they serve. Together, we seek to accelerate the eradication of global inequities. A better world begins with you.
“ We see an urgent need to harness the potential of thousands of thinkers and doers addressing inequalities in the world, and we believe that in coming together to imagine, provoke, innovate and collaborate, their collective impact will be greater. That’s the idea behind the Atlantic Institute and the lifelong community of Atlantic Fellows.”
– CHRISTOPHER G. OECHSLI, BOARD CHAIR OF THE ATLANTIC INSTITUTE
ATLANTIC FELLOWS GLOBAL COHORT
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1 Canada 100
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Mexico 4 Costa Rica 1 Colombia 3
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Sierra 1 1 Ghana Leone 1 Liberia
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Improving brain health and reducing the impact of dementia worldwide. BASED AT THE GLOBAL BRAIN HEALTH INSTITUTE
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2016 FELLOWS
JALAYNE ARIAS
MIRCEA BALASA
NICOLE BATSCH
ELEANORE BAYEN
Investigating the legal and ethical challenges associated with the individual and social burden associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias through public policy initiatives.
Developing new tools for an early diagnosis of cognitive impairment. Also interested in new modalities of patient engagement for an early identification of cognitive decline in the general population.
Understanding how people with dementia can lead more meaningful lives under human rights’ objectives.
Designing, testing and validating new prototypes monitoring cognitive disorders; studying patterns of disability, clinical evolution, and unmet care needs; analyzing socioeconomics datasets.
ALISSA BERNSTEIN
DOMINIC CAMPBELL
MARÍA CARMONA-IRAGUI
HEIDI CLARE LAMBERT
Creating effective interventions tailored to the sociocultural context of patients and their caregivers, with attention to the social determinants that cause and perpetuate ill health and disease.
Developing new project prototypes, infused with art and creativity, backed by solid evidence and responding to need and local circumstance to help reduce the fear of age and its related illnesses among elders.
Researching cognitive impairment and biomarkers in the continuum of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease and in Down syndrome to provide insights into the biological and epidemiological contributors to Alzheimer’s disease.
Producing a radio program with high-profile musicians and clinical scientists about aging and the creative process, showing how brains benefit from musical engagement. Also developing a musical curriculum for adult day health.
Assistant Professor, Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, UCSF San Francisco, California, USA
Medical Anthropologist San Francisco, California, USA
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Neurologist, Hospital Clinic Barcelona Barcelona, Spain
Co-founder of Creative Aging International Dublin, Ireland
Gerontologist and Global Consultant Chicago, Illinois, USA
Cognitive Neurologist Barcelona, Spain
Assistant Professor, Sorbonne Université Paris, France
Music Educator and Performer Cotopaxi, Colorado, USA
LAURENT CLERET DE LANGAVANT
BĂ RBARA COSTA BEBER
CHRISTINE FITZGERALD
ELAINE HOWARD
Analyzing large, populationbased cohort studies to generate a global perspective on dementia risk factors in the general population in two different continents.
Raising awareness in dementia in 40,000 speech and language therapists in Brazil by examining their current knowledge and awareness of dementia and communication disorders in dementia.
Exploring the role that community services such as Alzheimer cafĂŠs play in supporting social citizenship and developing a psychosocial evaluation strategy to mobilize and enhance psychosocial interventions.
Delivering bespoke consultancy in service reform and training solutions to dementia service providers and innovators who seek to provide personalized care and support for people living with dementia.
HANY IBRAHIM
ELISSAIOS KARAGEORGIOU
SILVIA KOCHEN
JOSH KORNBLUTH
Elucidating brain rhythm patterns of dementia syndromes across the sleepwake cycle, with the goal of improving diagnosis, prognosis and treatment response, and promoting dementia health.
Providing primary care dementia training and education packages for GPs for improving the early diagnosis of dementia and developing treatment and prevention strategies.
Connecting brain science with social justice by hosting, writing, and producing the video series, Citizen Brain, and by creating a theatrical monologue about empathy and democracy.
Neurologist Paris, France
Geriatric Medicine Consultant and Senior Lecturer, Ain Shams University Hospital Cairo, Egypt
Working to use modern technology and software platforms for early detection and diagnosis of dementia. Co-Founder of Ain Shams Cognitive Training Lab.
Assistant Professor of Speech and Language Pathology, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil
Behavioral and Sleep Neurologist, Sleep and Memory Center, Neurological Institute of Athens Athens, Greece
Nurse and Psychosocial Researcher Galway, Ireland
Neurologist, Director Neurosciences and Complex Systems Unit Hospital El Cruce, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Founder, Dementia Focus Myshall, Ireland
Monologuist, Filmmaker and Video Host, UCSF Berkeley, California, USA
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JORGE LLIBRE GUERRA
Cognitive Neurologist, National Institute of Neurology Havana, Cuba
CLAIRE MCEVOY
Nutritional Epidemiologist and Dietitian Belfast, United Kingdom
ROGERIO PANIZZUTTI
Psychiatrist and Neuroscience Researcher Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ELISA DE PAULA FRANÇA RESENDE Neurologist Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Researching admixture, ethnicity and health-social disparities in dementia. Developing a program in Cuba to train health care providers and educate the community about aging, mental health and dementia.
Investigating the role of diet in brain aging and dementia by analyzing population data and testing scalable dietary interventions for brain health.
Understanding how computerized tools can be integrated into scalable, multidisciplinary interventions for the longterm care of brain health.
Studying the effects of latelife literacy acquisition as a dementia prevention tool through improving memory and increasing connections between brain areas.
GEESKE PEETERS
ADRIĂ€ ROFES
FIONNUALA SWEENEY
JAMIE TALAN
Understanding and improving strategies to promote physical and cognitive functioning and prevent functional decline, falls, fear of falling and dementia.
Enhancing our understanding of brain behavior relations and applying this knowledge to improve assessment and treatment protocols for neurological conditions leading to aphasia.
Hearing from a wide range of people working in the dementia space, her podcast series, Dementia is Global, aims to raise global awareness about brain health to change attitudes and policies.
Developing and implementing an online monthly lecture series and a US support group for patients with posterior cortical atrophy and their caregivers.
Senior Researcher, Dept of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center The Netherlands
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Assistant Professor, University of Groningen The Netherlands
Journalist Dublin, Ireland
Science Writer Boise, Idaho, USA
IOANNIS TARNANAS
LINA VELILLA
ADAM WASKOW
STELIOS ZYGOURIS
Developing computational biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease and developing a responsible strategy to implement this technology and utilize machine intelligence for disease prevention.
Developing strategies to address the caregiver-stress and burden-related stigma among caregivers of patients with early onset dementia caused by the e280a mutation in Antioquia.
Researching how animalassisted therapies and interventions could affect care and improve outcomes in a variety of environments and applications, in particular, the use of therapy dogs working with dementia patients and their caregivers.
Developing computerized memory tests for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, including the first serious game that older adults can use on their own to screen for signs of subtle cognitive decline.
Neuroscientist Greece
Psychologist and Epidemiologist Medellin, Colombia
Josh Kornbluth applies his storytelling skills to the subject of dementia.
Founder, Memory Dog Inc, a nonprofit exploring the use of highly trained dogs for people with neurodegenerative diseases. Marin County, California, USA
PhD Candidate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece
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2017 FELLOWS
TALA AL-ROUSAN
PHAEDRA BELL
KRYSTAL L. CULLER
EMMA CUNNINGHAM
Investigating how the stress resulting from war and displacement affects rates of dementia in a group of refugees in the Middle East. Co-designed and co-created the Atlantic Fellows Thematic Forum in Jordan for learning about migration and health.
Developing a program for young adults to partner with older adults to mitigate risk factors for dementia and other health challenges through regular, meaningful interactions across generations.
Developing innovative brain health and memory programs and services. Implementing population health approaches for individuals and carers, aimed at dementia risk prevention.
Advancing perioperative research and care. Contributing to the global literature on cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in early Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
ELIZABETH DZENG
DERYA DURUSU EMEK-SAVAS
CORRINA GRIMES
ALEJANDRA GUERRERO BARRAGĂ N
Developing and using computerized cognitive training programs as an intervention for people with cognitive impairment and for the prevention of cognitive decline in the aging population.
Leading business change in a health and social care system initiative that introduces a digital, integrated care record to Northern Ireland, improving patient safety and population health outcomes.
Assistant Professor, University of California San Diego San Diego, California, USA
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Sociology, UCSF San Francisco, California USA
Examining the influence of cultures and ethics of neoliberalism on the provision of non-beneficial, high-intensity, life-sustaining treatments near the end of life in older adults with dementia in the US and UK.
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Education Leader and Social Intervention Designer San Francisco, California, USA
Neuroscientist Izmir, Turkey
Founder and Director, Your Brain Health Matters Poland, Ohio, USA
Head of Business Change, Encompass Northern Ireland Belfast, United Kingdom
Academic Geriatrician Belfast, United Kingdom
Neurologist Bogota city, Colombia
Conducting epidemiological research to understand better the situation of dementia patients and their caregivers in Bogota. Studying cognitive impairment in different vulnerable populations.
KRISTA HARRISON
SANDRA HIGUET
CATHERINE JORDAN
YUE LENG
Developing mixed-methods evidence and interventions to address palliative care needs of people with dementia, prion disease, and other serious illnesses through clinical interventions, systems of care, or equitable policy supporting quality of life.
Working to create an integrated care facility for the management of patients with mild cognitive impairment or dementia.
Pursuing the relationship between musical expertise and the development of dementia, and exploring the mechanisms underpinning this association, and music as therapy.
Developing interventional studies targeting improved sleep and cognition, which have the potential to help prevent the onset and progression of dementia in high-risk populations.
MARIANA LONGORIA IBARROLA
DAVID LOUGHREY
JERONIMO MARTIN
LUIS ARNOLDO MUĂ‘OZ NEVAREZ
Part of 10/66 Dementia Research Group, carrying out population-based research into dementia in low income and middle income countries, focusing on frontotemporal dementias research and neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia.
Researching the relationship between hearing loss and the development of dementia through neurocognitive assessment of older adults with hearing loss.
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics & Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF San Francisco, California, USA
Psychiatrist and Professor at Medicine School, West Hill Institute Mexico City, Mexico
Head of the Geriatric Department, University Hospital of Charleroi Nivelles, Belgium
Research Psychologist Dublin, Ireland
Experimental Psychologist Dublin, Ireland
Emergency Medicine Specialist Mexico City, Mexico
Improving the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of stroke. Developing multi-center studies and programs to diminish stroke risk factors, and work to identify populations at high risk of stroke.
Epidemiologist specializing in the research of sleep and aging China
Geriatric and Internal Medicine Specialist Guadalajara, Mexico
Improving prevention, diagnosis, and treatment strategies for older adults living with HIV and HIVassociated neurocognitive disorder, as well as promoting dementia awareness and early diagnosis in Mexico.
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2017 FELLOWS
BRENDA PÉREZ CERPA
CLAUDIA PATRICIA RAMOS-PEREZ
ANA MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ SALGADO
TALITA ROSA
Neuro-Psychologist Havana, Cuba
Family Physician and Global Health Scientist Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Establishing innovative ways of bringing palliative and supportive care to people with dementia and developing tangible policies or strategies that raise awareness of advanced directives.
Working to determine factors related to onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Introducing technologybased cognitive assessments and support to the Cuban population.
Studying the economic and psychological burden of informal caregiving for dementia in Brazil.
CLAIRE SEXTON
KONSTANTINA SYKARA
BOON LEAD TEE
JENNIFER ZITSER
Leading research programs and initiatives to accelerate the Alzheimer’s Association’s scientific agenda.
Evaluating whether cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTi) is an effective treatment intervention in patients with mild cognitive impairment and their caregivers.
Developing an anatomicalspecific and linguistically adapted Chinese Language Assessment in PPA (CLAP) battery for the Chinesespeaking population. Studying the impact of cultural characteristics on social cognitive functions.
Investigating non-motor manifestations of synucleinopathies, including cognitive, sleep and autonomic disturbances to be used as biomarkers for this specific group of diseases.
Geriatric Medicine Specialist Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Director, Scientific Programs and Outreach, Alzheimer’s Association Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Psychiatrist - PhD Student, Neuroscience Group of Antioquia Medellin, Colombia
Clinical Psychologist Athens, Greece
Associate Specialist, UCSF San Francisco, California, USA
Neurologist, UCSF San Francisco, California, USA
Cindy Weinstein, a professor at the California Institute of Technology, with Shamiel McFarlane, a general practitioner working in rural Jamaica.
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2018 FELLOWS
RUFUS AKINYEMI
JANE BENTLEY
KIRSTY BOBROW
LAURA BOOI
Nurturing leaders in Africa for collaborative work to improve brain health. Clinical, research and advocacy work focusing on vascular and degenerative brain disorders.
Developing engagement in accessible participative music as a resource for social inclusion, building communicative partnerships, and community integration across the lifespan.
Developing and testing mobile phone messaging through clinical trials to support treatment adherence in adults with high blood pressure and diabetes in primary care settings.
Leading efforts to build inclusive communities through co-producing research with people living with dementia and developing social entrepreneurial ventures to connect and support dementia-focused leaders.
LENISA BRANDAO
SIOBHAN CASEY
GABRI CHRISTA
WALTER DAWSON
Promoting the social inclusion of older adults living with aphasia and raising awareness of health professionals to the power of art in improving communication and the quality of life.
Driving change in the aging agenda to improve the wellbeing of older people.
Facilitating art initiatives focused on understanding one another’s humanity. Curating dance, education and film events aimed at removing stigmas around age and race.
Developing strategies to reduce the economic burden of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia through public policy interventions that better support individuals, family care partners, and the public programs that fund care.
Senior Research Fellow, University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria
Associate Professor, Department of Health and Communication Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Music specialist, Freelance Glasgow, United Kingdom
Director of Marketing & Business Development, Age NI Holywood, United Kingdom
Public Health Physician and Epidemiologist Cape Town, South Africa
Associate Professor of Professional Practice; Director Movement Lab, Barnard College, Columbia University New York, USA
Research Associate, Newcastle University Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University Portland, Oregon, USA
MYRIAM DE LA CRUZ PUEBLA
LAIS FAJERSZTJAN
MIRIAM GALVIN
SANA-E-ZEHRA HAIDRY
Researching headaches to develop clinical, neurophysiological and genetical studies.
Investigating urban and environmental health to understand the effects of air pollution on neurodegenerative diseases.
Working on research tracking patient and caregiver journeys, interaction with health services, as well as the conceptualization and assessment of quality of life and caregiver experiences.
Employing a model to de-stigmatize, prevent and manage dementia. Addressing the lack of awareness about dementia in low and middle income countries.
AGUSTIN IBANEZ
STEFANIA ILINCA
OPHIR KERET
EMI KIYOTA
Empowering Latin American networks and researchers to fight dementia collaboratively.
Focusing on understanding the effects of demographic aging on health and social policy in Europe, including patterns of use of care among the elderly.
Determining the unique features of young onset Alzheimer’s and dementia in diverse and disparate populations of Israel.
Creating socially integrated communities that value elders through Ibasho (a notfor-profit organization) and consulting in the design of communities and cities.
Neurologist (Neuroscience researcher), VHIR (Vall d’Hebron Research Institute) Barcelona, Spain
Director, Institute of Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience Buenos Aires, Argentina
Researcher, Laboratory of Environmental Air Pollution, University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil
Health Economist Vienna, Austria
Associate Professor in Research Methodology, Academic Unit of Neurology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
Neurologist, Rabin Medical Center Tel Aviv, Israel
Scientific Researcher and Research Consultant, University of Groningen, Hashmanis Hospitals Castricum and Karachi The Netherlands
President and Founder, Ibasho (NGO) Maryland, USA
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2018 FELLOWS
ALEX KORNHUBER
LINGANI MBAKILE MAHLANZA
SHAMIEL McFARLANE
EIMEAR McGLINCHEY
Writing books and creating exhibits on the modernist movement in Lima, Pisco, as an element of Peruvian identity; and what it is to be Peruvian.
Leading efforts to improve dementia diagnosis by translating, culturally adapting and validating tablet-based and paper-based cognitive and functional assessments for the Botswana population.
Developing a home-based primary care program for cognitively impaired, isolated older adults in rural Jamaica.
Developing an intervention program using online cognitive training with adults with Down syndrome to examine the effects on levels of executive function. Identifying early biomarkers of dementia for people with Down syndrome.
MAIRA OKADA DE OLIVEIRA
STEFANIE PIÑA-ESCUDERO
MARITZA PINTADO-CAIPA
KIRTI RANCHOD
Developing strategies to evaluate cognition in low education populations. Working on the development of screening tools for cognitive impairment to identify cognitive decline in individuals with low schooling.
Establishing best practice for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of dementia, supported by the development of an international, multidisciplinary network.
Addressing the fact that many diseases like dementia are ignored by society and the authorities, and a lack of epidemiological data on dementia in Peru.
Making brain health practical and relevant. Promoting an understanding of traditional and cultural practices which promote brain health.
Photographer Lima, Peru
Neuropsychologist, Hospital das Clínicas and Hospital Santa Marcelina São Paulo, Brazil
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Assistant Professor, Neuropsychologist, University of Botswana Gaborone, Botswana
Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Tacna, Peru
General Practitioner Jamaica
Neurologist, UCSF San Francisco, California, USA
Intellectual Disability Researcher Dublin, Ireland
Neurologist, Self-employed Johannesburg, South Africa
ROWENA RICHIE
LORNA ROE
MOHAMED SALAMA
JORGE MARIO LEON SALAS
Promoting positive aging through movement-based, creative engagement with elders in various settings.
Investigating how older people with complex needs access health care and the implications for designing an integrated health care system.
Leading the Egyptian Longitudinal Study of Aging to try to reshape the current understanding of aging.
Developing mental health strategies for successful aging and leading efforts to understand and optimize treatments for people living with dementia.
DANA WALRATH
FIONA WALSH
GREG WALSH
CINDY WEINSTEIN
Practicing a blend of creative writing, comics, art and anthropology. Believing in the power of the arts for social change. Offering ways to heal from and to end global challenges of dehumanisation, dementia, racism, and genocide.
Designing inclusive environments to support the health and wellbeing of people with dementia.
Translating research and inclusive building design principles into everyday use to ensure they are accessible to people living with cognitive and/or sensory impairments.
Writing a book based on the personal experiences of her father who had Alzheimer’s disease.
Dance Theater Artist and Movement Educator, Freelance San Francisco, California, USA
Writer, Artist, Anthropologist, Self-employed Underhill, Vermont, USA
Academic Health Services Researcher Dublin, Ireland
Principal Architect, DDS Architects Ltd Hungerford, United Kingdom
Associate Professor, The American University in Cairo Cairo, Egypt
Managing Director, DDS Architects Ltd Hungerford, United Kingdom
Neuro-psychiatrist, Hospital Clinica Biblica San Jose, Costa Rica
Vice Provost, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, USA
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WILBY WILLIAMSON
MERON ABEY
OLAKUNLE ADEWALE
EMILY ADRION
Working to treat patients presenting for management of hypertension and primary prevention of heart disease and stroke.
Exploring how the arts could strengthen the health care service, social equity, and to establish arts in a brain health center for research and training in Ethiopia.
Facilitating arts in health engagements in Africa and United States. Raising awareness of dementia and trying to reduce the stigmatization often faced by those with cognitive disabilities.
Improving understanding of the impact of health and social care system design on patterns of care and spending for those with dementia and their families/ caregivers. Aiming to reduce the devastating financial toll of dementia.
FERNANDO AGUZZOLI-PERES
ARIANNA ALMIRALL SĂ NCHEZ
AYA ASHOUR
Exploring positive ways to communicate dementia with empathy and compassion in different settings, from books to social networks, to connect different generations.
Researching the relationship between cognitive reserve and cognitive decline by analyzing population data from high, middle and low income countries to identify mid-life risk factors for dementias. Developing a training program for caregivers.
Improving the lives of people living with cognitive impairment by providing the best clinical settings and maximizing the research outcomes to patients with dementia in Egypt.
Physician and Clinical Academic Cardiovascular Prevention and Brain-Health Nottingham, United Kingdom
Theater Artist, Owner of theater production company Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Writer and Dementia Advocate, VovĂł Nilva Dublin, Ireland
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Founder and Executive Director, Arts in Medicine Projects Lagos, Nigeria
Biostatistician and Head of Research Projects, National Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology Havana, Cuba
Global Health Policy Lecturer, University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Lecturer of Neurology, Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt
ANNE BROWNING
ANNA BRUGULAT-SERRAT
SHEILA CASTRO-SUAREZ
YAOHUA CHEN
Promoting resilience, brain health and wellbeing for health care teams. Developing support for people engaging in equity work, expanding practices and competencies for distress tolerance.
Developing strategies to increase the understanding of how risk factors render the sex-specific brain vulnerability to Alzheimer’s disease pathophysiology. Developing personalized prevention programs.
Leading efforts to run a behavioral neurology clinic in Peru. Creating a network in frontotemporal dementia and exploring difficulties relating to diagnosis. Carrying out research into the validation of cognitive screening tests and the genetics of dementia.
Developing collaboration between pre-clinical and clinical work, and between neurology and geriatrics. Leading a translational work of a murine model and a cohort of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
SARAH D’ALESSIO
NAIARA DEMNITZ
KARIN DIAMOND
CLARA DOMINGUEZ VIVERO
Developing and strengthening long-term care and social care systems and practices, so they become more equitable through inclusion and by enhancing the quality of life for people with cognitive impairment.
Examining the role of lifestyle factors on the aging brain, with the aim of developing targeted lifestyle interventions that promote healthy brain aging.
Exploring the health and wellbeing benefits of participating in arts in health practice for people living with dementia and their families.
Working for the Galician Health Service as a clinician with an interest in dementia and behavioral neurology. Aiming to improve communication between clinicians and patients, and increase patient access to nonpharmacological care and support.
Assistant Dean for Wellbeing, The University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, Washington, USA
Policy Analyst, Ministry of Health, Government of Bermuda Bermuda
Neuropsychologist, Barcelona Beta Brain Research Center Barcelona, Spain
Cognitive Neuroscientist, Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance Copenhagen, Denmark
Neurologist, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas Lima, Peru
Co-founder and Artistic Director, Re-Live Cardiff, Wales
Neurogeriatrician, Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
Neurologist, Servicio Galego de Saúde Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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2019 FELLOWS
NEUS FALGÀS MARTINEZ
ADIT FRIEDBERG
JONI GILISSEN
JENNIE GUBNER
Developing strategies to improve Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and its biomarkers, specifically regarding sleepwake alterations.
Unraveling the neural mechanisms that underlie the emergence of visual artistic creativity in frontotemporal dementia.
Working primarily on research of palliative care in older people, specifically regarding communication about the end of life.
Promoting models of dementia education through music, filmmaking and service-learning. Building bridges between ethnomusicology and the health sciences.
MAËLENN GUERCHET
LAUREN HUNT
IGNACIO ILLÁN GALA
WAMBUI KARANJA
Developing new aging and brain health research in sub-Saharan Africa to better understand the burden of dementia and raise awareness. Encouraging initiatives that support caregivers and train health care professionals.
Evaluating existing and developing new models of hospice and palliative care for older adults with dementia and their caregivers.
Researching and leading a multidisciplinary clinic to improve the diagnosis and clinical care of people living with frontotemporal dementia and their families.
Leading efforts to increase understanding of brain health among health care workers and the general population in Kenya, with a focus on age-related, neurodegenerative disorders.
Neurologist, Alzheimer’s Unit, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain
Epidemiologist, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development Limoges, France
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Neurology Specialist, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Tel Aviv, Israel
Assistant Professor, San Francisco School of Nursing, UCSF San Francisco, California, USA
Social Health Scientist; Social Worker, Global Brain Health Institute,UCSF San Francisco, California, USA
Neurologist, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Barcelona, Spain
Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology|Chair, Applied Intercultural Arts Reserach Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona USA
Research Assistant, Alzheimer’s & Dementia Organisation Kenya (ADOK) Nairobi, Kenya
IRINA KINCHIN
BEATRIZ MARCELA MAR MEZA
CHEYENNE MIZE
SEBASTIAN MOGUILNER
Applying a broad range of health economic methods towards ensuring more efficiency, cost-effectiveness and supportive care needs for priority populations.
Working to develop a comprehensive care program for the management of patients with cognitive disorders and caregiver support. Developing geriatric services to optimize care of chronic diseases, such as dementia, affecting the Peruvian elderly.
Using music for individual and community aims, with a particular interest in equitable access to creative wellness opportunities for people of all ages and levels of ability or experience.
Researching new neuroimaging biomarkers of neurodegeneration and the artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis of dementia.
DIDEM ÖZ
IEVA PETKUTĖ
SILVIA RODRIGO-HERRERO
NICOLE ROGERS CASTILLO
Developing an electroencephalography model to monitor the electrical activity of the brain for diagnosis and differentiation of dementia, and investigating clinicopathological correlation.
Implementing local and international arts projects that aim for social change.
Researching early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in patients around the region of Andalusia (Spain), especially in patients with a low educational level.
Developing non-pharmacological interventions and introducing technology-based tools that may be integrated into current health programs for older adults and patients with dementia.
Senior Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney Sydney, Australia
Associate Neurologist, Dokuz Eylül University Izmir, Turkey
Geriatric Medicine Specialist and University Professor, Geriatric Department of Air Force Central Hospital, and Peruvian Institute of Neuroscience, Lima, Peru
Arts Director, Socialiniai meno projektai (NGO) Vilnius, Lithuania
Music Therapist and Owner, Wishing Well Music, LLC Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Neurologist, Hospital Juan Ramon Jimenez Huelva, Spain
Neuroscientist, Fuesmen Mendoza, Argentina
Neurologist, Universidad de Chile Chile
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SANJIB SAHA
Assistant Researcher, Health Economics, Lund University Lund, Sweden
Conducting research on the health care utilization of people living with dementia and their caregivers, primarily in Sweden. Estimating the cost-effectiveness of different interventions in clinical settings.
DVERA SAXTON
Assistant Professor, California State University Fresno, California, USA
Developing communitybased approaches to research design, problem solving, and creative teaching and learning around aging and brain health in rural and immigrant communities in California.
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Health economist Stefania Ilinca is examining the effects of demographic aging on policy in Europe.
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Combating health disparities and promoting equity. BASED AT THE FITZHUGH MULLAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH WORKFORCE EQUITY
HEALTH EQUITY
2017 FELLOWS
MARY AJWANG
Consultant, Global Health Corps Kampala, Uganda
SARAH BATTISTICH
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Former Director of the Bellevue NYU Survivors of Torture Program, New York University Medical Center New York, New York, USA
JOEDRECKA S. BROWN SPEIGHTS
BRIGIT M. CARTER
Associate Professor and Chair of Family Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine Tallahasse, Florida, USA
Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Duke University School of Nursing Durham, North Carolina, USA
Engaging in advocacy, technical assistance, and program coordination to improve public health in Uganda.
Overseeing the delivery of comprehensive medical and mental health care, as well as social and legal services to survivors of torture and war trauma.
Working to eliminate health disparities and promote health equity, especially in maternal and child health and address black infant mortality.
Working to ensure the Duke University School of Nursing celebrates diversity and enhances inclusive practices for all members of the community.
KENNETH T. JONES
THOMAS MERRILL
SCOTT NASS
TOYESE OYEYEMI
Advancing health equity for military veterans and ensuring the availability of data and tools to understand health, social, and economic needs.
Designing, developing, and managing projects within the Muskie School of Public Service. Assisting with publications and dissemination, collecting and analysing data, and mentoring graduate assistants.
Advocating for equitable health policies and access to care for LGBTQ patients. Providing primary care and HIV services to the Southern California desert community.
Leading an organization that provides grant writing and program evaluation for community-based, equitydriven nonprofits.
Supervisory Program Analyst, VHA Office of Health Equity Washington, DC, USA
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Senior Data Analyst, Muskie School of Public Service Portland, Maine, USA
Program Director, Eisenhower Family Medicine Residency; President, GLMA, Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality Palm Springs, California, USA
Faculty, University of New Mexico Department of Family and Community Medicine; Director, November Mill Consulting Cape Town, South Africa
MARIA PORTELA MARTINEZ
CAROLINE MAE RAMIREZ
NEHA RAYKAR
ZULAYKA SANTIAGO
Leading efforts to re-envision primary care training focused on transforming health care delivery systems aimed at improving access, quality of care, and cost effectiveness for vulnerable populations.
Developing policies as well as future leaders who champion health equity in the Philippines.
Leading evaluations of public health and nutrition programs on maternal and child health in rural India.
Providing inspiration, instigation, and support for projects, organizations, and foundations focused on equity, social justice, and authentic community engagement.
SARA SELIG
CARLA A. ARENA VENTURA
YVONNE YIU
Working to eliminate health disparities and improve the wellbeing of American Indian/Alaska Native communities.
Advocating for human rights education among vulnerable groups and building capacity for participatory research on health equity.
Empowering leadership to utilize data to drive quality improvement initiatives throughout the health care system.
Chief of the Family Medicine Section, Medical Faculty Associates; Medical Director, George Washington Immediate Primary Care Clinics Washington, DC, USA
Associate Physician; Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Director of US Engagement, Partners in Health Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Medical Officer IV, Health Facility Development Bureau, Department of Health, Philippines Manila, Philippines
Full Professor, College of Nursing, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto; Director, PAHO/ WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development Riberão Preto, Brazil
Senior Consultant (Health, WASH and Nutrition), Oxford Policy Management New Delhi, India
Founder & Creative Director, Libélula Consulting Durham, North Carolina, USA
Program Manager, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System Irvine, California, USA
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2018 FELLOWS
AMANDA BROSNAN
LESFORD H. DUNCAN
ANGELA T. ECHIVERRI
SARAH M. HOOPER
Practicing health care in a public health department, working primarily in infectious disease management. Cultivating a passion for providing care for the community’s underserved population.
Introducing at-risk, underrepresented, and systeminvolved youth to the transformative and healing power of the outdoors.
Practicing family and community medicine and partnering with families in Contra Costa County, California, to help people lead healthy and well lives. Cultivating leaders and change agents in young people and learners.
Developing medical-legal collaborations in education, research, and clinical service that advance equity in the care of older adults.
JAMES HUANG
V. KAI KENNEDY
JONATAN KONFINO
Secretary of Health at Quilmes Municipality; Professor of Public Health, Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche (UNAJ); Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University Quilmes, Argentina
ANJALI SINGH KULKARNI
Vice Chair of Equity and Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of California, Oakland, California, USA
Teaching principles of equity, professionalism, and leadership to physical therapy trainees and multidisciplinary health equity champions.
Building a local health system with both a social justice and equity perspective and a political perspective for health discussions and decisions.
Physician Assistant, Tarrant County Public Health Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Medical Director of Family Medicine, Unity Health Care Washington, DC, USA
Providing comprehensive medical care for immigrant and deaf communities through direct patient care, education, and quality improvement. Advocating for healthy food access for all communities.
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Senior Director of Programs, Outdoor Outreach San Diego, California, USA
Family Physician & Family Medicine Residency Faculty, Contra Costa Health Services Richmond, California, USA
Executive Director, UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law Science & Health Policy; Policy Director, Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors; Adjunct Professor of Law San Francisco, California, USA
Public Health Specialist and Adjunct Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health Delhi, Public Health Foundation of India Gurgaon, India
Teaching a public health program for postgraduate students, focusing on health equity. Developing a communication strategy for one division of a state in India to increase health information access to lowliterate populations.
DEBORRAH G. LIAO
JORDAN LUKE
EMILY MACDONALD
CHRISTINA T. ROSENTHAL
Providing primary health care and advocating for health equity through universal health care in a rural and remote area in the Visayas region of the Philippines.
Working across Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to embed equity into the agency’s programs, policies, models, and demonstrations.
Strengthening clinical operations to optimize health outcomes and workforce development at a federally qualified health center that provides care in underresourced communities in Chicago.
Practicing dentistry and connecting under-represented or under-resourced youth to mentors and the resources needed to become health care professionals.
ZEINA SALIBA
STEPHEN SEVALIE
Psychiatrist and Family Physician, Inpatient Medical Director for Psychiatric and Behavioral Health Services at The George Washington University Hospital Washington, DC, USA
Psychiatrist and Public Health Officer Freetown, Sierra Leone
TYLER SPENCER
Improving health care access and quality across multiple domains by overseeing consultation and inpatient psychiatric services. Working to decrease stigma in mental health and caring for marginalized populations.
Working to establish collaboration, local and international, to support mental health, substance abuse and epilepsy services, and reduce treatment gaps in Sierra Leone.
Municipal Health Officer, Rural Health Unit-Gamay Gamay, Northern Samar, Philippines
Director, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Minority Health, Program Alignment and Partner Engagement Group Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Director, Health Center Clinical Operations, Erie Family Health Centers Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner/CEO, Paradigm Dental Center; Founder, The 516 Foundation; Author, “You Can Become a Doctor Too” Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Founder and President, The Grassroot Project Washington, DC, USA
Advancing health equity by recruiting and training NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) athletes to bring health education and physical activity back into American schools.
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2019 FELLOWS
ADEKEMI KIKELOMO ADENIYAN
ALAQ AL-MUWALI
Founder and Executive Director, Dentalcare Foundation Ado-ekiti, Nigeria
Resident Doctor, Al-Kadhmiya Teaching Hospital; Program Assistant, Partners Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
Promoting, optimizing, and fostering oral health equity in the Nigerian health care system and exploring oral health-related issues and culture of underserved communities.
Practicing medicine and working to reduce sexual harassment and women’s rights violations in the workplace by promoting the gender provisions of the Iraqi labor law.
Advocating for less disparate health care resources for rural patients and providers. Building more capacity for health care infrastructure along the United StatesMexico border.
Mobilizing resident involvement in decisionmaking to ensure efforts are driven by community needs and assets. Developing strategies to support public health infrastructure.
ESNATT GONDWE-MATEKESA
RAZEL NIKKA M. HAO
ARTANESHA L. JACKSON
DANIELLE WOODHOUSE JOHNSON
Engaging communities to develop authentic efforts that strengthen the health care system and promote equitable access for all.
Developing strategic policy interventions and linkages to ensure equitable distribution and efficient management of health facilities in the Philippines.
Gender Specialist, Emmanuel International Zomba, Malawi
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Medical Specialist II, Health Facilities and Infrastructure Development Team, Office of the Undersecretary, Department of Health, Manila Quezon City, Philippines
ADRIAN N. BILLINGS
Chief Medical Officer, Preventative Care Health Services; Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine Alpine, Texas, USA
FINDconnect Program Manager, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Oakland, California, USA
Improving access to resources addressing social determinants of health to eliminate health disparities among adolescents with complex trauma in Oakland, California.
ESPERANZA FELICIDAD CANTÚ
Director of Community Engagement and Inclusion, United Way for Southeastern Michigan Detroit, Michigan, USA
Founder, The Oasis Alliance Lakeridge, Virginia, USA
Improving the lives of trauma survivors by cocreating personal spaces that promote mental health and wellbeing.
ANNE LAUX
Field Training Compliance Officer, Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission; Ohio Attorney General, Cleveland Brecksville, Ohio, USA
JESSICA MILBERG-HAYDU
Director of National Office Emergency Preparedness, Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s Los Angeles, California, USA
SHUBHA NAGESH
Director, Community Follow Up and Research Programs , Latika Roy Foundation Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
IFEANYI McWILLIAMS NSOFOR
Chief Executive Officer, EpiAFRIC Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
Researching the availability and accessibility of mental health wellness services for law enforcement officers in Ohio, and developing a resource guide for creating and funding wellness bureaus.
Supporting organizations with training, technical assistance, organizational management, program management, and strategic planning expertise. Addressing social determinants of health.
Striving to make childhood disabilities a global health priority, with a focus on young children with developmental disabilities in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas.
Advocating for active citizenship for health in Nigeria to create a critical mass of Nigerians who can demand improved health care for all and hold the government accountable.
MONALISA PADHEE
BRANDI M. PAYTON
LINDSEY POLLACZEK
HOPE ELIZABETH RHODES
Designing and implementing health initiatives to disrupt the cycle of poor health in girls and women in rural India through a communitydriven model.
Leading efforts to re-envision primary care training that focuses on the integration of behavioral health into primary care.
Championing holistic programs dedicated to the elimination of childbirth injury obstetric fistula, a gross inequity that affects more than a million women and girls worldwide.
Advocating for improved access to teen-friendly and culturally sensitive reproductive health services for high-risk teens in underresourced communities.
Program Head, Women Wellness Initiative, Barefoot College Tilonia, Ajmer, India
Clinic Administrator, Cherokee Nation Cooweescoowee Health Center Owasso, Oklahoma, USA
Vice President of Programs, Fistula Foundation San Francisco, California, USA
Associate Medical Director, Children’s Health Center; Assistant Professor, George Washington University Washington, DC, USA
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2019 FELLOWS
2020 FELLOWS
ELIZA SQUIBB
BILAL ASIM
MONIQUE E. BROWN
SHUBHAM CHOUDHARY
Collaborating with artists and artisans worldwide to create culturally contextualized patient education tools to improve information equity and health literacy among lowresource populations.
Working with the corporate partners of Fatima Memorial Hospital to increase revenue to extend free or subsidized quality care to those most affected by high health care expenditures.
Co-creating a sustainability plan with an underserved community to address vacant or abandoned properties, mitigate gentrification and displacement, and increase placemaking in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Building an ecosystem to advance equitable health care for the LGBTQ community in India through education, advocacy, and community organizing.
ELLIOT KORANTENG TANNOR
ABRAHAM L. B. FREEMAN
HYELADZIRA D. GARNVWA
KEVIN HECKMAN
Advocating reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases, especially kidney disease, and health disparities in the diagnosis.
Recycling plastic waste into construction materials and creating awareness of plastic pollution. Sampling and testing environmental monitoring points to ensure compliance.
Working in the national government to facilitate access to quality primary health care for women and children in underserved communities.
Improving the diversity of medical students by gathering and sharing examples and evidence of equitable admissions processes and tools.
Co-Founder and Art Director, ZTwist Design LLC; Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design; Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Senior Specialist Physician, a Nephrologist and an Adjunct Lecturer of the School of Medical Sciences Kumasi, Ghana
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Assistant Director Planning & Business Development, Fatima Memorial Hospital Lahore, Pakistan
Environmental Officer, Liberia Electricity Corporation; Founder, Environmental Rescue Initiative Monrovia, Liberia
Program Manager, Healthy Neighborhoods Project, Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Health Specialist, Nigeria State Health Investment Project, National Primary Health Care Development Agency Abuja, Nigeria
Founder/CEO, Safe Access, Qequal Foundation Delhi, India
Director, Product Development, American Medical Association Chicago, Illinois, USA
LIAM C. HEIN
GABRIELLE JACKSON
GILBERTO LOPEZ
MEDHA D. MAKHLOUF
Advancing LGBTQ social justice and health equity on a local level in partnership with the community and on a national level through policy. Advocating and educating for transgender health care access.
Training and ensuring the development of community mental health facilitators to support undocumented immigrant communities nationwide.
Focusing on the relationships between socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, and disease in Latinx populations.
Researching and advocating for equitable solutions to legal and policy issues at the intersection of US health law and immigration law. Preparing law students to work for health justice.
MAUREEN MILANGA
BERTRAND MOSES
SYED MUSTAFA H NADIR
ROSE MARY NAKAME
Improving access for key populations and pediatrics in the Kenyan HIV program to ensure marginalized populations are included in the efforts to eliminate health disparities.
Developing national child-related policies, programs, strategies, and communication material to promote child protection, wellbeing, and holistic development. Promoting mental health and wellness through workshops.
Leading an awardwinning startup focused on storytelling and conflict communication. Working on media content aimed at fostering health equity, tolerance, and countering destructive narratives.
Implementing a multifaceted approach for tackling teenage pregnancy in Uganda.
Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Associate Director International Policy and Advocacy, Health Global Access Project Nairobi, Kenya
Co-Founder and Co-Director, UndocuBlack Network Washington, DC, USA
National Coordinator of Child Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago; Founder, Balance 365 Org Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Research Assistant Professor, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, New York, USA
Founder and CEO, Creative Frontiers LLC; Director, Onebyte LLC; Founder and Director, Frontiers Animation Nairobi, Kenya
Assistant Professor of Law; Director of the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic, Penn State’s Dickinson Law; Ass. Prof., Penn State College of Medicine, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA
Executive Director/ Founder, REMI East Africa Kampala, Uganda
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2020 FELLOWS
MILDRED OMINO
NKEMAKOLEM OSIAN
ELENA RIVERA
PETER GAN KIM SOON
Advocating for the sexual and reproductive health rights of girls and women with disabilities in Kenya.
Increasing national awareness through education and advocacy about the uterine fibroid epidemic that plagues women and disproportionately affects women of color.
Advocating to improve child health and wellbeing in Oregon. Uniting the voices of communities directly affected by early health and learning disparities and co-creating solutions to ensure healthy and thriving children.
Improving public health through health literacy for individuals, their local community, and colleagues within the health sector by prioritizing social determinants of health.
MEGAN L. SRINIVAS
LINDSLEY JEREMIAH VILLARANTE
BRAM P. WISPELWEY
Improving the system of health planning in the Philippines to attain universal health coverage goals, such as equitable health financing, responsive health systems, and better health outcomes.
Researching and implementing strategies to eliminate racial inequities in hospital triage. Designing and building a community health program alongside Palestinian refugees living in camps.
Founder, Advocacy & Partnerships Officer, Women and Realities of Disability Society, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
Infectious Disease Clinical Instructor and Research Fellow, University of North Carolina School of Medicine Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA
Utilizing politics and heath policy to improve health care access in the rural United States. Researching social innovation and entrepreneurship for sexual and reproductive health in resource-limited settings around the world.
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Public Health Analyst, Health Resources and Services Administration; Board Member, The White Dress Project Rockville, Maryland, USA
Team Leader for Sectoral Planning and Budget Allocation; Department Legislative Liaison Specialist, Department of Health Manila City Muntinlupa, Philippines
Senior Health Policy and Program Advisor, Children’s Institute Portland, Oregon, USA
Ex-Officio, MERCY Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Chief Strategist, Health for Palestine; Associate Physician; Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Zulayka Santiago speaking at the Global Convening 2019 in Oxford. Her work focuses on equity, social justice and community engagement.
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Creating a community for health equity in Southeast Asia. BASED AT THE EQUITY INITIATIVE AT CMB FOUNDATION
HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
2016 FELLOWS
TIM AYE-HARDY
LIU CHENHUI
CHHORVANN CHHEA
OANH PHAM KIEU
Providing education via mobile classrooms to children in Myanmar who are in indentured servitude at teashop restaurants. Working to develop policies and strategies to address inclusivity and equity in education.
Advancing use of mobile technology to help 1.5 million doctors deliver high quality primary care for everyone, anytime, anywhere, across China.
Leading research into maternal and child health and the health system in Cambodia. Leading in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Working to develop a national health management and leadership training curriculum.
Helping build a new sector for social entrepreneurship in Viet Nam and the region.
CHALERMSAK KITTITRAKUL
JEREMY LIM
HOANG VAN MINH
THU HA NGUYEN
Working to ensure that policies on the promotion of access to HIV and HCV treatment are developed and implemented effectively and systematically.
Working on increasing the use of technology to improve health equity and access to care.
Publishing widely in national and international scientific journals; undertaking research studies on health and health care in Viet Nam on topics including the social determinants of health, noncommunicable diseases, and universal health coverage.
Overseeing content development for national television on social issues, including gender and domestic violence, women’s health and HIV/AIDS.
Co-Founder/Executive Director, myME: Myanmar Mobile Education Project Yangon, Myanmar
Coordinator for Access to Medicines Campaign, AIDS Access Foundation Bangkok, Thailand
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CEO, FamilyDoc Medical Mechnology Co Ltd Beijing, China
Partner, Oliver Wyman; Co-founder & CEO of AMiLi Singapore
Director, National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Vice-Rector/Director of Center for Population, Hanoi University of Public Health Hanoi, Viet Nam
Founder/CEO, Centre for Social Initiatives Promotion Hanoi, Viet Nam
Executive Director and Morning News Producer, Vietnam National Television Hanoi, Viet Nam
THI THUY TRAM PHAN
SOULIVANH PHOLSENA
Chief Physician, Lao Medical Care Center, Ban Phonxay, Xaysettha District Lao People’s Democratic Republic
NICOLA POCOCK
Deputy Director General, Ministry of Planning and Investment Hanoi, Viet Nam
Leading the organization towards conservation excellence and efficiency. Protecting biodiversity and preserving its habitats, combatting illegal wildlife trade, as well as implementing plastic pollution reduction programs in major coastal cities.
Practicing social justice through ideas and implementation of the Community Development Program and the White Cane Initiative for the Blind in Viet Nam.
Strengthening primary health care by focusing on the community-based health service through private sector involvement. Running two community medical centers, providing over 100,000 outpatient visits a year.
Working on migration, forced labor, and health, especially the health needs of trafficked fishermen.
JIRUTH SRIRATANABAN
NILA TANZIL
Founder and CEO of Taman Bacaan Pelangi (Rainbow Reading Gardens); Travel Sparks DKI Jakarta, Indonesia
SI ZHANJIE
Director, Thailand Research Center for Health Service Systems, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand
Focusing on health service systems in Thailand, including universal coverage, quality management, health sector financing, and health security schemes. Also working to promote equity and quality in education.
Nurturing children’s habit of reading and improving their literacy skills in remote areas of Eastern Indonesia, having set up over 100 libraries and trained thousands of local teachers.
NATALIE PHAHOLYOTHIN CEO of World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
Postdoctoral Fellow, United Nations University International Institute of Global Health Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Director, Aizhen Yunnan, China
Addressing the psychological, physical, social and economic problems of people affected by leprosy in China.
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2017 FELLOWS
BENJAMIN LAWRENCE PATRICK E. ARITAO
LYNNA CHANDRA
DENG RUI (RITA)
DO THUY DUONG
Rescuing victims of trafficking from places of exploitation and using casework lessons to derive systemic remedies.
Bringing humanity to medicine with compassionate and excellent care for all. Founded first pediatric palliative care service in Indonesia.
Teaching students and conducting research contributing to the improvement of health for ethnic minorities, especially women and young girls.
Designing and implementing leadership development programs to enhance the quality of women’s lives.
WAI WAI HAN
ARIEL CARINGAL HERNANDEZ
BEVERLY LORRAINE HO
CHANNÉ SUY LAN
Combating rural poverty and promoting equity-based development and sustainable peace.
Helping put into operation the mandate of the Universal Health Care Act in the Philippines, ensuring all Filipinos are health literate and have healthy living and working conditions.
Designing solutions to help people elevate their dignity and living conditions through improvements in health, education and economic development.
Director of Prosecution Development, International Justice Mission Manila, Philippines
Research Scientist, Department of Medical Research, Ministry of Health and Sports Yangon, Myanmar
Enhancing social justice in health through research of vulnerable populations. Initiating efforts to improve the practice of evidencebased policy-making by mentoring and facilitating data to the policy program in Myanmar.
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Founder and Trustee, Rachel House (children’s hospice); Ashoka Fellow serving on boards of Assisi Hospice & Bamboo Capital Management Singapore
Managing Director/School Director, Bangko sa Balay Foundation/ Global Mindanaw Polytechnic Northern Mindanao, Philippines
Associate Professor, Kunming Medical University’s School of Public Health Kunming City, Yunnan, China
Director of Health Promotion and Communications Service, Health Promotion Bureau Manila, Philippines
CEO and Founder, TalentPool Hanoi, Viet Nam
Regional Lead, InSTEDD iLab Southeast Asia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
SANTI LAPBENJAKUL
THARANI LOGANATHAN
LUONG THE-HUY
NGUYEN THI LAN ANH
Working with the government to train caregivers and redirect health care resources toward home care.
Focusing on achieving universal health coverage, and providing financial risk protection to households.
Advocating for LGBTI in Viet Nam, focusing on raising public awareness, legal advocacy for law makers, media, youth, public and private sectors.
Empowering communities of people with disabilities. She advocated the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and is actively monitoring the implementation.
PAN MYAT MON
SOMPORN (NUI) PENGKAM
ALAY PHONVISAY
KANAPON (TUM) PHUMRATPRAPIN
Director, Lamsonthi Hospital Lopburi, Thailand
Country Program Manager, Australian Volunteers (Myanmar) Yangon, Myanmar
Helping bring a sustainable social and development change in Myanmar.
Medical Lecturer, Social and Preventive Medicine Department at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Founder and Director, Community Health Impact Assessment Platform in Southeast Asia Bangkok, Thailand
Leading efforts to empower communities to carry out health impact assessments to encourage them to negotiate with policy makers, with a focus on mining and coalfired power plants.
Director, iSEE Institute Hanoi, Viet Nam
Lecturer, Faculty of Economic and Business Management, National University of Laos Vientiane, Lao PDR
Focusing on trade and poverty reduction.
Founder and Director, Action at the Community Development Institute, Hanoi, Viet Nam
CEO/Co-Founder, Health at Home Bangkok, Thailand
Combining expertise in geriatric medicine with a passion for home health care technology to serve Thailand’s growing elderly population.
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2018 FELLOWS
SATIRIANTINAH (SATI) BUR RASUANTO
ABELARDO APOLLO DAVID JUNIOR
BUI THI THUY
Enabling Digital Trust and catalyzing financial inclusion through VIDA, an earlystage technology company providing a frictionless and secure digital identity system. Supporting entrepreneurs, investing and health equity issues.
Advancing access to quality and inclusive health and education resources that equip children of all abilities and needs.
Developing training programs and policies to support community health, such as those ensuring patient safety and supporting parents in caring for and understanding their child’s medical care needs.
Developing coherent and compelling positions, using primarily the rights-based approach, to ensure that requests of government agencies for legal assistance to their bills, rules and regulations are in line with the constitution and laws.
SHI NAN
NUR KHAULAH FADZIL
SOPHIA BENEDICTA HAGE
HOANG TU ANH
Focusing on health, food, and drug safety across China.
Focusing on health care in detention and health policy for refugees.
Focusing on issues of sexual and gender-based violence and on promoting healthy lifestyles.
Empowering vulnerable and disadvantaged communities and enhancing state accountability.
Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, VIDA Digital Identity Jakarta, Indonesia
Lecturer, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Beijing, China
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Founder/Executive Director, Independent Living Learning Centre (ILLC)/Academia Progresiva de Manila (APDM)/REACH Foundation Manila, Philippines
Health Field Officer, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Head of the Nursing Department, Viet Nam National Children’s Hospital Hanoi, Viet Nam
Clinic Manager/Founding Member Medifit Clinic Jakarta, Indonesia
ABDEL JAMAL DISANGCOPAN
Attorney/Law Reform Specialist IV, University of the Philippines Law Center Iligan City, Philippines
Founding Member/Vice Director, Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population Hanoi, Viet Nam
HAN WIN HTAT
Deputy Country Director Population Services International Yangon, Myanmar
JIANG FAN
Vice Chancellor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; Consultant, National Health and Family Planning Commission Shanghai, China
NORAIDA ABDULLAH KARIM
KOUNG LO
Director for Mindanao Programme, Community and Family Services International Cotabato City, Philippines
Director, Preah Vihear Provincial Health Department Preah Vihear, Cambodia
Strengthening health systems to tackle health and social inequity issues for the poor and vulnerable populations through the strategic purchasing of primary health care services to improve quality in the non-public sector.
Researching social and environmental change and child health, and taking part in a national large-scale early child development intervention program in Shanghai and rural western China.
Working to improve the resilience of the Internally Displaced Persons. Training para-social workers to serve as a social service catalyst in the Bangsamoro communities.
Working to improve access to health information and health services, especially for remote patient populations. Spearheaded an initiative to support high-risk pregnant women.
BORWORNSOM (ACK) LEERAPAN
BAWI MANG LIAN
ELISABETH LISTYANI
SHARON LOW
Applying systems thinking to solve complex issues, such as regional governance of Thailand’s Universal Health Coverage, communitybased health interventions for vulnerable populations, and patient safety in health workforce planning.
Focusing on monitoring Myanmar’s National Health Plan, toward improving the allocation of health resources in Myanmar, especially the distribution of health facilities.
Supporting hospitals to improve services in collaboration with local government to strengthen Indonesia’s health system. Researching the inequitable distributions of hospitals and health services of remote areas in Indonesia.
Supporting assessment, evaluation, and research projects in fragile and conflict-affected states.
Health Systems Researcher/Faculty Member, Ramathibodi Medical School, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand
Medical Officer, National Health Plan Implementation Monitoring Unit, Ministry of Health and Sport Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Researcher, Center for Health and Policy Management, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Research Manager, REACH Initiative Syria Singapore
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2018 FELLOWS
TIARA MARTHIAS
CARMENEZA DOS SANTOS MONTEIRO
NGUYEN THI LAN ANH
NGUYEN TRAN NGUYEN
Assessing geographical equity in reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health.
Working toward a just and equal society through fair, inclusive public policy formulation and implementation.
Creating change through supporting access to health and social services for vulnerable and disadvantaged populations, such as children in special circumstances, persons with disabilities, HIV/AIDs patients and marginalized groups.
Working to expand health insurance coverage and health service provision, with a focus on the growing elderly population.
ANA P. SANTOS
PAIROJ SAONUAM
MAY SRIPATANASKUL
KOTCHAKORN VORAAKHOM
Lecturer/PhD Student, Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, University Gadjah Mada/Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne West Java, Indonesia
Journalist, Independent Manila, Philippines
Writing about culturally taboo topics such as sexual and reproductive health to bridge the gap between vulnerable women in Philippine society and legislators who draft policies that affect their rights.
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Strategic Policy Adviser, Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion Canberra, Australia
Assistant CEO, Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) Bangkok, Thailand
Seeking to empower individuals and organizations for a healthy society and environment.
Lecturer, Social Work, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Viet Nam National University Hanoi, Viet Nam
Founder/CEO, LUKKID/Asian Leadership Academy Bangkok, Thailand
Developing humancentered work processes that allow people to tackle social challenges through collaboration.
Official, Office of People’s Committee of Dong Thap Province Dong Thap, Viet Nam
Founder/CEO, Porous City Network/Landprocess Bangkok, Thailand
Working to tackle climate change and increase urban resilience in Thailand and Southeast Asian cities through landscape architecture.
XU JIN
Lecturer, Peking University’s Center for Health Development Studies Beijing, China
Working to bring greater recognition to the importance and feasibility of reducing health inequities and facilitating China’s contribution to global health equity.
Ana Santos, a journalist in the Philippines, dancing - one of the group activities to connect the diverse cultures of Atlantic Fellows at the Global Convening.
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BLANDINA ROSALINA BAIT
GIDEON CAUTON
RENNTA CHRISTDIANA
LETCHIMI DEVI DORAISAMY
Leading field implementation of UNICEF’s landmark research project on the management of severe acute malnutrition, which contributed to the effective scale up process of this life-saving intervention for children.
Building the capacity of public law enforcement to rescue and protect children in vulnerable communities against violent offenders. His current project focuses on the online sexual exploitation of children.
Improving quality health care and empowering patients through collaborative works with providers, health practitioners, government, and society.
Supporting Malaysia’s reform toward a more democratic, inclusive and accepting home for all its people.
ALFREDO MATUGAS CORO
ZHANG KUN
PHETDAVANH LEAUNGVILAY
PAUL GIDEON LASCO
Technical officer, WHO Health Emergency Programme, World Health Organization, Lao PDR country office Vientiane, Lao PDR
Senior Lecturer, University of the Philippines Diliman, Department of Anthropology; Research Fellow, Ateneo de Manila University, Development Studies Program Manila, Philippines
Strengthening public health emergency preparedness and response capacity through engaging with stakeholders to implement the national health security plan, ensuring equitable access to health services.
Pursuing ethnographic and qualitative researches on medical, social, and environmental issues relevant to the Philippines and the region. Writing for the Philippine Daily Inquirer and other publications.
Nutrition Officer, UNICEF Indonesia Kupang, Indonesia
Municipal Vice Mayor and Former Mayor, Municipality of Del Carmen, Siargao Islands, Philippines Del Carmen Municipality Philippines
Innovating local governance in areas of public health, focusing on social determinants such as education, climate change, environmental management, and income and social protection.
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Director, National Law Enforcement Development, International Justice Mission, Philippines Manila, Philippines
President, Evercare Health Group Beijing, China
Developing the group strategy and strong relationships with local communities. Leading, inspiring and managing the top leadership teams. Ensuring the company’s profitable growth.
Commissioner of the Yogyakarta Hospital Supervisory Board Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Grants Officer with DAI Global, LLC, Malaysia Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
PHAN THI NGOC LINH
XIAO LONG
GORIS MUSTAQIM
LE THI NHAT
Bringing together all available resources, domestically and internationally, to support the improvement of health care services in Viet Nam.
Professor and Deputy Director of Plastic Surgery Department, Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Board member of a nonprofit foundation, Peking Union Medical Foundation.
Building solutions to tackle maternal deaths using big data analytics. Driving up community empowerment across Indonesia to improve the local economy, a social determinant of health equity.
Aiming to ensure access to quality and affordable physical rehabilitation services for people with disabilities in Viet Nam.
RATAWIT OUAPRACHANON
SEAN SOK PHAY
PANUSART (MIDNIGHT) POONKASETWATTANA
NATARAJAN RAJARAMAN
Developing a broad range of projects to advance the health, rights and wellbeing of people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.
Providing low cost primary care to migrant workers in Singapore; and strengthening the health systems in Timor-Leste.
CEO, Center for Healthcare Improvement Research Center Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Educator, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand
Educating and conducting research to promote peace, human rights, reconciliation and conflict transformation in Thailand and neighboring countries.
Professor, Peking Union Medical College Hospital; Board member, Peking Union Medical Foundation Beijing, China
Executive Director, Child Helpline Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Advocating for child protection law and cybercrime law to criminalize online child sexual exploitation in Cambodia. Developing the online helpline platform to give children increased protection.
Founder and CEO of Semut Nusantara Consulting; Founder of Asgar Muda Foundation (Saving Next Gen Institute) Jakarta, Indonesia
Executive Director, APCOM Foundation Bangkok, Thailand
Country Project Manager, ICRC MoveAbility Foundation Hanoi, Viet Nam
Head of Medical Services, HealthServe Ltd Singapore
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SAM OUEN SAM
Managing Director, Buddhism for Health Takeo Province, Cambodia
VANNAPHONE SITTHIRATH Media Consultant, Film Producer, Journalist and Co-Founder, Lao New Wave Cinema Production Vientiane, Lao PDR
KRITAYA SREESUNPAGIT Founder and Board Member, Why I Why Group; Consultant, Vajira Hospital Bangkok, Thailand
Improving access to quality health care services for the poor and vulnerable. Strengthening capacity of local government officials in developing responsive local investment plans and accountability.
Producing socially responsible documentaries of life in Laos and Southeast Asia, with a focus on social, health and environmental issues.
Creating networks of support for health care professionals to remove obstacles that prevent them from reaching their full potential.
NGUYEN QUOC THANH
ZHANG YUNTING (EDWINA)
RAUDAH MOHD YUNUS
Exploring issues of queer aesthetics and activism, working through art and film projects, and exhibitions that are usually collaborative, and participatory.
Establishing an early child development monitoring system, identifying a target population with equity analysis and carrying out interventions to improve child health and development.
Conducting research and advocating for the rights and protection of older adults, refugees and migrant workers. Building and training young minds to stand up for equity and social justice from the health perspective.
Artist, Curator, Founding Director of Queer Forever! Hanoi, Viet Nam
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Associate Professor, Child Health Advocacy Institute, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center Shanghai, China
RAPEEPONG SUPHANCHAIMAT
Senior Researcher, International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand Nonthaburi, Thailand
Focusing on research into universal health coverage, especially in low and middle income countries. Researching the health of migrants and vulnerable populations, applying epidemiology and econometrics.
Researcher and Public Health Specialist, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sophia Benedicta Hage from Indonesia (on left), with Nur Khaulah Fadzil from Malaysia, at the Atlantic Senior Fellows Convening in 2019.
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Building a healthier, more equal South Africa. BASED AT TEKANO
HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTH AFRICA
2017 FELLOWS
DUDUZILE (DUDU) DLAMINI Human Rights Defender, Advocacy and Law Reform Programme (ALRP) Team Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Task Force (SWEAT) Pretoria, South Africa
MICHELLE DU TOIT
Advocate, Rhodes University Makana, South Africa
NTOMBIZANELE (ZANELE) FIGLAN
THANIA GOPAL
Principal Environmental Health Practitioner, City of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Communications Officer, UCT Faculty of Health Sciences Cape Town, South Africa
Fighting for the decriminalization of sex work.
Specializing as an advocate in international human rights, health rights, and health care systems. Currently pursuing a PhD in philosophy.
Pursuing a health activism agenda to change people’s quality of life for the better.
Exploring the role of the media in influencing and developing more equitable and socially just health systems.
AMY GREEN
THAMSANQA HAMILTON HUKWE
KHULULWA JAMPO
LANCE LOUSKIETER
Organizing and mobilizing communities in the southern region of Johannesburg around land, housing and other socioeconomic issues.
Providing support, counselling and basic health education to pregnant women, with a focus on chronic treatment adherence, mostly related to HIV and AIDS.
Advocating for health systems’ responsiveness and championing sexual and reproductive justice for sex workers and queer persons through influencing policy and implementation.
Senior writer, Health-e News Service Johannesburg, South Africa
Reporting on non-communicable diseases and food security and how the two intersect.
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Chairperson, Abahlali Base Freedom Park (a shack dweller movement) Johannesburg, South Africa
Enable Mentor Mother programme Ngqeleni, Eastern Cape, South Africa
PhD Candidate, Researcher, Educator, Health Policy and Systems Research Division, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
TRACEY MALAWANA
THAMI NOMATHAMSANQA MNGXEKEZA
SHANNON MORGAN
KODWA MPEPHO
Advocating for social justice and human rights through education and policy change/ introduction, grassroot organizing and mobilization, building alliances and community resilience.
Providing support and guidance to women-led, not-for-profit organizations on good governance and best financial management practices. Advocating for the parental involvement in sexual and reproductive health education.
Exploring the field of global mental health, with a special interest in learning about the integration of mental health into primary care.
Promoting access to sexual and reproductive health and justice for girls and women in rural and peri-urban areas through advocacy and strengthening leadership skills.
SIBONGILE MTUNGWA
SHEHNAZ MUNSHI
BERNARD MUTSAGO
LINDI MZANKOMO
Advocating for affordable and accessible health for all by engaging in research and social mobilization to reform health systems and policy.
Advocating for a South Africa where primary health care takes centre stage and all South Africans have access to affordable, quality health care.
Developing social assistance models, budgets and policy advancements for improved health and education outcomes for the poor.
Deputy General Secretary, Equal Education Tembisa, South Africa
Director, Women’s Leadership and Training Programme Underberg, South Africa
Strengthening girls’ and women’s leadership skills, so they use their agency to dismantle the patriarchal and structural norms and systems that oppress them.
Operations Manager, Kozi Foundation Cape Town, South Africa
Research Project Manager for the Sheiham/Wits Family Programme on Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Master’s Student (Global Mental Health), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; and King’s College London London, United Kingdom
Nutritionist; Public Health Researcher and Activist Johannesburg, South Africa
Director, Women and Girls Leadership Foundation Pretoria, South Africa
Senior Budget Analyst, Public Finance, National Treasury (Department of Finance) Pretoria, South Africa
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NOLUTHANDO NDLOVU
TINASHE T NJANJI
MAFOKO PHOMANE
KENTSE RADEBE
Conducting evidence-based research that contributes to policy strengthening health systems in South Africa, using predominantly quantitative data to address health equity.
Promoting socioeconomic justice for all, including addressing social determinants for health.
Providing novel and integrated solutions in health for communities in remote places, in Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning and Technical Support Services for USAID/ South Africa’s Health Office.
Identifying the processes and levers that lead to social innovation across various sectors, with a focus on health and mental health in the global south.
WENDY SOMLAVI
LENA STOFILE
CARINA TRUYTS
BULELA VAVA
Promoting recycling in townships.
Addressing issues of access to basic sanitation, water and a healthy environment for all, with special focus on identifying conditions posing an environmental health risk and addressing access to effective and dignified basic services.
Developing new anthropology courses and program, based on her nourishment MA research drawing on public health, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, and epigenetic findings.
Building an activist oral health workforce with a focus on grassroots community and peer-topeer engagement to realize, preserve and protect society’s right to quality oral health services.
Researcher, Health Systems Trust Durban, South Africa
Founder, Wheely in a Wheelie Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa
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Coordinator, People’s Health Movement South Africa Cape Town, South Africa
Environmental Health Manager, City of Cape Town Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa
Project Specialist, Panagora Group South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Sol Plaatje University Kimberley, South Africa
Project Manager, Systems Innovation, Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship Cape Town, South Africa
Public Sector Dentist Eastern Cape, South Africa
Zanele (Ntombizanele) Figlan is driving up standards of environmental health in the city of Cape Town, South Africa.
NIKKI GREEN (NEE VERMEULEN)
Self Employed, Health Equity & Community Development Consultant Cape Town, South Africa
Reimagining the ways in which corporate and NGO spaces can be connected and developed to enhance access to resources and opportunities for social change.
LUQMAN YESUFU
Africa Coordinator, Global Green and Health Hospital Initiative; Ground Work, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Edmonton, Canada
Developing strategies to address the health sector’s climate footprint through research, training and the implementation of sustainable health care practices in Africa. Building relationships and developing policies to address environmental health issues.
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CHALEEN ARENDSE
CYAN BROWN
LUNGILE QUINY DUBE
SIBUSISO FIHLANI
Advancing the rights and improving the lives of young people and women living on farms, through the experiential knowledge of growing up on a farm herself. Addressing social injustices and inequalities through a human rights context.
Leading efforts to create healthier and more sustainable communities that uplift, protect and enable young women and girls to reach their full potential in South Africa.
Contributing to the development of educational approaches that are empowering and for liberation purposes by understanding gendered dimensions of alternative forms of work.
Using theatre and drama therapy with patients to help them overcome emotional trauma and addiction.
AMANDA PHAPHAMA FONONDA
ATHOLL KLEINHANS
HASEENA MAJID
PATRICK MDELETSHE
Leading efforts to end TB through advocacy where people affected by TB contribute to improving health outcomes and quality of care.
Working to improve access to health care for all sexual minority, gender and sexually diverse groups.
Developing strategies to address the backlog of patients requiring essential health services in the public sector in uMgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal. Her specific focus is cataract surgery services and universal eye health.
Working to address inequality and social justice. Mobilizing community by building the voice and capacity of civil society from below for health system strengthening.
Program Officer, Women on Farms Project Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Assistant Programme Manager, TB and HIV Care Durban, South Africa
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Medical Doctor and Founder of the TuksRes Women in Leadership Academy Johannesburg, South Africa
Lecturer, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University Pretoria, South Africa
Master’s Student, Nelson Mandela University Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Public health project consultant, Active Citizens Movement Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Drama Therapist, Drama for Life Johannesburg, South Afria
Researcher, SECTION27 Khayelitsha, South Africa
SEHLAKO GILBERT MOELA
SINDISA MONAKALI
NTEBALENG MORAKE
ERIC MOTAU
Developing strategies for mining-affected communities in the field of mine community health and safety, based on ethical principles of continuous education.
Developing and organizing young leaders through democratic structures to fight for social justice.
Building a South Africa that addresses the injustices of the past while seeking alternatives for a just and equal society.
Advocating for access to community-based mental health care and treatment services in underserved communities. Addressing bottlenecks in the health system with design strategies that enhance service delivery.
SIPAMANDLA MPIKELELI
NOSIPHELELE MSESIWE
ANDILE MTHOMBENI
BAYANDA NDUMISO
Advancing rural development by supporting young people to participate in placements throughout the sugar cane value chain.
Mobilizing and educating communities to gain access to their rights.
Assisting the South African National Aids Council as Trustees Member, also appointed as a student representative in the Ministerial Technical Task Team for Sexual & GenderBased Violence in Institutions of Higher Learning (2017).
Striving for quality and equality in South African education through analysis and activism.
Mining and Environmental Activist, Sekhukhune Combined Mining Affected Communities (SCMAC) Polokwane, South Africa
Development and CSI Manager, South African Sugar Association Durban, South Africa
Activist, Equal Education Khayelitsha, South Africa
Activist, Social Justice Coalition (SJC) Khayelitsha, South Africa
Curriculum and Education Coordinator, Social Justice Coalition Cape Town, South Africa
Project Manager, Plus 94 Research Johannesburg, South Africa
Country Director, REPSSI Johannesburg, South Africa
Curriculum Developer, Equal Education Cape Town, South Africa
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SAMSON PHAKATHI
VINKEY SIBUYI
ANELE SIGCAU
SYLVIA SIYO
Mobilizing communities in rural South Africa to engage with conservation projects that provide environmentally friendly alternative livelihoods.
Advocating for the right to education for children with learning impairments. Collaborating with other stakeholders to develop learning tools that could be used to accommodate their learning needs.
Developing strategies to ensure that people living with HIV and other chronic conditions have access to treatment and are able to adhere to it.
Training, mentoring and inspiring women and girls from under-privileged communities to succeed in industry.
HARSHA SOMAROO
RENÉ SPARKS
RAZIA VALLIE
ERNA VAN DER WESTHUIZEN
Senior Field Officer, The Endangered Wildlife Trust Mpophomeni, South Africa
Public Health Medicine Specialist, WITS School of Public Health Johannesburg, South Africa
Advancing health equity as a public health medicine specialist.
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Social Worker, Epilepsy South Africa Acornhoek, South Africa
RTCQI/CLI Provincial Project Coordinator, SEAD (Strategic Evaluation, Advisory & Development Consulting Ltd) Cape Town, South Africa
Supporting HIV prevention programmes for key and vulnerable populations in South Africa. Active in numerous civil society roles, and passionate about access to quality health services.
Pharmacist, Coordinator, Khethimpilo East London, South Africa
Program Manager at an NPO seconded to the Western Cape Health Department Cape Town, South Africa
Developing and supporting equitable TB and HIV protection programs.
Business Case Development Manager, Transnet National Ports Authority Durban, South Africa
Impact & Learning Manager, Shonaquip Social Enterprise Wynberg, South Africa
Leading efforts to build ecosystems for inclusion for people with disabilities, their families and service providers.
GANZAMUNGU ZIHINDULA Independent Consultant in Epidemiology| Public Health practitioner | Founder of HRS, Healthy Rural Societies (HRS) Mtubatuba, South Africa
Developing a care model for older people based in rural areas as one of the ways to combat the problems of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) that are highly prevalent among the elderly.
Duduzile Dlamini, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in South Africa, is a human rights defender for sex workers.
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Connecting Changemakers. Advancing Equity. BASED AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND THE NELSON MANDELA FOUNDATION
RACIAL EQUITY
2018 FELLOWS
OBENEWA AMPONSAH
ASANDA BENYA
DEVON CARBADO
ALICIA GARZA
Advancing racial and gender equity through training and workshops to help organizations become more diverse and inclusive spaces in which everyone can thrive; supporting individuals/ teams through coaching, management, and leadership development.
Lecturing in sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand where her thesis was on the construction of gendered identities of women who work in the mines.
Working to advance an intersectional approach to racial justice. Also creating and sustaining inclusive, equitable learning environments.
Building the movement for Black lives by engaging in narrative change efforts and direct action organizing.
MARY HOOKS
CHRISTOPHER JOHN
BRIAN KAMANZI
KELLY-EVE KOOPMAN
Building the leadership capacity of the LGBTQ community in the South through direct action efforts and dynamic campaigns.
Developing community projects and funding to assist talented people from disadvantaged communities to access education in the creative industries, and helping in grassroots training and economic development in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Contributing to local and international debates on social justice issues. Co-founded the Alternative Energy Popular Education Programme.
Driving social transformation through Coloured Mentality, a community media platform that has become a unique interactive storytelling space for the colored community.
Coach | Facilitator | Storyteller Obenewa Amponsah & Associates Johannesburg, South Africa
Co-Director, Southerners On New Ground Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Lecturer, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
Social Responsibility and Funding Officer, AFDA (The School of Creative Economies) Durban, South Africa
Associate Vice Chancellor & Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA
Independent researcher, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research Cape Town, South Africa
Principal, Black Futures Lab Oakland, California, USA
Director & Co-Creator, Coloured Mentality Cape Town, South Africa
TALILA LEWIS
RUKIA LUMUMBA
NTOMBIKANINA MALINGA
JOEL MODIRI
Developing a framework to situate ableism as central to every form of systemic oppression while leading efforts to dismantle all carceral institutions.
Incubating initiatives that transform our response to violence, challenge the need for prisons, and centers community-led governance.
Creating new narratives to invoke soul consciousness as a tool for shaping private and public sector leadership in Africa. Imagining new political economic paradigms for ending racial injustice globally.
Teaching critical race theory to deliver graduates who are historically and politically literate and engaged with inequality and injustice.
NEO MUYANGA
MARLON PETERSON
CHRISTOPHER PETRELLA
RASHEEDAH PHILLIPS
Using storytelling and music to transcend the barriers erected by apartheid between diverse communities.
Improving the services and leadership capacity of organizations working towards criminal justice reform. Hosting a podcast, Decarcerated, which highlights resilience, redemption and success of formerly incarcerated people.
Collaborating with young people for a more just, humane world. Exploring the histories of racialization and resistance, and the ways that race is constructed and contested.
Addressing racial inequity in community redevelopment, preservation of affordable housing and disinvestment from neighborhoods.
Community Lawyer and Organizer Washington, DC, USA
Composer-in-Residence, Johannesburg International Mozart Festival & National Arts Festival Cape Town, South Africa
Executive Director, People’s Advocacy Institute Jackson, Mississippi, USA
President, The Precedential Group Brooklyn, New York, USA
President & CEO, Sastela Johannesburg, South Africa
Associate Director for Advocacy, Boston University Center for Antiracist Research Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Lecturer, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa
Managing Attorney, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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2018 FELLOWS
ALBERTO RETANA
RASHAD ROBINSON
SIYABONGA SHANGE
HOLIDAY SIMMONS
Building a multi-racial organizing model that increases the ability of Black and Brown residents to win policy change, resource redistribution and neighborhood improvements.
Developing an infrastructure of a strategic, powerful Black response to the needs and injustices of the Black community. Developing campaigns to change the rules in employment, the economy, voting, criminal justice, news and entertainment.
Mentoring, pastoring and hosting restorative conversations to empower and educate people in the lowest levels of society to have equal opportunities and combat racism.
Facilitating mediation for group conflicts, convening healers to support the wellness of frontline organizers and those most impacted by trauma and oppression.
MICHAEL SMITH
THENMOZHI SOUNDARARAJAN
SARAH SUMMERS
RICHARD WALLACE
Building the power of Black and Dalit movements to overcome white supremacy and caste apartheid.
Co-creating Coloured Mentality, an online platform with 20,000 followers who engage in conversations around Coloured identity in post-apartheid South Africa.
Organizing civil rights activism and leading Equity and Transformation (EAT), a nonprofit organization that won the first recreational cannabis policy to include reparations for the war on drugs.
President & CEO, Community Coalition Los Angeles, California, USA
Executive Director, MBK Alliance & Director, Youth Opportunity Programs Obama Foundation Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Leading the Obama Foundation’s efforts to scale the My Brother’s Keeper initiative and align efforts focused on boys and men of color; creating pathways of opportunity from cradle to college, career and beyond.
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President, Color of Change New York, New York, USA
Executive Director, Equality Labs Weehawken, New Jersey, USA
Youth Pastor, Grace Family Church Durban, South Africa
Co-Creator, Coloured Mentality Cape Town, South Africa
Founder, Southern Soul Wellness Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Founder and Executive Director, Equity And Transformation (EAT) Chicago, Illinois, USA
STHANDIWE ‘STHA’ YENI PhD Candidate, University of Western Cape Cape Town, South Africa
Researching meanings of land and agrarian livelihoods of Black people who were dispossessed of their land and stripped off their property rights by colonial and apartheid regimes, and exploring the implications for agrarian change today.
As a formerly incarcerated Chicago native, Richard Wallace returned to his community to empower Black workers.
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CEDRIC BROWN
JITU BROWN
ZAKIYA CARR JOHNSON
BUSISIWE DLAMINI
Creating and supporting equitable growth opportunities for people of color (with a special interest in the African diaspora) through philanthropy, arts and culture, community initiatives, racial justice, and civic participation.
Building power in Black communities for over 25 years. Using community organizing to win equity in public education.
Leveraging over 20 years of public policy experience to create economic empowerment and investment opportunities for historically marginalized communities.
Creating sustainable models for social justice work and cross-sectoral collaboration, and facilitating dialogues focused on race, social justice and transformation.
BETSY HODGES
REGINA HOLLOWAY
BONGIWE LUSIZI
MITCHELL LITTLE
Building a framework based on compassion through which white people effectively work with one another on whiteness and racism, then scale up to have systemic impact.
Driving the strategic and dayto-day operational leadership related to racial equity and inclusion internally as well as in Axon’s products, services and community engagement.
Promoting African bow music, as well as arts, crafts, dance, poetry, creative writing and other creative activities to build a progressive heritage movement.
Spearheading initiatives to support low-income people and communities.
Community Investor and Advisor Oakland, California, USA
Advisor, Betsy Hodges, LLC Washington, DC, USA
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National Director, Journey for Justice Alliance Chicago, Illinois, USA
Vice President of Community Relations at Axon Chicago, Illinois, USA
Founder, Odara Solutions and Black Women Disrupt Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Founding Director, Creative Academy Cape Town, South Africa
Dialogue Practitioner, Democracy Works Foundation Johannesburg, South Africa
Executive Director, Mayor’s Office of the City of Philadelphia Community Empowerment & Opportunity Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DORAH MAREMA
NHLANHLA MNISI
KOKETSO MOETI
CONSTANCE MOGALE
Working at the forefront for gender equality, women’s rights and global climate justice and economic transformation.
Working on how water monitoring tools can be indigenized to incorporate practical linguistic tools and local cultures.
Harnessing the power of low-income Black women for collective action through amandla.mobi, a mobile phone civic engagement tool.
Leading organizational campaigns for land rights, mining-affected communities and livelihoods in South Africa.
ELANA NEEDLE
WILNEIDA NEGRON
LOVELYN NWADEYI
TESS NOLIZWE PEACOCK
Leading groundbreaking collaborations with national civil rights and racial justice organizations to foster increased civic participation by people of color in elections and the Census 2020 count.
Working on the frontlines of fostering new multiissue and cross-disciplinary approaches and solutions to our increasingly complex, socio-technical world.
Working to see social justice embedded and normalized in business, academic and religious spaces.
Innovating to advance access to justice and building the capacity and infrastructure for collective participation in rural areas. Working for quality and equality in education and early childhood development services.
Director, GenderCC Southern Africa-Women for Climate Justice Johannesburg, South Africa
Director, Racial Equity Anchor Collaborative, UnidosUS New York, NY, USA
Water Resources Manager and Aquatic Ecologist Johannesburg, South Africa
Strategic Advisor, Ford Foundation New York, NY, USA
Executive Director, amandla.mobi Johannesburg, South Africa
Founder & Director, LN Advisors Eastern Cape, South Africa
National Coordinator, Rural Democracy Trust Johannesburg, South Africa
Executive Director, Equality Collective Johannesburg, South Africa
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KELVIN SAULS
DEVON SIMMONS
Deconstructing and dismantling schemes, systems and structures that violate the humanity and dignity of Black people to achieve a more just and equitable world.
Creating new narratives of those formerly incarcerated while using education as the integral tool to help empower marginalized communities worldwide.
DYLAN VALLEY
DELORIS “D� WILSON
Creating visual stories that imagine a world free of discrimination.
Advancing efforts to diversify funding pipelines, realign workplace cultures, drive impactful innovation and create inclusive economies.
Community Organizer and Former Senior Pastor of Holman United Methodist Church Los Angeles, California, USA
Filmmaker & Educator, University of the Witwatersrand Cape Town, South Africa
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Global Ambassador for Education Programs and Research Assistant, Incarceration Nations Network New York, New York, USA
Founder, Axl Impact Studios Los Angeles, California, USA
Rashad Robinson, President of Color of Change and Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity, with Atlantic Fellows from the health equity program Christina Rosenthal and Kai Kennedy.
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Working toward real-world solutions to global inequalities. BASED AT THE INTERNATIONAL INEQUALITIES INSTITUTE, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY
2017 FELLOWS
OLUFOLAHAN (FOLA) ADELEKE
SAIDA ALI
FREDRICK OUKO ALUCHELI
SEBASTIAN BOCK
Working on transparency and corporate accountability; current focus is on the monetization of our personal data and its impact on the right to privacy and access to information.
Working to centralize the voice and influence of a younger generation of feminists in challenging the inequalities experienced by diverse groups of women and girls. Providing advocacy strategy development in Africa.
Leading grantmaking in seven Eastern African countries to promote the rights of persons with disabilities by providing resources and amplifying voices of often marginalized parts of society.
Building and strengthening grassroots movements fighting the coal, oil and gas industry; working to stop financial flows into fossil fuel companies and infrastructure.
MELANIE R. BROWN
PATRICIO (PATO) ESPINOZA
JOSEPH HASSON
TRACY JOOSTE
Laying plans for further research into the role of elites in reproducing inequalities in Chile.
Training youth activists on every continent to mobilize an end to violence against children, eradicate child labour and deliver the right to education for all.
Supporting grassroots organizations to advocate for improved basic services in informal settlements across South Africa. Calling for greater accountability in how cities spend their budgets.
Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Senior Program Officer, Global Policy and Advocacy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Washington, DC, USA
Engaging the public, governments and philanthropic community in the Foundation’s advocacy strategies in global health and development, education and mobility from poverty.
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Strategy and Organizational Development Advisor, Young Women’s Leadership Institute and the Young Feminist Convening Nairobi, Kenya
Research Analyst, Chambers and Partners London, United Kingdom
Program Officer, Disability Rights Program, Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa Nairobi, Kenya
Activist Training Manager, 100 Million Campaign London, United Kingdom
Team Leader for Germany, 350.org Berlin, Germany
Senior Advocacy Officer, International Budget Partnership South Africa Cape Town, South Africa
PRIYANKA KOTAMRAJU
ROSE LONGHURST
JOHNNY MILLER
MASANA NDINGA-KANGA
Co-creating alternative media futures, women’s media collectives, spaces and platforms for equal opportunity. Broadly working on intersections of caste and gender inequalities in the Indian subcontinent.
Supporting democratic innovation across Europe. Championing participatory decision-making as an approach to equity.
Working to creatively communicate systems and processes relating to economic, environmental and social justice issues. Managing an NPO dedicated to creating a drone community “for good”.
Managing a fund focused on supporting civil society in crisis around their rights to free assembly and association. Leading on Middle East/North Africa and Women Human Rights Defender advocacy.
JACK NISSAN
LOUIS OLANYA OYARO
GABRIELLA RAZZANO
LOUISE RUSSELL-PRYWATA
Researcher at Pixstory; Editor at Chitrakoot Women’s Collective New Delhi, India
Director, The Tinderbox Collective Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Building a collective of young people, musicians, artists and youth workers. Finding creative and collaborative ways of bringing people together, building community and opening up opportunities for children and young people.
Program Officer, Open Society Foundation Berlin, Germany
Consultant (South Sudan Project) Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and Rule of Law Heidelberg, Germany
Focusing on research, training and policy intervention to support the realization of the rule of law and access to justice in South Sudan, working directly with the government of South Sudan.
Founder of africanDRONE; Photographer; Code for Africa News Fellow Cape Town, South Africa
Research Fellow at Research ICT Africa; Legal consultant; Founder of OpenUp South Africa Cape Town, South Africa
Working on issues of digital inequalities in Africa, as well as advancing human rights (particularly access to information and privacy) in digital and innovation contexts.
Crisis Response Fund and MENA Advocacy Lead, CIVICUS Johannesburg, South Africa
Senior Programs and Policy Manager, OpenOwnership Gillingham, United Kingdom
Working on public policy reform at the intersection of anti-corruption and tax justice, making information about who owns and controls companies more open and accountable.
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JANE SLOANE
APPU ESTHOSE SURESH
MILENA ABRAHAMYAN
KRIPA BASNYAT
Working to advance gender equality globally. Currently writing a book on activism at home and in the world to address inequalities.
Creating the space to build people’s narratives which are alternative, non-singular, personal and political.
Supporting local and international organizations with capacity building, facilitation and research on feminist peace and gender justice.
Supporting Hamro Chahana Nepal (HCN), a feminist human rights organization, on issues of bodily integrity, economic justice, learning and knowledge production, rapid response and feminist movement building.
RANIA M. TARAZI
HILLARY VIPOND
NICOLA BROWNE
LAUREN BURKE
Doing research and assessments, and developing projects and policies for reducing inequalities and addressing the concerns of refugees and disadvantaged groups.
Researching why improvements to technological efficiency have been primarily into increased consumption, rather than leisure, focusing on climate change and inequality implications.
Working with an independent, people-powered campaigning community to take coordinated action for progressive change across Northern Ireland; supporting communities in their campaigning for socioeconomic rights.
Directing the network education and action program at the Labor Network for Sustainability; organizing and supporting trade union engagement for climate action.
Senior Director, Women’s Empowerment, The Asia Foundation San Francisco, California, USA
Programme and Strategy Advisor at Arab Renaissance for Democracy & Development (ARDD) Amman, Jordan
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Founder, Pixstory New Delhi, India
PhD Student in Economic History Department, London School of Economics and Political Science London, United Kingdom
Feminist Justice and Peace Activist Yerevan, Armenia
Project Co-ordinator, Act Now - People-Powered Campaigning for Northern Ireland Belfast, United Kingdom
Freelance Consultant; Gender, equality and social inclusion expert Kathmandu, Nepal
Organizing Consultant, Labor Network for Sustainability Washington, DC, USA
TANYA CHARLES
ALLISON CORKERY
Senior Fellow Engagement Lead, The Atlantic Institute Oxford, United Kingdom
Program Director, Rights Claiming and Accountability, Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) Johannesburg, South Africa
Working with Senior Fellows and program staff from across the seven Atlantic Fellows programs to facilitate collective actions that address global inequities through co-created thematic gatherings and workshops.
RENATA CUK
TAYLOR ERSKINE DOWNS
Working with human rights activists on ways to translate international legal norms into concrete, analytical tools that can support collective action to tackle inequalities.
Focusing on issues of economic exclusion in Europe, supporting collective actions at the community level that can be scaled up to produce systemic policy change.
Working on interoperability and data integration in non-profit/government spaces. Giving social justice interventions what they need to streamline, automate and make sense of data-heavy processes.
CRAIG TINASHE DUBE
ELIMANE HABY KANE
EVERLYN MILANOI KOIYIET
JAMES MURAGURI
Previously working to provide psychosocial support program for adolescents living with HIV across south and east Africa, before taking up an organization effectiveness traineeship with Oxfam UK.
Nurturing leadership against inequality through democratic and economic governance policies and systems monitoring, research into public-private power relations in extractive industries, and promoting of young entrepreneurs.
Working toward gender equality and an end to violence against women and girls, including those with disabilities; mentoring of young women and girls in pastoral communities; advancing the rights of the marginalized.
Focusing as a public finance practitioner on how public finance management can address inequalities at both national and subnational government level.
Adolescent Mental Health Advocate Harare, Zimbabwe
Founder and Chairman of LEGS-Africa (Leadership, Ethics, Governance, Strategies, for Africa) Dakar, Senegal
Program Officer, Open Society Initiative for Europe (OSIFE) Barcelona, Spain
Human Rights Lawyer; Co-founder of the Center for Women’s Rights Advocacy (CWRA) Nairobi, Kenya
CEO, Open Function Group London, United Kingdom
Founder and CEO, Institute of Public Finance Kenya Nairobi, Kenya
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ROSELINE ORWA
ANITA PEÑA SAAVEDRA Executive Director, Miles Santiago, Chile
ANJALI SARKER
CEO and Development Director, Rona Foundation Nairobi, Kenya
Lobbying for policy change in the areas of widows’ rights and the education, care and support of orphans; supporting gender equality, social justice and grassroots development initiatives.
Building the free exercise of sexual and reproductive rights across Latin America and the Caribbean. Fighting for the recognition of sexual and reproductive rights in the Chilean constitution.
Focusing on strategy and social impact as a Skoll Scholar; previously at BRAC in Bangladesh, leading a financial inclusion project providing one million women with access to digital financial services.
MAUREEN SIGAUKE
PEDRO RIBEIRO TELLES
Social Justice and Labor Activist; Consultant Kwekwe, Zimbabwe
Chief of Staff for Bancada Ativista (Activist Caucus) in the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo, Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
Participating in initiatives aimed at ensuring equal access to wealth, opportunities and privileges within society. Focusing on climate change and the just transition; informality and the future of work; youth inclusion and leadership.
Working as chief of staff at an innovative State Deputy mandate focusing on human rights, equity and environmental protection policies.
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Skoll Scholar and MBA candidate, Said Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Photographer Johnny Miller was in the group of Atlantic Fellows who went to Jordan to see firsthand the effects of displacement on refugees.
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MADHUMITHA ARDHANARI
FOLUKE ADETOLA OJELABI
SOPHEA CHREK
DELLA DUNCAN
Working towards climate justice and resource equity, and pursuing an MSc in Inequalities and Social Science (LSE) to understand how climate injustice intersects with other dimensions such as race, poverty and gender.
Working for poverty reduction and social inclusion, using innovative social protection interventions, and promoting equity and access to services for girls and women.
Working as part of the people’s movement in Cambodia, directly and indirectly supporting women’s organizations and groups, farmers, young people and communities to achieve gender and economic justice and people’s democracy.
Inviting paradigm and worldview shifts to contribute to the just transition to more equitable and sustainable economies through storytelling, coaching, consulting and teaching.
ALON-LEE GREEN
JOAN JONES
ASHA KOWTAL
HOBETH MARTÍNEZ CARRILLO
Sustainability Strategist (on sabbatical), Forum for the Future London, United Kingdom
National Co-Director, Standing Together, Israel’s Jewish-Arab Grassroots Movement Tel Aviv - Jaffa, Israel
Organizing people with the aim of building a political alternative of social justice, equality and peace. Coordinating struggles against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, and injustices and inequalities.
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Social Policy Officer, UNICEF Lagos, Nigeria
Executive Director of the SEIU Washington State Labor Council; Founder and President of the National LGBTQ Workers Center Seattle, Washington, USA
Cultivating a voice for working people in the Pacific Northwest. Leading an LGBTQ movement for economic justice and workers’ rights.
Coordinator, Social Action for Community and Development (SACD) Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Dalit Rights Activist and Founder, DalitWomenFight.org New Delhi, India
Leading a grassroots campaign addressing structural violence against the most marginalized women.
Renegade Economist|Host of the Upstream Podcast|Right Livelihood Coach|Alternative Economics Consultant and Teacher San Francisco, California, USA
Principal Researcher, Centre for the Study of Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia) London, United Kingdom
Working on the transitional justice process in Colombia as a way to put an end to nearly 60 years of an internal armed conflict.
ESTHER MWEMA
LIZ NELSON
MICHAELA RAFFERTY
LEANNE SAJOR
Creating tools for underrepresented youth to participate in solutions to issues such as putting dignity in safety processes, safety education, internet governance, research, governance, digital literacy and capacity building.
Drawing on research and practitioner knowledge to forge new alliances to deepen awareness and strengthen the narrative of how tax injustice creates and exacerbates inequalities.
Capacity building with marginalized young people through informal education, particularly supporting those impacted by homelessness, destitution, addiction and lack of opportunities; advocating for refugees and asylum seekers.
Strengthening solidarities among grassroots movements and NGOs globally to address inequalities from the bottom up.
CRYSTAL SIMEONI
AMANDA YOUNG
Working to influence macrolevel economic policies from a pan-African feminist analysis, across regional and global spaces.
Creating opportunities to allow Indigenous peoples to flourish and escape poverty, with a particular focus on Indigenomics; previously CEO of First Nations Foundation.
Founder, SAFIGI, and Founding President, Digital Grassroots London, United Kingdom
Director, Nawi: Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective Nairobi, Kenya
Director, Tax Justice and Human Rights, Tax Justice Network Oxford, United Kingdom
Youth Development Worker (on sabbatical), Springboard Opportunities London, United Kingdom
Human Rights and Socioeconomic Justice Advocate; Organizer; Adviser for FRIDA: Young Feminist Fund London, United Kingdom
Indigenous Advocate Melbourne, Australia
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Harnessing Indigenous knowledge and ingenuity for social impact. BASED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
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MARCUS AKUHATA-BROWN
DURKHANAI AYUBI
ROXANNE BAINBRIDGE
JODY BARNEY
Leading an Indigenous Youth Leadership Development Programme for 25-35 year old rangatahi MÄ ori to further advance the space rangatahi MÄ ori play as active agents in all spheres of development in New Zealand and beyond.
Working to decode what power could look like based on a reconstructed sense of identity, and communicating this through speaking and writing. Making/sharing traditional Afghan food to shift boundaries.
Developing and evaluating the social and emotional learning strategies implemented in Queensland boarding schools, to help remote Indigenous students better engage in life and learning.
Examining how Deaf and Hard of Hearing Indigenous women can increase their own personal, community, educational and employment growth, and be key women in their communities, nurturing future leaders.
MICHELLE CRAIGIE
NICHOLAS EAKIN
SEAN GORDON
ARIADNE GORRING
Assisting women on their exit from prison, with a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and helping increase their selfesteem.
Developing a neuroscienceanchored multidisciplinary measurement and evaluation framework of Human Flourishing to inform selfdetermined social equity from personal, organizational and policy objectives.
Working on the social and economic disparity of Indigenous Australians, ensuring that legislation, policy and programs have a positive impact, leading to opportunities for Indigenous economic empowerment and independence.
Establishing a Global Knowledge Network to connect leaders and organizations working on nature-based solutions to climate change, with a focus on Indigenous leadership and place-based economies.
Director, Tukaha Global Consultancy Ltd Aoteroa, New Zealand
Director, Australian Department of Health Canberra, Australia
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Writer and Restaurateur Adelaide, Australia
General Manager Partnerships Jawun Central Coast, Australia
Director of the Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research Cairns, Australia
Managing Director, Gidgee Group Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia
Aboriginal Disability Training Consultant Shepparton, Australia
Executive Director, Pollination Foundation Melbourne, Australia
NICOLE JENKINS
MAGGIE KAVANAGH
FAYE McMILLAN
DAMIEN MILLER
Helping establish a skillset that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people bring to the workforce that has not been acquired through formal education/training.
Working with Aboriginal people from remote desert communities to establish a leadership and governance knowledge center in Alice Springs.
Developing a mental health app that creates a community of support, based on people identified within an individual’s mobile phone contact list.
Developing a hub for best practice policy to improve socioeconomic outcomes for Indigenous peoples, particularly in the Indo-Pacific.
LEANNE MILLER
YVONNE O’BRIEN
DEAN PARKIN
Building an Aboriginal-led national peak body to lead and inform approaches to ethical research, protection of traditional knowledge, and sustainable, ethical business with Aboriginal landholders for Aboriginal products.
Leading the Atlantic Institute to support Fellows across the world to accelerate the eradication of inequities for fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies.
Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organizations and communities to craft their own narratives and lead their own change and development.
Centre Manager, The Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre The Shannon, Australia
Executive Director of Koorie Women Mean Business Melbourne, Australia
Independent Consultant Alice Springs, Australia
Interim Executive Director, Atlantic Institute Oxford, United Kingdom
Director of Djirruwang Program, Charles Sturt University Coolamon, Australia
Assistant Secretary of the Soft Power, Partnerships and Research Branch, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Canberra, Australia
Director, From the Heart Melbourne, Australia
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PETER ANDERSON
ALISON BENTICK
PENELOPE JONES
JONATHAN KNEEBONE
Developing dynamic approaches to embedding First Nation perspectives into western educational systems through professional development capacity building, using digital pedagogies and curriculum frameworks.
Co-designing strategies with Indigenous regional governance bodies to achieve equity. Seeking to close the gap in disadvantage through policies aimed at decision-making rights and empowerment.
Providing strategic advice on education, skills and employment policy and programs across Australia through a senior executive role in government.
Establishing better links, mechanisms and incentives to mobilize private capital to flow to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service providers, enterprises, projects and ventures.
JANINE MOHAMED
HEATH NELSON
KARRINA NOLAN
Manager, Community Development, Fortescue Metals Group Fremantle, Australia
Director, Original Power Melbourne, Australia
CHARLES O’LEARY
Developing The International Alliance of First Nations Nurses, connecting and fostering their sense of resilience and mutual commitment to increase recognition, value and voice of First Nations nurses at an international level.
Building Indigenous business capability through the implementation of Indigenous procurement targets and strategies. Opening the doors of opportunities to Indigenous entrepreneurs.
Building the power of Indigenous peoples through organizing and campaigning. Working in partnership with existing campaigns, allies, networks and initiatives to power people, campaigns, and solutions.
Executive Director and Professor, Carumba Institute, Queensland University Technology Brisbane, Australia
Interim Chief Executive Officer, The Lowitja Institute Melbourne, Australia
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Senior Advisor, National Indigenous Australians Agency Dubbo, Australia
Assistant Secretary, Delivery and Accountability, Australian Department of Education, Skills and Employment Canberra, Australia
Director, Policy and Research, Indigenous Business Australia Melbourne, Australia
Director Aboriginal Culture and Healing, Department of Prime Minister and Cabient VIC Melbourne, Australia
Delivering evidenced-based Indigenous Australian strategy and outcomes, supported by the ability to develop trusting and ethical relationships with the Indigenous community and colleagues from across the sector.
RAYMOND ORR
TANIA POUWHARE
DARYLE RIGNEY
PEKERI RUSKA
Engaging in treaty-making debates in Australia, considering how testimonials about treaties and selfdetermination from Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples from the US and NZ would positively affect treaty discussions in Australia.
Disrupting dominant economic discourse by demonstrating how entrepreneurial public servants can enable just, inclusive, circular and regenerative economic development for the Māori and Pasifika urban diaspora.
Focusing on developments in Indigenous nation building and governance following colonization.
Exploring models of storytelling of First Nations’ resilience to reclaim the telling of our own stories whilst empowering today’s generation of young people to reflect, transform and be proud of their identity, culture and existence.
ALEX SPLITT
JUDITH (HUTI) WATSON
SHANE WEBSTER
JUANITA WHEELER
Advancing social and economic outcomes of First Peoples, specializing in the co-design, development and implementation of strategic policy frameworks which seek to facilitate social and economic equity for First Peoples.
Developing an innovative locally driven health promotion program to strengthen and develop Indigenous communityled approaches to health improvement, and increase community engagement and ownership of wellness.
Supporting First Nations to become digitally empowered, enabling them to prosper from the new digital economy.
Developing and implementing innovative, impact-focused strategies to help social enterprises, charities, purpose-driven organizations and the broader for-purpose sector to achieve their missions sooner.
Associate Professor, The University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Independent Consultant, Self Employed West Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Social Intrapreneur, The Southern Initiative, Auckland Council Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, New Zealand
Executive Director, Jureda Tairawhiti, New Zealand
Professor & Director, Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures Research at Jumbunna Institute at UTS Adelaide, Australia
Regional Director, Jawun Adelaide, Australia
Co-Founder and Director, Goompi Projects Pty Ltd North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
Founder & Strategist, Full & Frank Brisbane, Australia
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