40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Madeline Morcelle
Madeline T. Morcelle, J.D., M.P.H., is a Senior Attorney at the National Health Law Program (NHeLP). She centers her federal advocacy practice on reproductive justice, health equity, and civil rights issues in Medicaid and federal health care reform. She also directs NHeLP’s cross-movement work to foster equitable access to reproductive and sexual health care with Southern state partners. Beyond her work at NHeLP, Madeline serves as an Executive Coach with Harvard University’s Public Health Leadership Lab and Board Chair of Converge: Partners in Access, the sole Title X grantee for Mississippi.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Donté Smith
Donté (they/them) Smith is a national lecturer, health educator, and cultural curator known for their diverse range of clients from large Southern US county health departments to DIY punk rock of colors music festivals and innovative approaches to community engagement and public health.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Rohini Dutta
Dr. Rohini Dutta is a dedicated researcher and aspiring obstetrician-gynecologist with a profound commitment to empowering women and addressing health disparities through socially conscious solutions and policies to strengthen healthcare systems
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Monzur Patwary
Siddhesh Zadey works in the Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine and with the Association for Socially Applicable Research in India.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Lauren D’Mello
Dr. Lauren D’Mello (she/her/hers) is a mental health clinician and public health strategist with more than ten years of experience providing direct services and access to care in the City of New York public sector.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Aidea Downie
Aidea Downie is a Masters of Public Health student at Brown University who has served as a health administrator at the RI Department of Health since 2019
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Edima Ottoho
Edima Ottoho is a public health professional with over 10 years of experience. She is currently undergoing her doctoral studies (DrPH Leadership, Management, and Policy) at Boston University (BU
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Dr. Tshibambe Nathanael Tshimbombu
TNT is a certified human rights consultant who is dedicated to global health. He has established a philanthropic and medical enterprise serving people in need—Bonsomi (www.bonsomi.org). Through Bonsomi, TNT has leveraged philanthropy to help over 50,000 underserved African individuals, mainly women and children, receive medical care at no cost.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Dr. Dieuwertje Kast
ieuwertje “DJ” Kast, Ed.D., is the Director of STEM Education Programs for the University of Southern California’s (USC) Joint Educational Project, which includes managing the Medical STEM Program.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Devin Madden
Devin Madden is the Associate Director of Gender Equity in the Office of Gender Equity in Science and Medicine, also working in the Institute for Health Equity Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai