BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2023: Jim Ansara
Jim AnsaraCo-Founder and Managing Director Build Health International Jim Ansara founded Shawmut Design and Construction – one of the top 25 construction management firms in the U.S. and since retirement, has pursued “boots-on-the-ground” philanthropy – participating in and giving to programs that make tangible differences in low-resource settings. After managing the design, engineering and […]
BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2023: Gerard Georges
Gerard Georges Director of Architecture Build Health International Gerard Georges has 30 years of experience in healthcare planning, design, and project management. At Build Health International, he has been primarily responsible for overseeing the architectural expansion of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious DIsease (ACEGID) at Redeemer’s University in Nigeria and the […]
BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2023: Dr. Karen Johnson
Dr. Karen JohnsonAssistant Professor of Social Work, University of Alabama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fe2MKLqsaE Dr. Karen Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Alabama. Johnson received her Ph.D. from Columbia University, School of Social Work and completed post-doctoral training in Global Mental Health and Implementation Science from Columbia University / New York State […]
BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2023: Dr. Rachel Skoss
Dr Rachel SkossSenior Research Fellow, Institute of Health ResearchUniversity of Notre Dame, Australia https://youtu.be/K05FYNO9FQc?si=07ZPoxZGjhfSnpGy Dr. Rachel Skoss (she/her/hers) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Health Research, University of Notre Dame Australia. Informed by her equally important role as primary carer of a young person with intellectual disability, she is a member of the […]
BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2023: Jocelyn Kelly
Jocelyn Kelly Director of Gender, Rights, Resilience Program, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERdZiwD-PCM Dr. Jocelyn Kelly is the Director for Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s (HHI) Gender, Rights and Resilience (GR2) program, where she designs and implements projects to examine issues relating to gender, peace, and security in conflict-affected and climate-fragile environments. Dr. Kelly has been conducting health-related […]
BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2023: Jennifer Rutledge Pettie, JD, MPH
Jennifer Rutledge Pettie, JD, MPHCEO, Health Equilibrium Group Legal epidemiologist, public health strategist, and health equity champion, Jennifer Pettie’s 14+ year career has led her to become a thought leader and changemaker, forging global health equity and healthcare social reform pathways. She leads the Health Equilibrium Group and serves on both the Emory University Board […]
BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2023: Richard Keidan
Dr. Richard KeidanFounder and Director Detroit2Nepal Foundation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Lwoz_ihj8 Dr. Richard Keidan is a Surgical Oncologist who first visited Nepal in 1983 during a sabbatical from surgical residency. He established a nonprofit Detroit2Nepal Foundation in 2010, supporting Public Health, Healthcare, and Education in remote Himalayan villages in the eastern district of Khotang. Two years later, he […]
BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2023: Dr. Monica Malta
Dr. Monica MaltaAssistant Professor and ScientistUniversity of Toronto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob-OozuvGb0 Dr. Monica Malta is a global health researcher from Brazil, a human rights activist and a TED speaker. She has been developing public health interventions in Latin America since 2000, working mostly with highly vulnerable populations such as people living with HIV/AIDS, people who use drugs, […]
BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2023: Farhana Rahman
Dr. Farhana Rahman Co-Founder and Co-Director Silkpath Relief Organization Dr. Farhana Rahman is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and Isaac Newton Trust Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, as well as a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College Cambridge. Prior to this, she was a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at […]
BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2023: Allison Gertel-Rosenberg
Allison Gertel-Rosenberg VP, Chief Policy and Prevention OfficerNemours Children’s Health Allison Gertel-Rosenberg is VP, Chief Policy and Prevention Officer at Nemours Children’s Health. She has spent her career addressing some of the most important and challenging issues in population health. In her role, she is responsible for leading Nemours Children’s National Office of Policy and […]