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BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2025: Muhammad Hamza Shah
Muhammad Hamza Shahn Medical Student, Queen’s University Belfast Global Health Advocate Biography Muhammad Hamza Shah, MSc (Edin) is a final-year medical student at Queen’s University Belfast and emerging global health advocate whose work bridges clinical medicine, conflict studies, and bioethics to address the unmet health needs of immigrant and refugee populations. With over 40 peer-reviewed […]
BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2025: Yolo Akili Robinson
Yolo Akili Robinson Executive DirectorThe Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective Biography Yolo Akili Robinson (he/him/his) is a non binary award-winning writer, healing justice worker, yogi, and the founder and Executive Director of BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective). BEAM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit national organization that builds ecosystems of care for Black and […]
BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2025: Victor Ekuta
Victor Ekuta, MD Resident PhysicianMoorehouse University Biography Victor Ekuta, MD is a Nigerian-American physician-scientist, neurology resident at Morehouse School of Medicine—and the first Black male to hold that position—as well as a passionate health equity advocate. His career bridges neuroscience, public health, and social justice, driven by a commitment to reimagine innovation not just by […]
BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2025: Precious Williams
Precious Williams, MPH Research AssociateGeorge Washington University Precious Williams, MPH is a global health researcher, lead implementing data analyst, and science communicator committed to advancing maternal and child health in under-resourced communities. At The George Washington University, she leads analysis for the ReMAPP study (Redefining Maternal Anemia in Pregnancy and Postpartum)—a high-impact, multi-country initiative aimed […]
BCPH Health Innovators to Watch Awards 2025: Isabella Faria
Isabella Faria, MD General Surgery ResidentUniversity of Texas Medical Branch Isabella Faria, MD, is a Brazilian physician and General Surgery resident at the University of Texas Medical Branch, and a former Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Transplant Surgery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She also served as a Research Scholar at the Harvard Health […]
Tony Sillemon Receives Distinguished Career in Public Health Award, 2025
Tony Sillemon, PsyD Director of Community Health, East Bay Advanced Care (EBAC), Volunteer Services, Chaplaincy, and Bariatric Department Dr. Tony Sillemon, PsyD is a transformational leader whose strategic vision and deep community connection have advanced Sutter’s mission on a local, regional, and national scale. As Director of Community Health, Tony oversees East Bay Advanced Care […]
Hawa Abu Wins Outstanding Practice in Public Health Award, 2025
Hawa Abu Assistant Professor,University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Hawa Abu, MD, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. Her doctoral dissertation utilized the Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Model to examine the influence of religious and spiritual practices on health outcomes among survivors of an […]