40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Matthew Anthony Ekaputra
Anthony is a medical doctor and young public health professional in Indonesia. He has a solid clinical background with various public health research and field experience. He received the title of the most outstanding medical student and is currently an assistant lecturer in Atma Jaya Faculty of Medicine.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Shravanti Muthu
Dr. Shravanti Muthu graduated from medical school in South India in 2014, where she also completed a medical internship in various medicine and surgery specialties. Shortly after, she sought out her passion for global and population health by pursuing her Masters’ in Public Health degree from Boston University with a focus on Healthcare Management and Global Health minor. She led a team-based project to create a mobile app prototype for healthcare workers in Kenya with the aim of providing safe and efficient newborn care.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Ian Haddock
Ian L. Haddock (he/they/any pronouns used respectfully) serves as the Founder and Executive Director of The Normal Anomaly Initiative. Haddock has a unique lens to this work as he began in this field as a homeless LGBT youth in a frontline position.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Christos Tsagkaris
Christos is a young medical doctor from Greece who is currently working as a clinician and researcher in Switzerland. In parallel, they are involved in health bodies and civil society organisations advocating for cancer prevention and promoting a healthy lifestyle with and for young people in Europe.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Monica Wang
Dr. Monica Wang is Associate Professor at the BU School of Public Health, Chair of the Narrative Office at the BU Center for Antiracist Research, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is a globally recognized and award-winning researcher, educator, and thought leader on health equity, racial justice, and community-based chronic disease prevention.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Sarah Lovenheim
Sarah served as the top public affairs official overseeing health care communications for the Biden Administration amid a once-in-a-century global pandemic. As Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sarah managed a team of 85 people driving earned, paid media and public engagement, a multimillion dollar budget and high-stakes communications strategy at sub-agencies, such as CMS, FDA, CDC and NIH.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Anh Nguyễn
Dr. Anh Nguyen is a registered Nutrition Practitioner and Consultant in Genomic Medicine in the UK. He graduated from Harvard Medical School, where he underwent rigorous training as a global clinician-scientist. During his time at Harvard, Dr. Nguyen took the lead in pioneering a collaboration initiative among Harvard Asian scholars, focused on promoting lifestyle medicine for mothers from Asian countries. This ground-breaking program aimed to empower mothers with practical skills and strategies to enhance their children’s health and well-being.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Carl Streed Jr
Dr. Carl Streed, Jr. is an Assistant Professor at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and the Research Lead for the GenderCare Center at Boston Medical Center. Nationally, he has chaired the American Medical Association Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Issues, served on the board of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality, and currently serves as the President-Elect of the US Professional Association for Transgender Health.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Ayyub Hanif
Ayyub Hanif is an accomplished healthcare leader, social entrepreneur, and public speaker. Mr. Hanif is a practicing Registered Nurse, prior to the pandemic served as Adjunct Faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, and is Managing Director of Creative Services at Foursight Studios.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Zulkhairul Naim Bin Sidek Ahmad
Dr Zulkhairul Naim bin Sidek Ahmad is a Head of Department, the Department of Medical Education and Senior Medical Lecturer at the Department of Public Health Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), respectively. He obtained a Medical Degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia (2009), Master of Public Health from the University of Dundee (2016), Master of Science in Healthy Aging, Medical Aesthetic and Regenerative Medicine from UCSI University (2018) and PhD from the University of Manchester (2021). His main research focus on maternal and child health. His other areas of interest include health inequity, health promotion activities including one health and medical education particularly related to student assessments.