40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Victor Ekuta
Victor Ekuta is a Penn Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Clark Scholar, Black Men’s Brain Health Scholar, and MIT linQ Catalyst Healthcare Innovation Fellow. He is also an Instructor for the MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs, where he combines his passion for advancing brain health equity with his love of mentorship and diversifying STEM.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Jennifer Mandelbaum
Jennifer Mandelbaum, PhD, MPH is a public health researcher and healthcare economics consultant at Optum whose work focuses on chronic disease prevention and mental health care across the life course
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Avik Ray
Avik Ray is a medical doctor from India with a specialization in pharmacoepidemiology and his professional journey has been an exciting mixture of patient care, population health, data science, and management.
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