Fitsum Hadgu Woldeyohannes is an experienced health economist and global health expert with a strong focus on economic evaluations, health financing, and provider payment reforms. His professional and academic journey has been dedicated to strengthening health systems and advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by generating evidence to inform sustainable and equitable health financing policies. With […]
Dr. Timothy Bonney Oppong is an Epidemiologist and Public Health Professional with more than a decade of experience in research, academia, and community health. He holds a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) in Epidemiology and Health Statistics from Zhengzhou University, China, and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of Luzon, Philippines. His research […]
Sumen Waraich is a global health and clinical research professional with experience in leading multidisciplinary projects focused on health systems innovation, pediatric care, and global health equity. Sumen is a current Medical Student at Toronto Metropolitan University and holds a Master’s in Global Health from Western University and a Postgraduate Certification in Clinical Research from […]
Reem Abu Shomar is a global health researcher and innovator specializing in the intersection of water and health in conflict zones. Her work focuses on advancing evidence-based solutions to ensure equitable access to safe water and to address the critical role of water systems in shaping health outcomes. With a background that bridges research, practice, […]
Milipaak Japiong is a committed nurse educator, researcher, and Ph.D. candidate in Nursing Science at York University, Canada. His research interests focus on improving access to healthcare for patients with chronic illnesses, particularly end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), in low-resource settings such as Ghana. He is conducting a mixed-methods study exploring the barriers and facilitators to […]
Dr. Donya Razavi (she/her) is a Sessional Assistant Professor in the School of Global Health with over 15 years of experience in global health, health policy, and health systems research. Her work focuses on advancing health equity and improving health care access and outcomes for equity-deserving populations. She has conducted research on a broad range […]
Joseph Mensah is a Professor of Geography at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, and a former Associate Director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migration of African Peoples at York University. His research focuses on African population and health; African immigrants in Canada; and Race, gender, and […]
Ali Rezaei is a Research Assistant and Machine Learning Engineer at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research focused on retrieval-augmented generation for the Safe Water Optimization Tool. He builds end-to-end pipelines to ingest guidelines, field reports, and water-quality datasets, creates domain embeddings, and implements retrieval, reranking, and grounding so model outputs are traceable to […]
Anna Yang is a Health Studies undergraduate student at York University, pursuing a Specialized Honors degree in Health Policy, Management & Digital Health, focuses on addressing climate crisis and promoting global health equity. She is a part-time Social Media Coordinator for the BioCAM4 project at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research under the supervision […]
Dr. Sebastian Ken-Amoah is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana. He also serves as a clinician-educator at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) and is a Fellow of the Ghana College of Surgeons (FGCS). He began […]