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Spotlight: Leadership Journey Cohort
The U.S. Leadership Journey Cohorts consists of leaders who are at the forefront of global health and the COVID-19 response. Here are their latest publications and work.
Amy Lin is recognized on 2021 Agile Top 50 List for her leadership of USAID’s Center for Innovation and Impact
September 2021
Lin has been named as one of Apolitical’s Agile 50 leaders in navigating disruption this year and driving agility in governments, regulation and policymaking across the globe. In the past year, USAID’s CII partnered with companies to strengthen Covid vaccine supply chains, mapped digital solutions in 20 countries that can respond to COVID needs, and helped catalyse a working capital fund to keep private clinics open across five sub-Saharan African countries.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Monique Vledder was a featured panelist at “Reclaim the Gains: Addressing COVID-19’s secondary health crisis for women, children and adolescents” event
September 2021
The panel, co-hosted by Devex and the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF), explored the importance of protecting essential health services for the most vulnerable populations and how countries can strengthen their health systems and build resilience for future pandemics. Watch the panel event (starts around the 25-minute mark) here.
2021 U.S. Cohort
Hema Budaraju launched Google Maps tool that helps users in India access Covid testing and vaccination sites
September 2021
Budaraju and her team at Google launched a tool in partnership with India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to help users locate Covid testing centers, hospital resources and vaccination sites. Across Google Search, Maps, and Google Assistant, people are now able to access information about vaccine & dose availability, as well as book appointments. Read more about the new tool here and its coverage in The Times of India here.
2021 U.S. Cohort
Aurélie Brunie and Kate Rademacher co-authored paper analyzing contraceptive adoption in Nigeria and Zambia
September 2021
Brunie (2021 Cohort Member) and Rademacher (2020 Cohort Member) co-authored an article in The Lancet Global Health. The report summarizes insights from the Gates-funded LEAP project among users of the hormonal IUD, copper IUD and implants in Nigeria and Zambia. Key findings showed high continuation and satisfaction rates after 12 months of use across all long-acting reversible contraceptive methods including the hormonal IUD.
2021 U.S. Cohort
2020 U.S. Cohort
Mila Nepomnyashchiy published report about CAF-Africa’s PPE delivery efforts during COVID-19
August 2021
Nepomnyashchiy recently launched a report with CAF-Africa: Protecting the Community Health Workforce During COVID-19: Getting PPE to the last mile. This report details how the COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa), a venture that Nepomnyashchiy helped direct at the onset of COVID-19, delivered PPE to health workers and lays out recommendations for the future.
2021 U.S. Cohort
Liz Turner published study assessing the potential to overstate impact in cluster randomized trials
July 2021
Turner recently published a paper in the Lancet Global Health that studies how clinical trial results may overstate the potential benefits of health interventions. Turner and fellow researchers found that more than 80% of published results from cluster randomized trials, a type of trial common in global health, did not follow international standards for data reporting, leaving them open to misinterpretation. Read the study here.
2021 U.S. Cohort
Schola Matovu and her Nurse-to-Nurse Global Initiative non-profit is a finalist in the UC Davis Big Bang Competition
June 2021
Matovu was a finalist in the People’s Choice Award category of the UC Davis Big Bang Competition for the non-profit she co-founded in 2013, the Nurse-to-Nurse Global Initiative (NTNGI). You can watch a video about NTNGI here.
Matovu was also recently featured in the American Nurses Association‘s Journal for their ‘Nurses Month’ issue. The article highlights her health equity work in Uganda through NTNGI, which helps nurses navigate occupational barriers and advocate for themselves and their patients.
2021 U.S. Cohort
Sia Nowrojee and Girl Up featured in article highlighting the impact of anti-Asian discrimination on careers and mental health
June 2021
In the CNBC article, Nowrojee, Senior Director of Global Community at Girl Up, speaks about the need to examine the broader, systemic impacts of racism in light of the recent anti-Asian hate crimes. A poll conducted by Harris Poll on the behalf of Girl Up reveals how racial discrimination has long-lasting impacts on the mental health and the career opportunities of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in America. Read the article here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Nandini Oomman featured on Global Health Voices podcast episode on the power of storytelling
June 2021
Oomman was a guest on the Global Health Voices podcast hosted by the DukeNUS Global Health Institute. She shares her passion for promoting women’s voices through storytelling and emphasizes the importance of integrating more gender and intersectional perspectives into global health discourse and interventions. Oomman urges women to be bold and ambitious, citing compassion and competency as essential characteristics for effective leadership regardless of gender. Listen to the podcast episode here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Ingrid Katz receives ‘Dean’s Award for an Emerging Leader in Women’s Careers’ at Harvard Medical School
June 2021
Katz was awarded the Dean’s Award for an Emerging Leader in Women’s Careers at Harvard Medical School. Co-sponsored by the Joint Committee on the Status of Women and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard, the award recognizes a faculty member making an impact in their local sphere of influence. Read more about the awards here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Sia Nowrojee shares reflections on transitioning the 3D Program for Girls and Women to local ownership in India
May 2021
Nowrojee, who previously led the 3D Program for Girls and Women, published a blog post as part of the CDA’s learning forum, From where I stand: Unpacking “local” in aid. In the post, Nowrojee shares about the successful transition of ownership from the UN Foundation team to local partners in India, as well as key lessons from the 3-phase transition process including building strong partnerships and allowing for complexities. Read the post here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Allison Phillips and Stanford teams aid Lakota Nation in fighting COVID-19
March 2021
Phillips, who leads the Center for Innovation in Global Health, coordinated Stanford’s response to support the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Stanford teams worked with the Pine Ridge Hospital to train staff and prepare the community for COVID-19, while using an approach that upholds Indigenous Sovereignty. Read more about their efforts here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Nandini Oomman helped create a “pooling-in-a-pod” Covid-testing strategy to facilitate a safe return to school
March 2021
As a member of the Board of Trustees of WIS, Oomman helped create a partnership with OptumLabs to design an on-site, real time PCR testing strategy that has allowed students at an independent school in Washington, D.C. to attend school safely since last fall. Read more about the testing strategy and results here. It was also featured on NPR Marketplace.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Laura Lewandowski featured on Curiosity Cake podcast episode on global health, chronic disease, and genetics
March 2021
Lewandowski is a featured guest on the latest episode of Curiosity Cake and discusses her work in global health, chronic disease and genetics, with a particular focus on the condition Lupus. Listen to the episode here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Sia Nowrojee speaks on how INGOs can support responsible transitions to locally-led entities
February 2021
Nowrojee was a featured speaker at a Movement for Community-Led Development Learning Working Group session, “What Transformation Takes.” The event discusses what sustainable, culture-and-conflict-sensitive partnerships can look like in the field of international development. Learn more and watch the recording here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Folake Olayinka speaks about overcoming gender-related barriers to immunization
February 2021
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative featured an article highlighting Olayinka’s work in strengthening polio vaccination efforts in Nigeria. In it, Olayinka discusses the importance of training frontline health workers while paying attention to gender and cultural dynamics. Read it here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Kashmira Date and CDC team published the report, “Mitigation Policies and COVID-19-Associated Mortality – 37 European Countries”
January 2021
Date has been leading the Epidemiology Team on the International Taskforce for CDC’s Covid-19 Response since September 2020. Their work on understanding the impact of mitigation policies and Covid-19 mortality in Europe was recently published. The report is available here and was highlighted in this NYT article.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Callie Simon, Save the Children team, and USAID MOMENTUM published the report, “The Power of Youth Voices”
January 2021
This landscape analysis outlines opportunities to advance youth social accountability practice in order to improve family planning and reproductive health care for adolescents and youth. Simon also led a session on this topic at CORE Group’s 2021 Global Health Practitioner Conference.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Kate Rademacher and FHI360 team convened a 2-day virtual technical consultation on family planning and menstrual health
January 2021
FHI 360 brought together diverse experts in the fields of family planning and menstrual health to discuss contraceptive-induced menstrual changes. You can find event materials including presentations and recordings from both days here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Skye Gilbert highlights issue of the ‘digital divide’ in COVID-19 response efforts
January 2021
In a recent article about digital health’s role in the COVID-19 response, Gilbert reiterates the importance of ensuring access to this technology and its associated benefits are equitable across the world. Read the article here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Sia Nowrojee lends voice to the 11 Days of Community-Led Development Campaign
January 2021
As a part of the Movement for Community-led Development’s 11 Days of Community-Led Development campaign in January, Nowrojee penned articles expounding on the importance of female voices and leadership in community mobilization and local decision-making and governance systems.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Amy Lin and CII team at USAID publishes 2020 Impact Brief
December 2020
Lin and the Center for Innovation and Impact (CII) in USAID’s Global Health Bureau launched their 2020 Impact Brief. The report provides an overview of their work catalyzing new approaches to urgent global health challenges, including as part of the Agency’s COVID-19 response.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Ingrid Katz and Allan Brandt teach course at Harvard, “Confronting COVID-19: Science, History, Policy”
September 2020
In the fall of 2020, Katz and Brandt at the Harvard Global Health Institute co-led an undergrad course that explores Covid’s global impact on science, humanities, economies, and policies with over 70 Harvard faculty guest lectures as the pandemic unfolds in real time.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Laura Lewandowski published a review, “Tackling Global Challenges in Pediatric Rheumatology”
July 2020
The paper calls attention to some of the gaps in global rheumatology, and offers concrete steps to move forward to build rheumatology capacity worldwide. Read it here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Skye Gilbert moderated a webinar: “Can image-based AI meaningfully impact COVID-19 response in low resource settings?”
June 2020
The panel event explores the opportunities and challenges in the use of imaged-based AI tools in the COVID-19 response, how these tools are being applied, and how to mitigate risks. View the webinar here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Ingrid Katz co-authored “There is No Stopping COVID-19 Without Stopping Racism”
June 2020
In an article published by BMJ, Katz explains how “there is no preventing covid-19 without addressing the underlying drivers for its spread, and racism is undoubtedly one of those in the United States.” Read the full article here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Christine Ngaruiya authored “White Friends, Now is the Time for Empathy”
June 2020
In an article published by WBUR, Ngaruiya shares her perspective of systemic racism and calls those who are privileged to take action. View the full article here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Sia Nowrojee authored two articles regarding gender equality and opportunities for women and girls
June 2020
Published by 3D Program for Girls and Women, Nowrojee authored “Breaking Down Silos for Gender Equality in COVID-19 Responses.” Read here.
Published in Apolitical, Nowrojee authored “Size Matters: How Small Changes can Open the Door for Millions of Women.” Read here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Kate Rademacher helped convene a global online event, “Hormonal IUS Updates: New Insights and Steps Toward Scale”
June 2020
The session explored opportunities to expand access to the levonorgestrel intrauterine system (IUS)—also known as the hormonal IUS—as part of a broader contraceptive method mix. Slides from the 2-day meeting are available here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Brittany Hume Charm and the Zipline team lead drone delivery of PPE & test kits for COVID-19
May 2020
Hume, Head of Global Partnerships at Zipline, spoke about how Zipline is aiding the COVID-19 response supply chain by delivering PPE, supplies, and test samples to health facilities while protecting delivery drivers and handling staff. You can watch a recording of the webinar event here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
Michelle Hsiang published a study, “A Step Closer to Eradicating Malaria”
April 2020
Hsiang, Assistant Professor for the University of Texas Southwestern was recently published by The Lancet for her study that evaluates the effectiveness of reactive focal mass drug administration and reactive focal vector control in the low malaria-endemic setting of Zambezi. Read the press release here.
2020 U.S. Cohort
