Senior Scholars
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Senior Scholar
Prof. Neville Calleja is a Full Professor and Head of Department for Public Health
within the Faculty of Medicine & Surgery of the University of Malta, in Europe. He
is also the Director for Health Information and Statistics within the Ministry of
Health in Malta, since 2007, serving as Acting Chief Medical Officer during 2014. |
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Senior Scholar
Tina Purnat is an accomplished informatician whose global footprint spans over two
decades of public health work. Her career journey has taken her from the corridors
of academia to the United Nations to the frontlines of public health organizations,
consistently pushing the boundaries of digital health, AI technologies, and addressing
health misinformation. |
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Senior Scholar
Mr. William Yotive is currently the Model UN Coordinator for the World Federation
of United Nations Associations where he is responsible for organizing WFUNA’s Model
UN programs around the world which includes conducting trainings on how to accurately
simulate a wide range of UN bodies, including all the main UN Organs as well as some
Subsidiary organs and Specialized Agencies. |
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Senior Scholar
Dr. Kumar is an honorary senior scholar of the University of Memphis School of Public
Health. A senior civil servant, public health practitioner and a global health leader
from India with training in Medicine, fellowships in Pediatrics and Neonatology, having
more than 29 years of experience in designing policies, implementing large public
health programs including Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health,
Vaccines, Nutrition, Gender, Non-Communicable
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Senior Scholar
Dr. Thomas is a senior scholar of the University of Memphis School of Public Health.
Dr. Yonette Felicity Thomas is the founder and president of UrbanHealth360, an organization
of multidisciplinary thinkers centered on a people-oriented, community-focused approach
to urban health. Dr. Thomas is a globally acknowledged thought leader, urban health
champion, and an advocate for valuing the health of women and girls as an economic
imperative. |
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Senior Scholar
Dr. Emmanuel Tsekleves leads Design for Global Health at Imagination Lancaster, Lancaster
University. He is a multicultural and multidisciplinary researcher with 15+ years
of experience successfully working with collaborators globally across Africa, Southeast
Asia, Latin America, and Europe. His work revolves around solving complex issues and
combining academic research with business acumen to translate insights into sustainable
solutions in the health, food and green economy
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Senior Scholar
Dr. Daniel F. Sarpong, is a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of General
Internal Medicine and Executive Director of the Office of Health Equity Research (OHER)
at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Sarpong’s research focuses on translational research
exploring innovative approaches to mitigating biological and social determinants of
health disparities in primarily chronic diseases. Before joining Yale University in
the School of Medicine, he was a Tenured Professor
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