Speakers & Panelists

Keynote Speakers

Mamadi Yilla
Dr. Mamadi Yilla
Deputy Coordinator for Health Diplomacy in the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy
Friday: 06:15 pm
Dr. Jean Kaseya
Dr. Jean Kaseya
Director-General, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa-CDC)
Saturday: 10:00 am
Rifat Atun
Prof. Rifat Atun
Professor of Global Health Systems, Harvard University
Saturday: 09:30 am
Dr. Yele Aluko
Chief Medical Officer in Ernst & Young (EY) Americas Health Advisory
Saturday: 09:00 am
Dr. Gebremedhin
Dr. Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin
Executive Director of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program
Saturday: 04:45 pm

Panelists & Moderators

Sharon Batamuriza
Fund Manager, madiro.org
Dr. Banda Khalifa
Technical Advisory: Emergency Preparedness & Response, World Health Organization
Dr. Obinna Onyekwena
Deputy Director, Gates Foundation
Laurel Kivuyo
Laurel Kivuyo
Founder and Executive Director, Climate Hub Tanzania
Maximilian Mancini
Maximilian Mancini
 Co-Founder, Ilara Health
Dr. Diana Onyango
Head of the Technical Team at Farm Africa and Hubert Humphrey Fellow at Cornell University
Dr. Nicaise Ndembi
Deputy Director General, International Vaccine Institute
Dr. Justice Nonvignon
Technical Director, Primary Health Care Efficiency and Effectiveness, Management Sciences for Health
Dr. Agnes Soucat
Head of the Health and Social Protection Division of Agence Française de Développement
Dr. Ayòbámi Olúfadéjì
Managing Director of Global Development at Redesign Health
Dr. Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enwerem
Emergency Medicine Physician and Health Equity Presidential Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Sokhna Thiam
Dr. Sokhna Thiam
Environmental Epidemiologist and Associate Research Scientist at the African Population and Health Research Center

Beyond the Conference and Focused Forum Presenters

Jean Claude Mugunga
Dr. Jean Claude Mugunga
Managing Director of Research and Programs at Partners In Health
Dr. Paul Ashigbie
Associate Director, Global Health Disease Area at Novartis Biomedical Research
Dr. Wafaie W. Fawzi
Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Global Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Anne Catherine Faye
Anne Catherine Faye
Vice President, Analysis Group
Kalé Kponee-Shovein
Dr. Kalé Kponee-Shovein
Vice President, Analysis Group
Brittne Halford
Dr. Brittne Halford
Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dr. Chukwuebuka E. Ogwo
Dental Public Health Program Director
Donna Hackley
Dr. Donna Hackley
Assistant Professor in Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Moderators

Kumba Seddu
Kumba Seddu
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Harvard Medical School PhD Candidate
William Fisher
Prof. William W. Fisher
WilmerHale Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Harvard Law School
Ibrahima (Ibou) Dieye
PhD Candidate in Health Policy, Harvard University
Dr. Cherise Dunn
Harvard South Africa Fellow
Dr. Dee Jordan
Instructor in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (Harvard T.H Chan Alumna)

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We look forward to welcoming you to an inspiring two days dedicated to advancing health and equity in Africa. See you at AHC 2025!