About me.
I am an instigator, global trekker, voracious reader, life-long learner, music enthusiast, fashionista and fiercely dedicated to my family and friends. While I was born in Montreal and raised in New Hampshire, my family originally hails from Malawi -- the Warm Heart of Africa. For me, home is where the heart is, and my heart is in many places, including Malawi, the United States, Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia.
For over ten years, I have worked on global health initiatives. My focus has been on mobile health (mHealth) or the application of mobile phones and other information and communication technology (ICT) for health systems strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa. With my training in international public health, obstetrics and gynecology and clinical and translational science, I am regularly involved in the design, development, implementation and assessment of public health interventions. On numerous occasions, I have functioned as an expert adviser, manager, coordinator, researcher and lead consultant for organizations such as UNICEF, the United Nations Foundation, Malaria No More, Management Sciences for Health, the World Health Organization and Columbia University. I have served as the (Interim) Deputy Director for HealthEnabled, a non-profit entity based in South Africa that provides digital health and health systems strengthening technical and strategic advisory support to governments and implementing partners. Presently, I have resumed independent advising, but spend the majority of my time focused on my clinical work in obstetrics and gynecology.
In the past, I have also served as junior faculty for an intensive global health course as part of the Harvard Summer Program. The course, Innovating for Health Transformation in Africa, was led by a multi-disciplinary team from the Massachusetts General Hospital's Global Health Innovation Laboratory (formerly the Division for Global Health and Human Rights). Most recently, as a resident, I served as a clinical instructor with the Tufts University School of Medicine, helping teach (and learn from) medical students. I now serve as academic faculty in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University.
To learn more about me, you can check out my CV, peruse my musings or send me a message.
You can also find me on LinkedIn [see below].
Photograph of me by Molly Haley, mollyhaley.com
For over ten years, I have worked on global health initiatives. My focus has been on mobile health (mHealth) or the application of mobile phones and other information and communication technology (ICT) for health systems strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa. With my training in international public health, obstetrics and gynecology and clinical and translational science, I am regularly involved in the design, development, implementation and assessment of public health interventions. On numerous occasions, I have functioned as an expert adviser, manager, coordinator, researcher and lead consultant for organizations such as UNICEF, the United Nations Foundation, Malaria No More, Management Sciences for Health, the World Health Organization and Columbia University. I have served as the (Interim) Deputy Director for HealthEnabled, a non-profit entity based in South Africa that provides digital health and health systems strengthening technical and strategic advisory support to governments and implementing partners. Presently, I have resumed independent advising, but spend the majority of my time focused on my clinical work in obstetrics and gynecology.
In the past, I have also served as junior faculty for an intensive global health course as part of the Harvard Summer Program. The course, Innovating for Health Transformation in Africa, was led by a multi-disciplinary team from the Massachusetts General Hospital's Global Health Innovation Laboratory (formerly the Division for Global Health and Human Rights). Most recently, as a resident, I served as a clinical instructor with the Tufts University School of Medicine, helping teach (and learn from) medical students. I now serve as academic faculty in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University.
To learn more about me, you can check out my CV, peruse my musings or send me a message.
You can also find me on LinkedIn [see below].
Photograph of me by Molly Haley, mollyhaley.com
