MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership scholarships and awards profiles

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Our MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership scholars and awardees have received funding in recognition of their past successes (both academic and professional). Their profiles provide a taster of their diverse experiences to date and their plans. 

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2024-26 class

Michael Andrews

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Director's Award
Chief Executive Officer, St John Ambulance Solomon Islands
Australia

Michael commissions ambulance services across the Asia Pacific to ensure quality, equitable emergency medical services for all, from the busiest cities to the remotest villages. He drives system reform, expanding traditional models of care to drive better access, greater quality, and reduced costs.

 

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Irene Dede Teiko Dzathor

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Director's Award
Project Director, USAID Act to End Neglected Tropical Diseases| West program
Ghana

Irene is an emerging global health leader, passionate about equity, inclusion, safeguarding and sustainable solutions in global health with over 16 years’ experience in public health practice. She is excited about the use of emerging innovations in building healthy communities and populations.

 

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Cosmas Mugambi Gitobu

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Director's Award
Knowledge Management Lead-Ministry of Health, Kenya
Kenya

Dr. Cosmas Mugambi. MoH-Kenya. Cosmas is an implementation science researcher with >17 years of experience in the government, private and humanitarian contexts in the conflict prone and-fragile Horn of Africa. He is passionate about global health leadership, MEAL and evidence based healthcare.

 

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Dr Shazma Mawani

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Scholarship for Women
GP Partner, Benhill & Belmont GP Centre, NHS South West London
United Kingdom

Shazma is a GP with 20 years NHS experience, specialising in Women and Children’s Health, Public Health and Education. She has led teams in workforce planning and health innovation including setting up a virtual ward and mental health hub for improving access to healthcare in the community.

 

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Maria Miracle

Oxford Kobe Scholarships
CEO, HI Foods
Japan

Maria Miracle is the founder and CEO of HI Foods. Most recently, she served as Executive Director of the Akilah Institute Foundation supporting Rwanda’s first college for women. She has spent her career in the philanthropic and charity sector, advancing educational opportunities for women.

 

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Pearce Mutendera

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Director's Award
Senior Account Technology Strategist (CTO)
United Kingdom

Experienced healthcare leader skilled in leveraging data and digital technology to enhance clinical and operational outcomes. With expertise in strategy, architecture, and program management, Pearce has led significant projects globally at Microsoft. He is passionate about using tech to enable health equity.

 

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Susan Audrey Nzenze-Chinyoka

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Scholarship for Women
Acting Head of Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, South Africa
Zimbabwe

Susan is passionate about global health, leadership, evidence-based health policy, cost effective solutions, and equity. Her skill set in medicine, health economics and public health makes her uniquely positioned to provide strategic female leadership in public health and health policy.

 

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Lucy Setian

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Scholarship for Women
Director Patient Experience Strategy and Solutions, Hematology, Novartis
Bulgaria

Lucy, an Armenian from Bulgaria, champions creativity to tackle global healthcare challenges. Her goal: catalytic innovations driven by tech and partnerships for a patient-centric system. Her Scholarship celebrates her dedication to breaking barriers and promoting diversity in leadership roles.

 

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2023-25 class

Amanda Banda

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Director's Award
Senior Associate, Health Policy and Politics, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University
Malawi

Amanda is a global health politics policy analyst, strategist, advocate and advisor to global health initiatives, governments, industry, philanthropy, bilateral and multilateral organisations on HIV, TB, Covid-19, health systems, health financing, human resources for health and intersectional sexual and reproductive health and rights.

 

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Maju Brunette

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Scholarship for Women
Associate Professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Peru

Maju is a Peruvian native who champions health equity for historically marginalised communities in the Americas. Drawing on her skills as an engineer and systems thinker, she co-designs global public health interventions through both a decolonising and gender equity lens.

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Dr David Enrique Castellanos Marcia

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Director's Award
Supervisory Project Management Specialist in Global Health Security, USAID
Honduras

Honoured with the Director's Award, David envisions coalescing a global health leadership network. As a physician, he is committed to sharing his expertise in international development in low- and middle-income countries and to shaping innovative healthcare initiatives worldwide.

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Dr Bhavini Gohel

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Director's Award
Section Chief for Medical Inpatients Calgary Zone, Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary
Canada

Her portfolio oversees the largest acute care admitting service. Her most recent projects included environmental sustainability in clinical care. She is also the co-founder of Grassroots Global Health, a not-for-profit that tackles complex global healthcare issues from a biosocial lens.

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Fatima Umaru Ndanusa 

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Director's Award
Public Health Principal, Hampshire County Council
United Kingdom

Fatima is an experienced public health principal and emerging thought leader. She is passionate about inclusive, innovative and ethical partnerships that solve 'wicked problems' and maximise health system gains. Fatima is excited to have been granted the Director's Award and to be part of #Cohort2023!

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Dr Edmon Obat

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Director's Award
Public Health Specialist, USAID Kenya
Kenya

Obat, a Kenyan national, is a medical doctor and a public health specialist with over ten years of experience in leading and delivering highly impactful large public health programmes. He is excited about innovation and the use of emerging technology to improve medical care and population outcomes.

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Isaac Omari

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Director's Award
Offshore Doctor and HSE Coordinator, DeepOcean Subsea Services Limited
Ghana

Isaac has over a decade of clinical and leadership experience in diverse healthcare settings in Africa and Europe. He founded the Makoma Health Project, a transformative, community-centered initiative in Ghana, and is committed to creating more effective healthcare solutions.

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Vash Singh

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Scholarship for Women
Medical Director Esus Centre
Australia

After working as a psychiatrist on eating disorders for ten years, Vash co-founded Australia's first integrated day hospital, with two female colleagues. Vash is passionate about empowering women leaders in healthcare and enhancing circumstances for women to achieve.

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2022-24 class

Dr Abdihamid Shiekh Ibrahim

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Director's Awards
Acting Team Lead Operational Partnerships and Whole of Syria Health Sector Coordinator, World Health Organization EMRO
 

Abdihamid, a Somali national, is a medical doctor who already specialised in health systems management and leadership. He has over 14 years of experience in the health sector and worked with the private sector, NGOs, Government, and the UN mainly in fragile conflict-affected settings. Abdihamid has been with WHO for the last six years.

 

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Dr Chantelle Fatania

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Director's Awards
Consultant in Public Health, Haringey Council
United Kingdom

Chantelle is a Consultant in Public Health. She is a specialist in public health and dental public health. She has delivered a broad range of healthcare programmes. She is delighted to receive the Director's Award and hopes to make a significant contribution to healthcare globally.

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Celine Goetz

MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Scholarship for Women
Associate Division Chief of Hospital Medicine, Rush University Medical Centre
United States

Celine is Associate Division Chief of Hospital Medicine at Rush University Medical Centre. She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and on the board of the Midwest Society for General Internal Medicine. Professional interests include physician sustainability and high value care.

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