YIGH is pleased to announce the newest members of the Leadership in Global Health Fellowship who will participate in a high-impact internship with a major global health organization, including GAVI, Save the Children, UNICEF and the World Bank. In addition, students in the program will take part in an in-depth weekly seminar focused on advanced global health ethics and organizational theory led by YIGH.
The LIGH program was created in 2020 to help prepare Yale students to meet some of the world’s most complex global health challenges including emerging pandemic infections, the dramatic rise in non-communicable diseases, planetary health, and other systemic issues impacting health of the world’s population. YIGH designed the program to offer training and inspiration to young professionals who have a wide-ranging passion for and understanding of the critical importance of health and health care for a just and equitable society.
Selected Fellows and their host organizations are:
Jessica Tuan, YSM fellow: Jessica will work with the World Bank to expand upon her underlying interests in global health. She will focus on the development of healthcare infrastructure and capacity building on a global scale, particularly with regards to equitable delivery of COVID-19 vaccines and primary healthcare.
| Ximena Benavides, YLS ‘22: Ximena will work with GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance, focused on the COVAX facility in Latin America. She will collaborate on accelerating the development and manufacturing of the COVID-19 vaccine and guaranteeing fair and equitable access in low- and middle-income countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. |
| Megan Briggs, Yale College '23: Megan will be the Climate Change and Health Fellow at Save the Children in their department of global health. She will support the Climate and Health Advisor to develop institutional, technical, and strategic guidance and support to Save the Children’s global work to mitigate and address the impact of climate change on health. |
| Timothy DeVita, YSM resident: Timothy will work with UNICEF through the Maternal Newborn Adolescent Health Unit, Health section, Programme Division. They will help build health education products, advocacy and policy briefs, and facilitate conversations with various stakeholders at UNICEF. |
| Paige Farrenkopf, YSPH ’22: Paige will join the Maternal, Newborn, and Reproductive Health in Emergencies Team with Save the Children. She will analyze data on reproductive health care services and resources available to women and children in high-conflict regions of Yemen. |
| Sydney Gray, Yale College ‘23: Sydney will be working with the World Bank as a COVID-19 Vaccine and Primary Health Care Fellow. She will specifically work with the Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) group to synthesize epidemiological evidence and lessons from the COVID-19 vaccine rollout to provide guidance on the most effective service delivery solutions for vaccines and to support widespread uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations in low and middle-income countries. |
| Yousof Omeish, Yale College ’22: Yousof will be working with the World Bank as a COVID-19 Vaccine and Primary Health Care Fellow. Yousof will provide analytical and technical support for COVID-19 vaccine implementation and PHC strengthening for vaccine roll-out. |
| Jessica Tuan, YSM fellow: Jessica will work with the World Bank to expand upon her underlying interests in global health. She will focus on the development of healthcare infrastructure and capacity building on a global scale, particularly with regards to equitable delivery of COVID-19 vaccines and primary healthcare. |
| Joseph Williams, YSPH ‘22: Joseph will join GAVI/COVAX as an Immunization Financing and Sustainability Fellow. He will be delivering data analysis on immunization financing to support and inform strategy development to allow equitable access to COVID-19 vaccination across the globe. |