Newcomer Health Equity Advisory Collaborative

• Acknowledgment and Agreement Form

• Compensation Process

• Invoice Form (please download copy before completing)

• EFT Direct Deposit Form 

• W9

Anisa Ibrahim, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington

Medical Director, Harborview Pediatrics - Seattle, WA

Dr. Anisa Ibrahim is a UW Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and the Medical Director at Harborview Pediatric Clinic. Dr. Ibrahim’s specific clinical interests include caring for and outreach to immigrant and refugee populations, specifically those with medical or social complexity. Dr. Ibrahim is a strong advocate for community focused work and partnerships. Nationally, Dr. Ibrahim is an executive committee member of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on Immigrant Child and Family Health and a member of the Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers’ Research Committee. 

Carolyn Anello

Clinical Program Director 

Project Worthmore - Denver, CO

Carolyn Anello is the co-founder and Clinical Program  Director of Worthmore Clinic, a full-service dental clinic serving refugees and immigrants. After identifying needs in the refugee community, she and her husband founded Project Worthmore in 2011, a non-profit organization providing services to refugees and immigrants and parent organization to Worthmore Clinic.  Her background is in clinical dentistry as a registered dental hygienist. She is passionate about oral health and expanding access to healthcare for all. She is completing her master's degree from the City University of New York, studying Global and Migration Health Policy, with plans to graduate in Fall 2023.  

Jan Jenkins, Ph.D.

Refugee Mental Health Coordinator 

Colorado Department of Human Services

Jan Jenkins, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who is the State Refugee Mental Health Coordinator for Colorado; in the Refugee Services Program within the Department of Economic and Workforce Support, in the Colorado Department of Human Services. She has worked extensively on increasing health equity for refugees and immigrants. Her focus currently is on enhancing mental health resources and services for refugees and other populations served by the Office of Refugee Resettlement throughout Colorado.  

Katarzyna Kaczynski

State Refugee Health Data Specialist

Office of Maine Refugee Health Services 

A daughter of polish immigrants, Kasia works for the Office of Maine Refugee Services as a Medical Data Entry Specialist. She loves designing and implementing quality control measures while capturing, evaluating, and analyzing data, as well as creating infographics for internal and external dissemination. Her current focus is on developing a community engagement toolkit that can be easily applied and followed by anyone hoping to study the healthcare experiences of a specific sub-population of individuals by utilizing a participatory action research project documenting barriers faced by African immigrants in the healthcare system. 

Mahri Haider, MD, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington

Mahri is a primary care physician at the International Medicine Clinic at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. They have a specific focus on providing medical care for immigrant and refugee patients. She also works with torture survivors and provides asylum medical exams for undocumented patients who are applying for asylum. In addition, she works with our local public health refugee program to integrate medically complex, newly arrived refugees into the medical system. Mahri is also a refugee, originally from Afghanistan. 

Abdul Mubin Sultan Khil

Research Associate, University of Colorado

           Abdul Mubin is a Medical Doctor from Afghanistan and is currently working as a Research Associate for the University of Colorado, refugee outpatient psychiatry clinic. He received his master’s in public health from India and obtained International Certified Addiction Professional from GCCC. Abdul Mubin has more than 16 years of experience in the field of public health and addiction treatment with the MoPH Afghanistan and international organizations and has trained many Afghan practitioners and revised many addiction treatment manuals. His recent activity includes working with the Afghan refugees to help and increase their public awareness of mental health wellness and drug use prevention.

Cyril Bennouna

Research Associate, University of Colorado

Cyril Bennouna trained as a political scientist and social epidemiologist. Over the past six years, he has been working with a team of social epidemiologists at Columbia University and Washington University in St. Louis to assess the mental health and psychosocial well-being needs and preferences of adolescent refugees resettled from the Middle East and North Africa region to several U.S. cities. He has led analyses and publications on subjects including mental health stigma, ethno-racial and gender-based discrimination, culturally responsive service provision, disparities in suicide ideation, and best practices for school-based mental health support systems. He is currently leading the analysis for a study assessing the integration experiences of refugees resettled to Colorado from DR Congo and Iraq, as well as a process evaluation for a Denver-based newcomer-serving organization to inform their efforts to welcome Venezuelan newcomers. He has held several senior research and evaluation positions, including at Columbia University’s Program on Forced Migration and Health, the CPC Learning Network, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, and the University of Indonesia’s School of Social and Political Sciences. Cyril has a Master's in Public Health from Columbia University and will defend his Ph.D. in Political Science at Brown in April 2024. His Ph.D. focused on how undocumented immigrants from Guatemala provide for their family's well-being (with a focus on diarrheal and parasitic diseases tied to unsafe water and sanitation).