Speakers

Dr. Clare Gerada

Dr Gerada is a registered Medical Practitioner with an understanding of and experience in the provision of general practice, mental health and addiction services. She undertook her psychiatric training at the Maudsley and Bethlam Hospitals, 1986 – 1990.Since 1993 Dr Gerada has been the lead clinician for the Consultancy Liaison Addiction Service which provides support to general practitioners such that they are able to deliver effective care to drug users.Dr Gerada has held a number of national roles, including, Senior Policy Advisor Department of Health, Drugs and Alcohol. Director of RCGP Substance Misuse Use Unit & was Chair of RCGP National Expert Group on Substance Misuse. In both of these roles, Dr Gerada provided national leadership in substance misuse, developing the RCGP Certificate in Substance Misuse and supporting the creation of shared care working across England.Director Primary Care, National Clinical Governance Support Team, 2003-2006: responsible in part for developing Governments’ response to the Shipman Inquiry. Vice Chair RCGP 2007 – 2010. Chair RCGP 2011 – 2013. Dame Clare Gerada awarded DBE in the 2020 Queens Birthday Honours for services to General Practice.

Dr. Alexandre Chiavegatto

Alexandre Chiavegatto Filho has a degree in Economics from FEA / USP, a direct doctorate in Public Health from FSP / USP and a postdoctoral degree from Harvard University. He is a Free Lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology at FSP / USP. In recent years, he has been the Principal Investigator of artificial intelligence projects in health funded by FAPESP, CNPq, Microsoft and the Lemann Foundation. He is currently the coordinator of the IACOV-BR (Artificial Intelligence for Covid-19 in Brazil) network, which aims to develop machine learning algorithms for the diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19 in the five Brazilian regions.

Dra. Juliana Pontes Pinto Freitas

Pediatric IntensivistPhD from the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)Professor of Pediatrics at ImepacVolunteer of the NGO Missão África

Dr. Shailey Prasad

Dr Shailendra (Shailey) Prasad, MD MPH is the Carlson Chair of Global Health and the Executive Director of the Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility at the University of Minnesota, Professor and Vice-Chair of Education at the Dept of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota, Adjunct Professor at the School of Public Health, and a Fellow at the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. He is also a honorary visiting professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Prasad has worked in underserved areas for 3 decades as a clinician, has conducted health services research and has been actively engaged in education across disciplines. He is actively involved in the growth of academic primary care and global health research training across various parts of Africa, India, Thailand and South America. He has also been involved in academic department strengthening and mentorship training across various universities.

Dr. Lívia Miraglia

Adjunct Professor at UFMG Law School. Post doctoral student in Law at UNB. PhD and Master in Labor Law. Coordinator of the Slave Labor and Human Trafficking Clinic at UFMG. Lawyer

Dr. Renee Crichlow

Dr. Renee Crichlow is the Director of Advocacy and Policy for the University of Minnesota Dept of Family Medicine and Community Health. Dr. Crichlow’s first faculty position was an attending physician at UCDavis, with a joint appointment in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and OB/GYN. She was then faculty for the University of Washington at the Montana Family Medicine Residency. Now, Dr. Crichlow is serving as an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health in an urban, low wealth community of North Minneapolis at the UMN North Memorial Family Medicine Residency, and has recently been appointed into the Mac Baird Endowed Chair in Family Medicine Advocacy and Policy. Dr. Crichlow has been a long time participant on pipeline development programs including founding physician for the Eastern Montana AHEC in the early 2000s, in North Minneapolis Dr. Crichlow developed The Ladder,(theladdermn.org) a cascading mentorship program that encourages youths from low-income communities to pursue medical careers, and as co-director of UMN undergraduate BA/MD seven-year program at UMN. Dr. Crichlow has been a Medical Director of an FCHQ and an Associate Director of a Family Medicine Residency. Current positions includeAAFP Commission on Federal and State PolicyAAFP Alternate DelegateSTFM Board of DirectorsDirector of Advocacy and Policy for the University of Minnesota Dept of Family Medicine & Community HealthMac Baird Endowed Chair in Family Medicine Advocacy and Policy.

Dr. Luis Ernesto Cuéllar Ponce de León

Médico Infectologo Epidemiologo Clínico Servicio de Infectologia. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas. Profesor de Medicina. Universidad Nacional “Federico Villarreal”Investigador RENACYT.Past Presidente de la Sociedad Peruana de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales.

Dr. Liliana Mesquita

  • Medical Residency in Anesthesiology at HBDF;
  • Postgraduate student in Anesthesia and Pediatric Intensive Care at Sírio Libanês / SP;
  • Anesthesiologist at HBDF, at the Children's Hospital of Brasilia and the international organization Doctors Without Borders (12 humanitarian missions

Dr. Million Belay

Million Belay coordinates the Alliance for Food Sovereignty for Africa, a network of networks of major networks in Africa. He is a member of the International Panel of Experts on the Sustainable of Food Systems (IPES-Food). Million is a founder of MELCA – Ethiopia, an indigenous NGO working on issues of agro-ecology, intergenerational learning, advocacy and livelihood improvement of local and indigenous peoples. Million has been working over two decades on the issues of intergenerational learning of bio-cultural diversity, sustainable agriculture, the right of local communities for seed and food sovereignty and forest issues. His main interest is now advocacy on food sovereignty, learning among generations, knowledge dialogues and the use of participatory mapping for social learning, identity building and mobilization of memory for resilience. He has PhD in environmental learning and MsC in tourism and conservation and BsC in Biology.

Dr. Ana Poças

Ana Poças is finalizing a PhD Sustainable Consumption at Utrecht University, taking multidisciplinary perspectives to understand what influences the high levels of material consumption contributing to the present ecological and climate emergencies, and looking as well to ways of building alternative food systems, and of reducing one's material consumption.Masters of Science in Sustainable Development, and a Bachelors Degree in Astronomy. Ana is active in the degrowth and climate justice movements.




Omnia El Omrani

Omnia El Omrani is a 24-year old medical student from Egypt, currently working at Ain Shams University Hospital with more than 5 years of experience in public health and student advocacy. She is also serving as the Liaison Officer for Public Health Issues for International Federation of Medical Students’ Association (IFMSA), representing 1.3 million medical students worldwide. Omnia advocates for meaningful youth engagement in global health issues with a particular focus on environment health, climate change and non-communicable diseases.

Paulo Ferreira

Student of Integrated Master in Medicine FMUP /Department of Volunteering, Public Health and Community ActionAEFMUP / Associative Manager at AEFMUP/ Researcher CINTESIS

Blanca Paniello Castillo

Blanca Paniello Castillo, BSc, is a recent graduate in Biomedical Sciences, University of Barcelona, Spain. She developed her expertise in public health issues throughout her extensive work within the IFMSA as the Public Health Regional Assistant for Europe and is the current Development Assistant (2018–2020). She is currently involved in public health research and looking forward to dedicating her professional life to the impact of health inequalities and social and environmental determinants of health.

Dr. Marina Souza

"My background is in Nursing, Community/Public Health, and Gerontology. I started her career as a Community Health Nurse in 2005 in Brazil and continued to advance my knowledge base throughout the years, with the completion of a Master's and Ph.D. in Nursing, along with a Graduate Certificate in Public Health and Gerontology. I am currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health (The College of New Jersey) teaching on both Undergraduate and Graduate (MPH) levels. My clinical focus is on Gerontology/Hospice working as a hospice nurse for Penn Medicine Princeton Hospital in New Jersey, USA. I have conducted studies on Health Education and Promotion, Disease Prevention, Gerontology, and Aging. "

Dr. Omar Cherkaoui

Omar is a Medical Doctor from Rabat, Morocco and the former President of the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA). He also recently completed a Master in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University. He is currently the Head of the AMBOSS Global Health Initiative, which is a not-for-profit initiative aiming to empower all healthcare professionals in Low- and Middle-Income Countries to provide the best possible care.

Dr Mateus Falcão

PhD in Global Health and masters in Public Health at faculty of Public Health at University of São Paulo, Cohort 2014 from the Edmundo Granda Ugalde Leaders in International Health from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/ WHO). Started his Career as Programs Coordinator at Operation Smile, Norfolk, VA/ USA, Program Manager and later Special Advisor at the Brazilian Health Ministry on the relation between the Brazilian. government, PAHO/ WHO, and the Cuban Government for More Doctors Program, and former Health Coordinator for the Humanitarian Venezuelan Migratory Crisis for the United Nations Migration.

Dr. Olawale Maiyegun

Dr. Olawale Maiyegun is a Public Policy expert and independent consultant. A former Ambassador and career Diplomat in the Nigerian Foreign Service. He is also former Director, Department of Social Affairs, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa.He has published works in reputable journals on health, child rights and migration. His current research focus is on the intersection of human rights and sport in Africa. He has particular interest in the migration and trafficking of young African athletes. It’s about documenting the human rights risks and collection of accurate data for evidence-based mitigation and remedy policies.




Dr. Stephanie Bispo Amaral

Stephanie Bispo Amaral is a Nutritionist, Master in Pediatrics (Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG) and PhD in Social Statistics and Demography (University of Southampton, UK). Her research focused on populational nutritional status for children and adolescents as well as trends for population dietary habits. She participated in different projects with WHO, USAID and Open University on maternal and child health, including nutrition. At the moment, she works at UNICEF Brazil in the area of Health, nutrition and HIV/AIDS.




Dr. Tetiana Koval

MD, PhD, Professor and Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology in Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy, Poltava, Ukraine. She is a Consultant in Poltava Regional HIV/AIDS Center. In recent year, she is actively involved as Consultant in Regional infectious hospital for treatment patients with COVID-19. Principal investigator in clinical trials




Amin Alasfar

Amin is a 5th-year medical student from Syria,Studying at Near East University in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)Currently, he is the National Officer of Human Rights and Peace at The Medical Students' Association ofNorthern Cyprus ( MSANC ).




Dr. Mohammed A. Abu Mughiaseeb

• Master’s degree in Community Mental Health from Al Quds University, school ofpublic health / 2014 - 2016.• Training in field management Dec 2016 / MSF.• Diploma in supervision and director of psychodrama techniques from IAGP, andmedico international / 2002-2010.• Training in field management Feb 2010 / MSF• Professional Qualification Certificate as general practitioner. At the teachinghospitals approved by the medical academy of Latvia and the Latvian medicalregistration authorities in Latvia republic / 1998-1999.• Higher Education Diploma in medicine at the medical faculty/medical academy of Latvia / 1992-1998.• Since October 2020 working as deputy medical coordinator for MSF-France for Palestine.• 13 years working as Program Medical Referent for medical programs in MSF- France (2007- 2020).




Dr. Juliana Souza

Graduation, Master and Doctorate degrees by the Faculty of Medicine at UFMG, with Sandwich Doctorate by the University of Utah (USA). Specialist in Family and Community Medicine by the Brazilian Society of Family and Community Medicine. Postdoc Visiting Scholar at the Neuroscape Lab at the University of California San Francisco (USA). Member of the multidisciplinary research group in Neurofibromatosis (Outpatient Neurofibromatosis Reference Center).




Dr. Luísa Chaves

Luísa Chaves is a Medical Doctor graduated by the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC-MG), Brazil. First year Resident in Family and Community Medicine at the Federal University of São João Del Rei, Brazil (UFSJ). Posted at a Primary Care Health Unit, for the Unified Health System (SUS). Throughout her graduation, got envolved on Extension Projects at Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Also dedicates to writing literary medical tales and promotes health education related to SUS on social media.




Dr. Rashmi Singh


  • Rashmi Singh is a permanent professor in the Postgraduate Program in International Relations at PUC Minas and a Research Productivity fellow at CnPQ - Level 2.
  • She has a degree in History from Delhi University, India, a Master's in History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, and PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.
  • She is co-founder and co-director of the research network on Terrorism, Radicalization and Transnational Crime (TRAC) and Coordinator of the Research and Projects Laboratory in International Relations at PUC Minas.
  • Professor Rashmi Singh is an Anniversary Fellow of the Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland and mentor to the International Counter-Terrorism Youth Network Mentorship Program (ICTYN).
  • She is an associate editor of Perspectives on Terrorism and serves as a member of several international scientific and editorial boards such as the International Journal of Conflict and Violence.


Dr. Fábio Gomes


Legislative consultant (public health area) of the Chamber of Deputies (since 2003)Professor and researcher at the CEFOR TrainingMaster's Degree in Legislative Power (since 2012).Graduated in Medicine at the Federal University of Pernambuco (1987)Master in Public Health - Emory University (1991); Master in Social Policy - University of Brasília (2007); PhD in Political Science - UERJ (2011); specialist in public policy evaluation


Dr. Yesica Zambrano Uribe


Doctor, graduated from Universidad Centroccidental "Lisandro Alvarado" (UCLA) .She has experience in the following medical fields :
  • Traumatology and Ozone Therapy Service.
  • Adult Emergency Service
  • Rural Outpatient Type I "Santa Inés".
  • Pediatric, Adult and Gyneco-obstetric Emergency Medicine.
  • Medicine in the urban environment. Urban Ambulatory Type I of "San Francisco".



Dr. Carolina Abreu


Voluntary professor at the Institute of International Relations at the University of Brasilia PhD in International Law from the Law Faculty of the Universidade de São Paulo, Master in Sustainable Development from UnB (2012), Specialist in Public Law from the Processus Institute (2006). Researcher at the Institute of Applied Economic Policy (IPEA, 2017-2018) and at the ELA / UnB Observatory of International Migration in partnership with the National Immigration Council (2014). Adjunct Coordinator of the Center for Studies and Research on Environmental Displaced Persons at the Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (NEPDA / UEPB), member of Red ANA (Network on Statelessness in the Americas) and participant of Red Latinoamericana on the Right of Refugees.

Dr. Ricardo Cabral


Graduated in Medicine from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais (1997) and master's degree in Clinical Medicine and Biomedicine from Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte (2003). He has experience in the area of Collective Health, working mainly on the following themes: sexuality, medical informatics, freedom, infertility and climacteric. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grupo RCS - Health Care Network.