The Commission
Sandro Galea
Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor,
Boston University School of Public Health
(Commission Chair)
Freddy Abnousi
Head of Health Technology, Facebook
Jane L. Ambuko
Associate Professor and Head of Horticulture Unit at the Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi
Samira Asma
Assistant Director-General for Data, Analytics, and Delivery, World Health Organization
Kalpana Balakrishnan
Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Occupational Environmental Health
Georges C. Benjamin
Executive Director, American Public Health Association
Katie Elizabeth Dain
Chief Executive Officer, NCD Alliance
Eduardo Gómez
Associate Professor, College of Health at Lehigh University
Eric Goosby
Member, Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board
Heidi Larson
Risk and Decision Science and Director, The Vaccine Confidence Project, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Thomas LaVeist
Dean, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Gabriel Leung
Dean of Medicine and Helen & Francis Zimmern Professor in Population Health, University of Hong Kong
Laura Magaña
President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Blessing Mberu
Head of Urbanization & Wellbeing, African Population and Health Research Center
Mark Pearson
Deputy-Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Montira Pongsiri
Climate Change and Health Advisor, Save the Children
Sabina F. Rashid
Dean and Professor, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health
Sherine Shawky
Senior Research Scientist, The Social Research Center, The American University in Cairo
Jeffrey Sturchio
Chairman, Rabin Martin
Sheila Tlou
Co-chair, Nursing Now and Co-chair, Global HIV Prevention Coalition
William B. Weeks
Medical Director, Bing
Luxia Zhang
Deputy Dean, National Institute of Health Science at Peking University
The Team
Salma Abdalla
Lead Project Director
Valerie Aalo
Research Assistant
Kappy Arnold
Digital Communications Lead
Catherine Ettman
Advisor
Shaffi Fazaludeen Koya
Research Analyst
Nason Maani
Advisor
Leona Mawuena Ofei
Research Assistant
Grace Robbins
Project Manager
Rabin Martin Secretariat
About the institutions
The Rockefeller Foundation
The mission of The Rockefeller Foundation is to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world. With its vibrant, internationally-based team, The Rockefeller Foundation advances new frontiers of science, data, policy, and innovation to solve global challenges related to health, food, power, and economic mobility. The Rockefeller Foundation takes pride in being a science-driven philanthropy focused on building collaborative relationships with partners and grantees in an effort to foster large-scale human impact.
Boston University School of Public Health
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, the mission of Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) is to improve the health of local, national, and international populations, particularly the disadvantaged, underserved, and vulnerable, through excellence and innovation in education, research, and service. Over 1,000 students, 350 faculty, and 200 staff come to BUSPH to study and work. The community is driven by its shared values of collaboration and engagement, innovation and inclusivity, and justice and equity, as well as its desire to make impactful, lasting change in the world.