LEADERSHIP

Angelica Cristello Sarteau, MSPH, PhD, is a Doctoral Fellow in the Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Formally trained in nutrition, epidemiology, and medical anthropology at Harvard and Johns Hopkins Universities, her expertise spans formative research, clinical trial and program development and implementation, as well as quantitative and qualitative process and outcome evaluations. Her work focuses on improving the management and outcomes of diabetes, including in humanitarian settings.

Anna Nakayama, MSc, RD, LDN, ANutr, is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist specializing in public health. She has over 10 years of experience in program management for health initiatives and research, including for humanitarian non-profits, the U.S. government, and academic medical centers, with projects in Kenya, Malawi, and the U.S. In addition to her role at IADA, she provides nutrition counseling to low-income patients with chronic diseases and serves on the American Red Cross Disaster Action Team. She holds a Master's degree in Nutrition for Global Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Eiman Hag, BDS, MPH, MD, is a public health professional with over a decade of experience in health systems strengthening, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and healthcare management in low- and middle-income countries. She has worked with the Public Health Institute in Sudan, the WHO Country Office in Sudan, and the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. Eiman has led efforts to integrate NCD care into emergency response plans across 22 countries, including the development of the Regional Framework for Action on NCDs in Emergencies. She has supported critical NCD interventions in crises, including establishing a Regional Expert Network for chronic kidney disease and advocacy for renal dialysis as a life-saving intervention in emergencies.

Éimhín Ansbro, MBBCh, MSc, DTMH, is a practicing primary care physician and public health researcher based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Clinically trained in Ireland, she spent several years developing non-communicable disease (NCD) services with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) before joining LSHTM in 2016. She holds an MSc in Tropical Medicine and International Health (TMIH) and a PhD in the epidemiology of NCDs and focuses on implementation research on NCD care delivery in humanitarian settings.

Emma Klatman, MSc, is the Global Advocacy and Policy Manager for Life for a Child, a program of Diabetes Australia that supports young people living with diabetes in less-resourced settings worldwide. She has lived with type 1 diabetes for most of her life and has been a visible advocate since childhood. Emma holds a Master’s degree in International Public Policy and is a recognized leader in global diabetes advocacy, with expertise in health system strengthening, access to care, and rights-based approaches. Within IADA, she leads efforts to embed lived experience across humanitarian diabetes initiatives and shape strategic approaches that reflect the realities and voices of people living with diabetes.

Jay Bagaria, MD, DTMH, MPH, is a global health professional with nearly 20 years of experience in public health, specializing in reducing health inequalities, addressing the social determinants of health, health system strengthening, and tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including in complex and fragile settings. She has extensive experience working with the UK Government (Department for International Development and Department of Health), the NHS, WHO, and civil society organizations, including the oversight and governance of large-scale health programs.

Jing Luo, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining Pitt, he was a faculty member at Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency in primary care internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and earned his MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He currently serves as the Principal Investigator for the HumAn-1 Study.

Kiran Jobanputra, MBChB, MRCGP, MPH, is a medical doctor and public health practitioner, who has worked for 14 years in humanitarian field programs including as Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Advisor and Deputy Medical Director for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). He currently works as a family physician and as a consultant with WHO on strengthening NCD integration in humanitarian responses. He is a member of MSF’s Reflection and Analysis Network, focusing on health equity and the health needs of internally displaced people.

Philippa Boulle, MBBS, MPH, DTMH, is the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Advisor and leader of the Chronic Conditions Team at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Switzerland. She has led MSF’s international working group on NCDs and previously oversaw humanitarian interventions for the organization in Africa, the Middle East, and Central America. She publishes and lectures widely on NCDs in humanitarian settings.

Silvia Okamgba, MBBS, MSc, MRCGP, DTM&H, is a family doctor and global health specialist dedicated to improving the care for patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes, in low-resource and humanitarian settings. She has worked with UNHCR, WHO, and national health ministries to develop sustainable, patient-centered models of care and has focused on strengthening diabetes diagnosis, management, and health system integration across Africa and the Middle East, including in conflict zones and refugee camps. Currently based in Kenya, Silvia combines clinical excellence with strategic policy engagement, training frontline providers and designing innovative tools to ensure equitable access to quality diabetes care worldwide.

Sylvia Kehlenbrink, MD, is an endocrinologist and Director of Global Endocrinology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, and leads the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Conflict Program at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Her work focuses on improving diabetes care and insulin access in humanitarian and low-resource settings. She led the first inter-agency study on diabetes in humanitarian contexts and collaborates with WHO on type 1 diabetes guidelines. In 2019, she organized the first Symposium on Diabetes in Humanitarian Crises at Harvard, which led to the Boston Declaration and formation of the International Alliance for Diabetes Action (IADA).

Bayard Roberts, PhD, is a Professor of Health Systems and Policy at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). His work focuses on mental health and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in settings affected by war and forced displacement. He co-organizes the 'Management and Evaluation of Public Health Projects in Humanitarian Crises' module for LSHTM’s Distance Learning MSc in Public Health in Humanitarian Crises and teaches on the Conflict and Health module and the Diploma in Tropical Nursing. He served as Guest Editor for the Journal of Migration and Health’s series on internal displacement and health (2021-2022), and for The Lancet’s series on public health in humanitarian crises (2017).

Lilian Kiapi, MBChB, MPH, is a global public health leader with over 25 years of experience establishing programs and projects, providing short- and long-term technical assistance, and leading strategy development, implementation, and evaluation of public health projects in both emergency and development settings. Her works has supported refugee, internally displaced, and underserved communities across 26 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Lilian also brings extensive experience in fundraising and capacity building for health workers.

Rachel Nugent, PhD, is an affiliate associate professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington and served as Director of the Center for Global Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) at RTI International until 2023. She has over 30 years of experience in global development as a researcher, practitioner, and policy advisor to governments. She served on the U.S. Institute of Medicine Committee on Economic Evaluation, the International Expert Group for the Global Nutrition Report, and The Lancet Commissions on Global Health 2050 and Women, Power, and Cancer. She led the Lancet Task Force on NCDs and Economics in 2018 and received the Global Health Luminary Award from the Washington Global Health Alliance in 2021.

Stéphane Besançon, MSc, is a biologist and nutritionist with degrees in nutritional physiopathology and international development. He is an Associate Professor in Global Health at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris. He is the founder and director of the international NGO Santé Diabète which specialises in the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly diabetes in Africa. He is a member of the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs and served as a member of the Lancet Commission on Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa.