Class of 2019
The 47 students and young professionals joining MultiPOD Mentoring in 2019 are graduates or students from world-renown academic institutions and global health programs (e.g. Cambridge, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Harvard, Sao Paulo, Johns Hopkins, Maastricht, Mumbai, Karolinska, American University of Beirut, Gothenburg, Mahidol, Barcelona, Toronto, Ain Shams, and others).
We are also proud of the fact that our former Mentees are still the main source of recruitment, as most of our new Mentees (71%) came to the program through referral by friends and colleagues or direct invitation by the Program Coordinator.
On the other hand, MultiPOD’s cadre of 41 Mentors continues to expand with the addition of Mentor Advisors with expertise in specific areas and disciplines of Global Health and Human Development. These Mentor Advisors are available to all Mentees for consultations and additional support, which is also a unique feature of our program.
Gender
This year, women and men represented 37% and 63% respectively, of all Mentors; and 73% and 27% respectively, of all Mentees. These gender disparities among older and younger generations reflect the increasing opportunities and the strong desire of young female students to enter the field of Global Health and Human Development.
Geographic distribution
In 2019, our 88 Mentors and Mentees were born in or are currently working or studying in 70 different countries, in five continents, seven regions and 16 sub-regions of the world:
Central and West Africa: Cameroon, DR Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
East and South Africa: Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia
North Africa: Egypt, Tunisia
Middle East: Iran, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen
North America: Canada, Mexico, United States
Central America: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru
English, French, and Dutch Caribbean: Haiti, Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago
Western Europe: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Switzerland
Northern Europe: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
Southern Europe: Croatia, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain
Eastern Europe and Caucasus: Georgia, Romania, Ukraine
Central Asia: Uzbekistan
South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
South East Asia: Myanmar
East Asia: China, Japan
Academic and Professional Background
As in previous years, more than 60% of our Mentors are physicians. Among the 47 Mentees only five are physicians and the remaining 42 young women and men have been trained in the following disciplines:
Economics, Tumor Biology and Genetics, Governance and Leadership, Psychology, Dentistry, Nursing, Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physical Therapy, Systems Research, Business Administration, Anthropology, Transdisciplinary Research Methods, Biomedical Sciences, Epidemiology, Pharmacy, Sociology, Law, Botany, Life Sciences, Health Economics, International Development, Business Management and Marketing, Cognitive Brain Science, Policy Analysis, Communication and Media, Biochemistry, Applied Technology, and Criminology, among others.
Languages
Although English is our working language, MultiPOD Mentoring's Mentees and Mentors are native speakers of or fluent in forty-five languages. These include the six official languages of the United Nations (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish), three of the newly proposed UN official languages (Bengali, Hindi, and Portuguese), and other Asian, European, and African languages.
2019 is the last year of MultiPOD’s three-year pilot phase. We have now two very successful outcome evaluations by the members of the Classes of 2017 and 2018 and have acquired enough insights and experience to be optimistic about the future of MultiPOD Mentoring. The next phase of the program, the creation of a "collective intelligence" network (think tank) of young people, "MultiPOD Young Thinkers and Innovators" (MPYTI), which will be launched at the World Health Summit in October of this year, is already under way. We couldn't be happier and want to share our energy and enthusiasm with you. Please join us in 2020!
List of Mentors and Mentees
List of all the Mentees and all the Mentors that participated in the Class of 2019.
Returning and Continuing Mentees
Alfan Alktebi, United Arab Emirates
Calvin Besong Eta Oben, Cameroon
Dhiraj Gurung, Nepal/Hong Kong/Belgium
Margaret, Mengjie
Maryem Latiri, Tunisia
Toyyib Abdulkareem, Nigeria
New Mentees of 2019
Abeer Ahmad, Egypt
Aboud Kourieh, Syria
Ahmed Abdelfattah, Egypt
Alexandre Welikow, Brazil
Anmol Desai, United States
Anna Tokar, Ukraine
Azeezat Balogun, Nigeria
Bashir Adebayo Elegbede, Nigeria
Benjamin Kasdan, United States
Bhitariyo Mulimba, Tanzania
Carolina García, Mexico
Daniel Hausenkamph, Luxembourg
Dara Karakolis, Canada
Diana Lupu, Romania
Elom Aglago, Togo
Ify Ejidike, Netherlands
Irene Blomqvist, Finland
Joana Lopes, Portugal
Jovana Ilkic, Serbia
Julia Selea, Germany
Katharina Wabnitz, Germany
Kevin Lopes, Switzerland
Maha Ba Wazir, Yemen
Marit Preuter, Netherlands
Meltem Baydak Yücel, Germany
Miljana Jovanovic, Serbia
Mimi Ghosh, India/United States
Moa Lindgren, Sweden/Uganda
Neli Tsereteli, Russia
Nikita Pandey, India
Nishant Chavan, India
Peace Adimah, Nigeria
Petter Persson, Sweden
Rawan Taha, Saudi Arabia/Egypt
Reem Ahmadieh, Lebanon
Robert Ofner, Austria
Sandra del Pozo, Spain
Sanju Gautam, Nepal
Sara Karvonen, Sweden/Japan
Sarah Enayeh, Syria
Simran Sharma, India
Sogol Fathi Afshar, Iran
Tanya Zerbian, Peru
Thania Faria, Brazil
Uchenna Ibelo, Nigeria/Canada
Xyomara Chavez-Pacheco, Peru
Yolanda Sánchez Castro, Mexico
Continuing Mentors
Principal Mentor
Fernando Zacarías, Mexico/ United States
Main Mentors
Alberto Concha-Eastman, Colombia
Antonio Gerbase, Brazil, Switzerland
Arletty Pinel, Panama
Barbara de Zalduondo, United States
Cesar Gattini, Chile
Christian Darras, Belgium
Diogo Martins, Portugal
Firdosi Mehta, India/Canada
Giorgi Pkhakadze, Georgia
Hernán Rosenberg, Chile
José Romero Keith, Mexico
Juan Manuel Sotelo, Peru, United States
Mariela Contreras, Honduras
Pia Vracko, Slovenia
Rafael Mazín, Mexico, United States
Stephen Corber, Canada
Sue Griffey, United States
Trupti Desai, India
Mentor Advisors
Ann Marie Kimball, United States
Elizabeth Mason, United Kingdom
Farley Cleghorn, Trinidad and Tobago
Jai Prakash Narain, India
Katina García Appendini , Mexico
Maka Tsulukidze, Georgia
Michelle Amri, Canada
Paul Nguewa, Cameroon, Spain
Ricardo Mexia, Portugal
Ronald Mora Castillo, Costa Rica/France
Rubén del Prado, Suriname, Nepal, Bhutan
Stanley Blanco, Bolivia
Veronica Foubert, Switzerland
New Mentors of 2019
Special MultiPOD Advisors
Greg Martin , South Africa/Ireland
Julian Kickbusch , Germany
Main Mentors
Claudia Dima, Romania
Jacobo Finkelman, Mexico
Kofi Adasi, Ghana
Leena Indamar, India
Marilyn Rice, United States
Matilde Ner, Italy
Olaf Kelm, Germany
Rachel Jean Baptiste, Haiti/United States
Yorokee Kapimbua, Botswana
Mentor Advisors
Antonio Hernandez, Colombia
Arjeta Spahiu, Kosovo/Macedonia
Gerardo de Cosío, US-Mexico Border
Habib Latiri, Tunisia
Marc Steben, Canada
Nazem Matta, Lebanon
Rodrigo Palacios, Switzerland
Marcelo D'Agostino , Argentina
Principal Mentor is also the Program Coordinator and mentors from eight to twelve Mentees per nine-month cycle.
Special MultiPOD Advisors mentor returning and continuing Mentees and participate in technical and professional development webinars directed to Mentors and Mentees.
Main Mentor is assigned one or two Mentees for nine months.
Mentor Advisor is available for specific consultations in area of expertise, institutional affiliation, geographic location, etc. from one to four hours per mentoring year.