Humphrey Fellowship Program

With ten years of experience in public health policy and management within Egypt’s national health system, Asmaa Ahmed has specialized in cancer management, maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, and COVID-19 immunization. She has led impactful family planning campaigns in rural areas, expanding access to contraception and empowering women through reproductive health education. Her work also includes designing capacity-building programs for health care providers and implementing public awareness initiatives addressing female genital mutilation and gender-based violence.

As an immunization officer, Ahmed managed large-scale COVID-19 vaccination operations, improving service delivery and public safety for thousands of people each week. Through the Humphrey Fellowship, she aims to deepen her expertise in women’s health, health equity, migration health, and climate change, while advancing skills in research, data science, and project management to support Egypt’s national health strategies and its Vision 2030.

A dedicated medical professional committed to expanding access to quality health care for vulnerable populations, Anderson Galiotte, MD, has extensive experience coordinating HIV programs and leading health initiatives in remote regions of Haiti. He has successfully implemented mobile medical units to serve underserved communities, improving maternal and child health outcomes and preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. His work centers on community engagement, local capacity building, and quality improvement—most notably increasing viral suppression rates among children with HIV from 44% to 100% through targeted counseling and home visits.

Through the Humphrey Fellowship, Galiotte aims to enhance his skills in public health policy, health systems management, data-driven program evaluation, and financial management to design cost-effective, impactful interventions and advocate for equitable health care in Haiti amid ongoing socio-political and economic challenges.

As director of the National AIDS Program at Guyana’s Ministry of Health and a senior medical registrar in family medicine and endocrinology at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Tariq Jagnarine, MD, leads both national and clinical efforts to advance public health and patient-centered care. At the ministry, he oversees strategic national responses to reduce HIV/AIDS prevalence, improve clinical outcomes, and strengthen health systems through data-driven interventions, cross-sectoral collaboration, and sustainable policy frameworks.

At Georgetown Public Hospital, he applies his dual expertise to deliver comprehensive care, support medical education, and promote evidence-based practices. A dedicated mentor and advocate,  Jagnarine also guides emerging health professionals and champions anti-stigma initiatives that improve health care access for marginalized and key populations.

Through the Humphrey Fellowship, he aims to enhance his leadership in global health policy, refine applied research skills, and help translate innovative strategies into lasting solutions for Guyana’s evolving health landscape.

A medical doctor and public health professional from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Attaullah Khan brings extensive experience in health care management, health policy reform, and service delivery in complex, security-compromised environments. As deputy project director for a $200 million initiative with the health department, he leads efforts—supported by the Asian Development Bank—to revamp 32 district hospitals by modernizing infrastructure, strengthening human resources, and standardizing services at the secondary health care level.

Khan’s previous roles include serving as a polio eradication officer and focal person for national deworming efforts, underscoring his long-standing commitment to equitable health care. His evidence-based advocacy played a key role in establishing the province’s Antimicrobial Resistance Control Program office.

Through the Humphrey Fellowship, he seeks to sharpen his leadership, policy, research, and management skills to drive transformative health reforms and improve access and outcomes for underserved populations. At Rollins, he is excited to engage deeply with health policy, leadership, and strategy, while exploring Atlanta and connecting with fellow changemakers.

With over 12 years of experience in Tanzania’s health system, Glory Laizer currently serves as an administrator in the Ministry of Health’s Curative Department, where she oversees the efficient operation of referral hospitals across the country. Her responsibilities include managing resource allocation, ensuring policy compliance, and driving strategic planning efforts that shape national health priorities. She has played a key role in developing Tanzania’s web-based planning and budgeting system, the National Immunization Strategic Plan, and the COVID-19 Vaccination Acceleration Plan.

A passionate health innovator, she co-founded national blood donation networks and led specialized medical outreach programs that have reached over 600,000 people. Through the Humphrey Fellowship, she seeks to strengthen her expertise in public health policy, leadership, and hospital management, with a goal of transforming referral hospitals into centers of excellence and promoting inclusive, data-driven solutions to address the growing burden of non-communicable diseases in Tanzania.

Marck Antonio Augusto Magno Neves serves as the national director for research and development at Timor-Leste’s public health institution and previously led the country’s Ethics for Research and Development Unit, where he advanced ethical oversight in academic and clinical research. With nearly three years of frontline experience as a family physician in remote areas, as national quarantine coordinator during the COVID-19 response, and as unit chief of the national dengue program, Magno Neves brings strong leadership and a deep commitment to public health, research integrity, and health system strengthening.

As a 2025–2026 Humphrey Fellow at Emory University, he aims to deepen his expertise in bioethics, biostatistics, health policy, and research management. His goals include developing a digitally integrated ethical review system, updating national research ethics and health research guidelines, and promoting open, evidence-based science to strengthen health systems and improve care in Timor-Leste.

A frontline Ebola responder turned community health champion, Savior Mendin currently serves as the manager for clinical innovations at Last Mile Health in Liberia, where she oversees the design and implementation of projects that strengthen the national community health worker (CHW) program. She previously led the rollout of the CHW program in Grand Bassa County, managing the recruitment, training, and supervision of over 675 CHWs—who now handle 40% of under-five malaria cases in their communities. Driven by a deep commitment to equitable health care access, she has launched rural clinical outreach campaigns and successfully addressed high CHW attrition by introducing mentorship, incentive structures, and a local ownership model, boosting retention rates to 95%.

Through the Humphrey Fellowship, she aims to strengthen her expertise in public policy, community development, and multi-sectoral collaboration to help Liberia design sustainable health strategies, fully integrate CHWs into the national health system, and craft policies that center community resilience and partnership. She hopes to return home with new skills, a renewed vision, and the momentum to support the next generation of public health leaders in Liberia and beyond.

With over 20 years of experience in crisis management, public service, and nonprofit leadership, Martin Mnahoncak, PhD, leads TENENET, a Slovak NGO providing integrated health and social services—including mobile mental health support—for communities impacted by war, displacement, and social exclusion. In collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, and IOM, he has contributed to the development of national standards for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) and co-founded the MHPSS committee under the Slovak Government Council for Mental Health.

As a member of various national and international councils and expert platforms, he works to strengthen the integration of health and social care systems, expand outpatient services, and implement case management and telemedicine models tailored to Central Europe’s unique needs. Through the Humphrey Fellowship, he aims to explore innovative strategies in health system design—particularly the integration of social care, family medicine, and participatory policymaking—to improve the accessibility, quality, and sustainability of services in Slovakia.

As an associate consultant for public health at Uganda’s Ministry of Health, Emily Tumwakire leads national policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation efforts, as well as frontline responses to public health emergencies. Most recently, she served as the community engagement pillar lead during Uganda’s Ebola and mpox outbreaks, guiding grassroots mobilization strategies that were critical to timely containment. With a strong emphasis on ensuring that health policies are both technically sound and financially feasible, she is spearheading efforts to improve policy design, resource mobilization, and primary health care delivery across the country.

Her leadership has yielded tangible results, including the turnaround of a struggling rural health facility through participatory staff engagement and system redesign. Currently, she is focused on strengthening Uganda’s primary health care system to achieve universal health coverage. Through the Humphrey Fellowship, Emily aims to deepen her expertise in public health policy, financing, and grant writing to help the ministry implement sustainable, measurable strategies that improve community health outcomes.

Tanjida Yesmin is accomplished sexual and reproductive health (SRH) specialist and medical doctor. Yesmin brings extensive experience working in both humanitarian and development contexts. As the manager of sexual and reproductive health at Save the Children in Bangladesh, she has led critical SRMNCAH programs for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, achieving zero maternal deaths through evidence-based SRH interventions and training over 500 health staff to improve service quality.

Actively engaged in global SRH networks, she contributes to initiatives under UNFPA, WHO, SVRI, the IBP Network, and the Global Gender Taskforce. Her policy and advocacy work has played a key role in developing SOPs and influencing strategies in collaboration with leading organizations such as WHO and UNFPA. Through the Humphrey Fellowship, she aims to deepen her expertise in public health policy, maternal health, health economics, and global health systems while building strong professional networks to support the delivery of high-quality, sustainable maternal and reproductive health services—particularly in crisis-affected settings.