MEET THE TEAM
We draw on our global network of associates, pulling together the skills, expertise, and experience required to meet your needs
LUKE ALLEN
Director
MPH Global Health (Harvard)
Public Health Leadership (Harvard)
MBChB Medicine (Bristol)
PGDip Health Research (Oxford)
BSc International Health (Bristol)
PGCE Clin Edu (Plymouth)
MRCGP
Luke is a British academic GP, Oxford health policy fellow, and WHO health systems consultant trained in system dynamics at MIT. He has worked with health ministries in high- middle- and low-income countries to develop people-centred health systems based on cutting-edge research. He is trained in economics, political science, and system dynamic modelling. He has over 60Â academic publications with a mean impact factor of 15. He has written major reports for WHO and numerous governments. Luke brings leadership, strategic vision, and cutting-edge scientific methods to bear on complex global health problems.
ROB SMITH
Senior Associate
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DPhil Population Health (Oxford)
MSc Health Services Research (Toronto)
BSc Medical Sciences (Brock)
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Rob is a social epidemiologist and postdoctoral fellow in public health policy evaluation and primary care innovation at the University of Toronto’s North American Observatory for Health Systems and Policies and Unity Health Toronto’s Upstream Lab. Rob is a methodologically agile scientist and change facilitator with expertise in population health analytics, social determinants of health research and healthcare quality improvement, and with rich experience in qualitative methods.
TAMARA KAILAS
Senior Associate
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MSc Global Health (McMaster)
BSc Science and Business (Waterloo)
Tamara is an MSc Global Health candidate at McMaster University. After completing her practicum with Healthier Systems, she has joined us as an associate. Her academic and research interests encompass the commercial determinants of health and health policy. She completed her BSc Science
and Business at the University of Waterloo and has experience in project management, marketing, and event liaising.
ATOUSA BONYANI
Associate
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PharmaD (Isfahan)
Systems Thinking in Public Health
(Johns Hopkins Online)
Atousa is a pharmacist and WHO technical officer working on access to medicine and health technologies. Her expertise centres on primary health care, essential medicines, and health insurance benefit packages.
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She has training in project management, systems thinking, negotiation, quality improvement, pharmacoeconomics, and global health policy.
CERVANTÉE WILD
Associate
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PhD Health Sciences (Auckland)
BHSc (Hons) Health Sciences (Auckland)
BA Politics and International Relations (Auckland)
Cervantée is a health services researcher with expertise in social determinants, health equity and the intersection between clinical and public health, with a particular focus on patient-centred services and systems. She has training in health policy, political science, and qualitative and mixed methods research, and experience in project management and system and infrastructure innovation.
CAMERON FEIL
Intern
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MSc Global Health Policy (LSE)
BSc Health Sciences (Western Ontario)
Cameron is a World Bank consultant with a broad global health policy skillset who is working with Healthier Systems on a WHO NCD policy mapping project.
KATHARINA MÖRSCHEL
Intern
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MSc Public Health (LSHTM)
Doctoral researcher (Institute of Public Health Berlin)
Medical student (Charité University Medicine Berlin)
Katharina is a public health researcher and a medical candidate with a focus on health promotion and the primary prevention of NCDs. She is trained in health promotion methods, qualitative and quantitative analysis, evaluation of public health interventions and public health ethics. She has experience in policy analysis and project management.
FATIMA BASHIR
Intern
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MPH with Specialisation in Health Economics (Umeå University)
DDS (University of Khartoum)
Fatima is a Fatima is a Sudanese public health and health policy professional. She has experience working for UNICEF, supporting country officies to deliver PEPFAR/CDC projects. She has also worked for UNDP where she
provided technical and management support to UNDP country offices managing grants from The Global Fund.
MEET THE TEAM
We draw on our global network of associates, pulling together the skills, expertise, and experience required to meet your needs
LUKE ALLEN
Director
MPH Global Health (Harvard)
Public Health Leadership (Harvard)
MBChB Medicine (Bristol)
PGDip Health Research (Oxford)
BSc International Health (Bristol)
PGCE Clin Edu (Plymouth)
MRCGP
Luke is a British academic GP, Oxford health policy fellow, and WHO health systems consultant trained in system dynamics at MIT. He has worked with health ministries in high- middle- and low-income countries to develop people-centred health systems based on cutting-edge research. He is trained in economics, political science, and system dynamic modelling. He has over 60Â academic publications with a mean impact factor of 15. He has written major reports for WHO and numerous governments. Luke brings leadership, strategic vision, and cutting-edge scientific methods to bear on complex global health problems.
ROB SMITH
Senior Associate
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DPhil Population Health (Oxford)
MSc Health Services Research (Toronto)
BSc Medical Sciences (Brock)
​
Rob is a social epidemiologist and postdoctoral fellow in public health policy evaluation and primary care innovation at the University of Toronto’s North American Observatory for Health Systems and Policies and Unity Health Toronto’s Upstream Lab. Rob is a methodologically agile scientist and change facilitator with expertise in population health analytics, social determinants of health research and healthcare quality improvement, and with rich experience in qualitative methods.
TAMARA KAILAS
Senior Associate
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MSc Global Health (McMaster)
BSc Science and Business (Waterloo)
Tamara is an MSc Global Health candidate at McMaster University. After completing her practicum with Healthier Systems, she has joined us as an associate. Her academic and research interests encompass the commercial determinants of health and health policy. She completed her BSc Science
and Business at the University of Waterloo and has experience in project management, marketing, and event liaising.
ATOUSA BONYANI
Associate
​
PharmaD (Isfahan)
Systems Thinking in Public Health
(Johns Hopkins Online)
Atousa is a pharmacist and WHO technical officer working on access to medicine and health technologies. Her expertise centres on primary health care, essential medicines, and health insurance benefit packages.
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She has training in project management, systems thinking, negotiation, quality improvement, pharmacoeconomics, and global health policy.
CERVANTÉE WILD
Associate
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PhD Health Sciences (Auckland)
BHSc (Hons) Health Sciences (Auckland)
BA Politics and International Relations (Auckland)
Cervantée is a health services researcher with expertise in social determinants, health equity and the intersection between clinical and public health, with a particular focus on patient-centred services and systems. She has training in health policy, political science, and qualitative and mixed methods research, and experience in project management and system and infrastructure innovation.
CAMERON FEIL
Intern
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MSc Global Health Policy (LSE)
BSc Health Sciences (Western Ontario)
Cameron is a World Bank consultant with a broad global health policy skillset who is working with Healthier Systems on a WHO NCD policy mapping project.
KATHARINA MÖRSCHEL
Intern
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MSc Public Health (LSHTM)
Doctoral researcher (Institute of Public Health Berlin)
Medical student (Charité University Medicine Berlin)
Katharina is a public health researcher and a medical candidate with a focus on health promotion and the primary prevention of NCDs. She is trained in health promotion methods, qualitative and quantitative analysis, evaluation of public health interventions and public health ethics. She has experience in policy analysis and project management.
FATIMA BASHIR
Intern
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MPH with a Specialisation in Health Economics (Umeå University)
BDS (University of Kartoum)
Fatima is a Sudanese public health and health policy professional. She has experience working for UNICEF, supporting country offices to deliver PEPFAR/CDC projects. She has also worked for UNDP where she provided technical and management support to country offices managing grants from The Global Fund. She joins us as part of her Oxford Business School MPP.