Employee Spotlight: Jeb Weisman, PhD
Jeb Weisman, PhD, is Director of Global Health Informatics. He leads the Arnhold Institute for Global Health’s design and informatics initiatives, applying unique methods, tools, technologies, and multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives to complex global...
Florence Jaguga, MBChB, MMed, Brittany McCoy, MD, Leading Progress in Mental Health Care in Kenya
We are currently in the midst of a global crisis in child and adolescent mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on the significant barriers youth and their families experience to accessing quality, evidence-based mental health care in all settings,...
Peer Navigators Provide Support for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents in Western Kenya
Approximately 15 percent of Kenyan adolescent girls 15-19 years old have either had a live birth or are pregnant with their first child. Globally, evidence suggests an estimated 14 percent of adolescent girls and young women give birth before the age of 18. Across...
AMPATH Nepal Strategic Planning: A Shared Vision to Ensure Health for All
AMPATH Nepal recently hosted its first strategic planning workshop with stakeholders from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Dhulikhel Hospital-Kathmandu University Hospital (DH-KUH), Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, AMPATH Kenya partners,...
Employee Spotlight: Shurnette Henry
Shurnette Henry is a Senior Finance Manager at the Arnhold Institute for Global Health and the Department of Global Health and Health System Design at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In her role, she provides financial portfolio management and assists...
“Nothing About Us Without Us”: Involving Peers in Research—An Interview With a Peer Researcher at the AMPATH Rafiki Clinic
Peer navigators play an integral role in connecting adolescents with clinical care at the AMPATH Rafiki clinic, but what happens to peers as they transition from adolescence to young adulthood and beyond? The peer navigator program has immense benefits; it...