Photo Gallery
The Gallery is a space for sharing photographs, portraits, videos and images of our multipodians, mentees and mentors at work, attending technical and scientific conferences, social events, or simply having fun in other activities (e.g. traveling, hobbies, sports, etc.) Submissions should have a short text in English describing the "What, Who and When" of the event or shared experience.
World Health Summit
In October 2019, more than two dozen MultiPOD current and former mentees (multipodians) and the Program Coordinator of MultiPOD Mentoring met in person at the XI World Health Summit (Berlin, October 26-29, 2019). The WHS is one of the most important scientific, technical and policy events on Global Health in the world. MultiPOD's participation was possible thanks to the incredible enthusiasm and commitment of our multipodians, the generosity of Julian Kickbusch, WHS Program Director, and the organizational skills of MultiPOD's Technical Officer Anna Frühauf. During the WHS, this group of young multipodians decided to start a new organization, the "Coalition for Global Health Innovation", a true think tank or "collective intelligence" network of young professionals and students working on Global Health and Human Development, which will provide a forum and platform to launch new and fresh ideas to address the main problems confronting humankind in the XXI century. Here are a few photographs of this event.
Veronica Costea, 2017, Romania, and Fernando Zacarías, MultiPOD's Principal Mentor, at the Fifth SNIH Conference (Swedish Network for International Health) Gothenburg University, November 2018.
Mentor Firdosi Mehta, 2017-present, (India/Canada) at his farm in Ontario where he tends to sheep, goats, llamas, and other “exotic” animals (in addition to being a full-time mentor and teacher).
Zera Ong, mentee, 2020, still smiling during her two-week quarantine at a hotel in Singapore upon returning home for the holidays.
Maryem Laatiri, 2017 (Tunisia) a young graduate from the School of Dentistry in Monastir, giving thanks for the gift of a new book.
Beatrice Kamau, 2018 and her mentor Diogo Martins (Portugal/United Kingdom) during Beatrice’s visit to the Wellcome Foundation in London
Mentor Diogo and Mentee Beatrice Kamau (Kenya), enjoying a cup of coffee during a short break in their meetings.
The Program Coordinator with Xyomara Chavez-Pacheco (2019-2020 mentee); 2021 mentor), who is now working at INSERM in Paris, one of the most prestigious medical research institutions in the world.
Ei Ei Aung, Myanmar (2017-2018), a mentee and Technical Officer now working as a researcher in Tokyo, Japan.
These 29 happy Multipodians (with the Program Coordinator) represent a typical MultiPOD Mentoring Class: 15% male and 85% female mentees from 18 different countries.
MultiPOD’s Technical Team, 2019: Veronica Costea (Romania), Lauren MacDonald (Canada), Shirley Bejarano (Colombia), Program Coordinator (Mexico), Ei Ei Aung (Myanmar), Andreea Badache (Romania), and Anna Frühauf (Germany).
Roopa Dhat, the leader of Women in Global Health, being introduced to the Multipodians by the Program Coordinator.
The Program Coordinator introducing Anna Frühauf, Germany, 2018-2019 mentee and currently a medical student in Berlin after a two-year consultancy for Partners in International Health in Sierra Leone.
Program Coordinator with Meltem Baydak Yücel (Germany), a 2019 mentee who is now a full-fledged anesthesiologist with a global health perspective.
Andreea Badache, Romania, a 2017-2018 mentee and Technical Officer who is now completing a PhD program on ageing at Örebro University in Sweden.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ethiopia), Director General of the World Health Organization giving his official speech at the WHS.
Rawan Taha (Egypt) 2018-2020 mentee; 2021 mentor, a development specialist now working in Senegal after two years at UNDP in Zambia.
Toyyib Abdul Kareem (Nigeria), Ei Ei Aung (Myanmar), Program Coordinator, Shirley Bejarano (Colombia), and Rawan Taha (Egypt)
Charli (Sitong) Zhang (China), Bhitariyo Mulimba (Kenya), and Xyomara Chavez-Pacheco (Peru)
Program Coordinator with Andreea Badache and Ruxandra Oroviceanu (Romania) and Julian Kickbusch, Program Director of the World Health Summit, explaining the meaning of the flags of Romania and Denmark.
Lauren MacDonald (Canada) 2017-2018 mentee, and Technical Officer, presenting the preliminary results of the “Intergenerational Study of Global Health Issues in the XXI Century”. Lauren is currently an epidemiologist working at the WHO Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen.
Dr. Tedros, WHO Director General with two participants from Africa.
Mahdi Abdelwahab (Egypt), 2018-2020 mentee; 2021 mentor, with MultiPOD’s Program Coordinator. Mahdi is now an academician and Global Health specialist at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.