WHO WE ARE and HOW WE WORK

We are a team of multidisciplinary thinkers, passionate about the health of urban populations around the world.

Our #1 objective at UrbanHealth360 is helping urban poor communities engage in organized efforts and activities that will improve individual, familial, and the collective community’s health. By helping urban poor communities zero-in on the health-related issues impacting them as individuals and families, we expect to have a positive effect on all sectors. We believe that poor urban communities are strengthened when their members are healthier and when they have the necessary information, tools, and support to change their own lives.

How We Work

Our Applied Urban Health (i.e. grassroots urban health) is practiced through our Collaborative Community Action Model. Through collaboration with our partners such as Precious Gems, our local volunteers engage in a participatory process that empowers urban poor in secondary cities to take action on health issues impacting their communities. The result is a cadre of individuals who take responsibility for the health of their fellow community members.

The Urban Health 360 Team

Program Operations

Yonette F. Thomas, PhD

President and CEO

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Debra Furr-Holden, PhD

Senior Advisor, Development & Innovation

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Mable Kipenda, BSc, MBChB, MSc

Director, Health Programs and Clinical Research

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Mercy Sepadi (PhD) DrPH, MPH

Director, Climate Equity and Resilient Communities

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Srikanth Kondreddy, PhD

Director, Research & Policy

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Shatiea Blount, DocSocSci, MSW, LCSW-C

Director of Program Innovation and Mental Health and Community Well-being Subject Matter Expert

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Marian Budu, MBBS

Subject Matter Expert, Health Dynamics

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Kutisha Ebron, PhD

Subject Matter Expert, Social Inclusion

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Christoper Foley

Webmaster

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Rakesh Kumar, PhD

Subject Matter Expert, Population Studies and Spatial Analysis

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Marcelle Mardon, MA

Subject Matter Expert, Communities & Built Environment

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Andrew Mwape, PhD

Subject Matter Expert, Climate Preparedness & Resilience

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Ebony R. Montgomery, JD, MPH

Subject Matter Expert, Health Equity

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Abigail Oppong

Subject Matter Expert, Data Visualization, AI, and Emerging Technologies

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Andrea Oyuela

Subject Matter Expert, Urban Food Systems

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Rabia Qusien, PhD

Subject Matter Expert, Climate & Health Communication

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Kiran Saluja, PhD, MSc

Subject Matter Expert, Socio-cultural and Commercial Determinants of Health

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Grace Simataa

Research Assistant

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Sirin Thada

Illustrator and Artist

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Communications & Knowledge Management

Sirin Thada

Illustrator and Artist

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UH360 Fellows & Research Fellows

are pre- and post-doctoral researchers, thought leaders, on-the-ground implementers, municipal leaders, urban health doers, policy implementers who fulfill the following criteria:

They are committed to influencing the urban health of their community and communities around the world.
They are committed to researching, implementing, creating, and identifying opportunities for enhancing urban health.