Speakers & Discussion Leads

Amy Finnegan

Senior Data Scientist, IntraHealth International

Amy Finnegan, PhD, is a Senior Data Scientist at IntraHealth International where she supports initiatives to use big data to end the HIV epidemic, improve family health, and ensure that frontline health workers are ready, connected, and safe. Dr. Finnegan is also an Adjunct Professor of Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) where she co-leads the Big Data for Reproductive Health (bd4rh) initiative which seeks to use big data methods (machine learning) and sources (e.g. social media data) to improve global contraceptive access and use.

Jason Shellaby

Director of Global Health Policy, Novartis Foundation

Hani Eskandar is the Digital Services Senior Coordinator at the Digital Society Division of the Telecommunication Development Bureau of ITU. He is currently involved in providing assistance to several developing countries by advising on digital applications and services strategies and policies, assisting in implementing technical cooperation projects in areas of digital health, agriculture, governance and education. He has led the development of several guidelines and best practices reports on digital applications particularly on digital Health, digital Agriculture and digital Government. He is currently leading major joint programmes on digital health, digital agriculture, digital government, smart learning and smart villages in collaboration with several governments, UN agencies and other stakeholders.

Dr. Prisca Kizito

Prisca Kizito (MBChB, DTM&H, MMED-EM), is a highly resourceful medical doctor with cumulative experience in infectious diseases and research and Emergency Medicine. She is a faculty member of Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), department of EM, also working in Mbarara Hospital ED. Prisca is the president of the Emergency Care Society of Uganda (ECSU) a “young” group uniting different emergency care cadres and enthusiasts. She is also an ALS Instructor of the European Resuscitation council and a Trainer of Trainer of Emergency Care courses of the WHO and Ministry of Health Uganda. One of the few Emergency Medicine Specialists in Uganda, Prisca believes that through continuous and multi-sectorial advocacy, Uganda will achieve timely, quality and equitable emergency care someday. Her interests include innovations relevant to resource limited settings like Uganda, medical education, bedside ultrasound, global health and clinical research among others.

Sameer Pujari

Vice-Chair, AI 4 Health, World Health Organization

Sameer Pujari is the Unit Head a.i. and co-founder of the Be Healthy Be Mobile Initiative at the World Health Organization`s Digital Health and Innovations department, he is overseeing development and implementation of the Global Strategy for Digital Health and is the vice chair of the WHO ITU Multisectoral Ai for health focus group. Sameer joined WHO headquarters in Geneva in Feb 2008. With WHO, he has worked extensively on Digital Health including mHealth, Big Data, and AI, he has provided in-country support in over 50 countries. Since 2012 he is also co-leading the development & implementation of a joint WHO and International Telecommunication initiative of the United Nations on Digital Health. The initiative has successfully scaled digital health programs in 20 countries with over millions of people using the national programs.

Jenny Lei Ravelo

Devex Senior Reporter

Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.