Dr. Raj Panjabi

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Dr. Raj Panjabi joined RTSL’s Strategic Advisory Board in 2025.

Dr. A. Muruganathan

Dr. A. Muruganathan is an eminent physician recognized worldwide for his exceptional achievements in health care, with a focus on hypertension management, preventive cardiology, and public health.Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Muruganathan has been honored with numerous awards, such as the prestigious Dr.B.C.Roy National Award, Tamil Semmal Award, WHL Excellence Award in Population Hypertension Prevention […]

Dr. Cherian Varghese

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Dr. Cherian Varghese has been the Professor and Head of Prasanna School of Public Health, MAHE Manipal since June 2024. Dr. Varghese has worked at all levels of the World Health Organization since 2001 (WHO India office, Western Pacific Regional Office). He worked in WHO, Geneva as coordinator for NCD management between 2015 and 2024. […]

Dr. Nnenna Ezeigwe

Dr. Nnenna Ezeigwe is a Public Health Physician with a passion for improving population health through policy, health system strengthening and advocacy, which she championed in over 30 years of service in the environment and health sectors of the Nigerian public service. Dr. Ezeigwe has in-depth experience in stakeholder engagement and extensive networks in critical […]

Dr. Iruka N Okeke

Dr. Iruka Okeke is Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and a Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellow at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Dr. Okeke is a Fellow of the Nigerian and African Academies of Science. Her research group uses microbiology, genetic and genomic methods to investigate the mechanisms bacteria use to colonize humans, cause disease and […]

Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar

Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar is the Dean of the University College London Faculty of Population Health Sciences and Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Dr. Abubakar is a member of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board. He was Head of Tuberculosis at Public Health England and previously served as the Chair of the World Health Organization Strategic and […]

Dr. Farzad Mostashari

Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM is the CEO of Aledade, a start-up he co-founded aimed at helping primary care doctors transform their practices and form accountable care organizations (ACOs). Dr. Mostashari is the former National Coordinator for Health IT at the Department of Health and Human Services and served as a distinguished expert at the Brookings […]

Dr. Margaret Hamburg

Resolve to Save Lives Board chair Peggy Hamburg

Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Hamburg, an internationally recognized leader in public health and medicine, is co-president of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), an international consortium of national academies of science, medicine and engineering. Dr. Hamburg also serves as vice-chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board and is on the Foreign Affairs Advisory Board to the Secretary of […]

Dr. Awa Marie Coll-Seck

Professor Awa Marie Coll Seck is Minister of State to the President of the Republic of Senegal and she chairs the National Committee of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (CN-ITIE). She is also President of the Scientific Committee of the Forum Galien Africa. Prof. Coll Seck has been twice Minister of Health in Senegal (2001-2003 […]

Dr. Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin

Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin is the Executive Director of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program as of March 2024 and a Professor of Practice at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Lia served as the Minister of Health of Ethiopia from March 2020 to February 2024 after serving as State Minister of Health from November […]

Mr. Sherif Sakr

Sherif Sakr is a partner in Deloitte’s US member firm and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Deloitte LLP’s Business & Global Services (BGS) with responsibilities spanning bridging strategy and operations, monitoring strategy execution, optimizing capital allocation and overseeing day-to-day business operations. He serves as member of BGS Executive Committee and member of the US member […]

Mr. Ben Silbermann

Ben Silbermann is the Executive Chairman of Pinterest, a visual discovery engine. He co-founded the company in 2009 and served as the CEO until 2022. Ben received numerous leadership awards including being named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business and MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35. Ben signed the Giving Pledge […]

Dr. Tom Frieden

Dr. Frieden’s forthcoming book, The Formula for Better Health: How to Save Millions of Lives—Including Your Own (MIT Press, September 2025), distills four decades of public health leadership into a clear, actionable framework to extend healthy lives. Drawing from real-world successes and failures, the book bridges the lethal gap between scientific knowledge and life-saving action. […]