Past SOT Representatives

Oluwanifemi Fagbemiro is a fourth-year Biochemistry student at Trinity College Dublin. With a keen interest in Global Health, Epidemiology, Women’s Health, Neonatal Health, and Infectious Diseases, Oluwanifemi is passionate about making a difference in the world. As a Challenge Leader for the Meningitis Research Foundation and an Agile Project Leader, Oluwanifemi has demonstrated strong leadership and collaboration skills. Oluwanifemi envisions a future in Global Health and aspires to lead events focusing on global health issues. With a commitment to excellence and a drive to contribute to significant health initiatives, Oluwanifemi is poised to make impressive strides in Global Health.

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Nina Lawan Yung McKinney is a Bachelor of Science student in Human Health and Disease at Trinity College Dublin and an Entrance Exhibitioner. She has a strong interest in global health, with a focus on addressing health inequities and supporting communities disproportionately affected by disease.

As a Student Research Assistant at King’s College Hospital, Nina gained valuable experience studying T cells in cancer and HIV, deepening her commitment to research that highlights and tackles global health disparities. Her leadership experience as the School of Medicine Convenor in the Trinity College Dublin Student Union allowed her to contribute to initiatives aimed at improving student welfare and academic resources.

Nina is also an active volunteer with the Irish Cancer Society, reflecting her dedication to community health and support. She plans to further her passion for global health by establishing an Irish Global Health Network Society at Trinity College Dublin, creating a space for students to engage with key issues in the field.

Adrienne is a European Public Health Erasmus Mundus student currently completing her first year of a Master’s in Public Health at University College Dublin (UCD). With an academic background in human geography, she also brings extensive and varied experience across multiple fields. Her work includes advocating with local community organizations to expand mental health services at city and county levels, interning on agroecology projects, and volunteering as a Birth Doula at a hospital in the United States.

Drawing connections between her academic training and these efforts, Adrienne is now dedicated to addressing climate change’s catastrophic and inequitable impacts on population and ecological health. She views environmental and global health as deeply interconnected and is driven to collaborate with peers through the Irish Global Health Network to confront these critical issues.

Chandan is studying a Master of Public Health at UCD as part of the Europubhealth+ programme. In terms of global health, she is interested in infectious diseases, health promotion, and disease prevention. She is especially keen on health equity and access in global health. She comes from a humanities background, having studied her undergraduate degree in English and French at the University of Oxford. She hopes to keep learning more from her colleagues’ experiences and expertise.

Hi, my name is Arjan Ahluwalia! I am in my 3rd year of medical school at University of Limerick, School of Medicine. Prior to Ireland, I pursued a degree in Bachelor of Science in Canada.

My passion for global health manifested from a seminar I attended on healthcare access and burden of pay on the migrant population. Since then, I consistently find myself seeking opportunities to become a part of global health initiatives. One of my commitments to this passion was a self-directed project on critical analysis of current health guidelines and recommendations to improve healthcare access in rural India.

I’m hopeful to network with the SOT to reach bigger audiences regarding health inequities and work towards improving health outcomes at all levels of care. Contact here: [email protected]

Saswati is currently pursuing her Master’s in Public Health at University College Dublin. She had completed her first Masters in Molecular Virology from India, during that time she had closely workedwith various organizations and studied population affected by vector-borne and zoonotic diseases.

She is primarily interested in increasing awareness among the common people regarding the measures that can be taken to reduce the risk of contracting such diseases and also increasing the access to healthcare facilities for all. Thus, working towards one of the targets of Goal 3 by eliminating the epidemics of malaria, AIDS, TB, other water-borne and communicable diseases.

Saswati is very delighted to join IGHN and hopes to connect with like-minded people and also gain knowledge about Global health issues during the process.

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Sera is an MSc Global Health Student, Trinity College Dublin

She is also a Physician, Health Equity activist and Member of Student Outreach Team (IGHN).

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Evani Patel is a third year Canadian medical student at RCSI’s Graduate Entry Program. Before moving to Dublin, she completed an Honours Bachelors’ of Science in Global Health at the University of Toronto. Her interest in Global Health grew as a result of her involvement with the NGO, Partners In Health.

During her time in Toronto, she was involved with research on refugee and migrant health, which soon led her to a trip to Greece where she was able to learn about solidaric health systems and the importance of equity in community partnerships.

As a future physician, Evani hopes to reinforce principles of Global Health at all levels of patient care, and work within the field of social medicine across the globe.

Anton Malakhveitchouk is a Belarussian-Canadian third year graduate-entry medicine student at UCC. Prior to starting medicine in Ireland, Anton completed an Honours B.Sc in Computer Science and Biology at McGill University in Canada. During medical school and his undergraduate studies, Anton participated in exchanges abroad where he gained exposure to different medical systems and developed an interest in global health. At UCC, Anton completed a placement with the public health department where he learned about Ireland’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Before his role as an SOT Rep with the IGHN, Anton was the Chairperson and cofounder of the UCC Public Health Society. Anton’s primary interests within Global Health lie within the environmental links to health and preventative medicine. As a future physician, Anton hopes to incorporate global health and preventative medicine into his practice.

Amy Ennis is a recent graduate with a B.A in European Studies from Trinity College Dublin. Amy works in non-profit recruitment and in spare time volunteers with the Education Service for Migrants and Refugees. Amy’s passions are education, gender equality and international development.  With her experience in student mentoring and public relations she is looking forward to her role as co student coordinator.

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Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-ennis-05ab41174/