Emerging Leaders Alumni
Meet the alumni of WHF’s Emerging Leaders programme — global professionals leading innovative change in cardiovascular health.
2024 – Fixed-dose combination therapies for CVD
Mombasa, Kenya
- Alexander Perkins, UK
- Andres Rosende, Spain
- Chiamaka Omoyele, Nigeria
- Daniel Muriuki, Kenya
- Daniele Rodolico, Italy
- Daryoush Samim, Switzerland
- Dzifa Ahadzi, Ghana
- Gautam Satheesh, India
- Gonzalo Rodriguez, Argentina
- Hooi Min Lim, Malaysia
- Hueiming Liu, Australia
- Jafesi Pulle, Uganda
- James Ayodele Ogunmodede, Ngieria
- Matthew Durstenfeld, USA
- Mayank Dalakoti, Singapore
- Milena Marcolino, Brazil
- Mohamed Mohamed, UK
- Mundih Noeler Njohjam, Cameroon
- Norma Alejandra Cardona Navarro, Mexico
- Patrick Ngassa Piotie, South Africa
- Rochelle Regina Cruz, Philippines
- Sonali Munot, Australia
- Swagata Kumar Sahoo, India
- Vagner Mardrini Jr, Brazil
- Vernice Peterson, South Africa
2023 – Hypertension and Digital Health
Sydney, Australia
- Abhinav Sharma, Canada
- Adrian Noriega de la Colina, Canada
- Ariel Kraselnik, Argentina
- Bin Zhou, UK
- Caio Tavares, Brazil
- Dean Picone, Australia
- Diana Foo, Malaysia
- Elizabeth Paratz, Australia
- Franck Nziza, Burundi
- Ganeshkumar Parasuraman, India
- Honor Bixby, UK
- Irene Gibson, Ireland
- Jameel Ahmad, Nigeria
- Jessica Orchard, Australia
- Julian Hoevelmann, Germany
- Keneilwe Nkgola Mmopi, Botswana
- Mbiydzenyuy Ferdinant Sonyuy, Cameroon
- Megan McLaughlin, USA
- Menglu Ouyang, Australia
- Nasirumbi Magero, Kenya
- Nilay Shah, USA
- Orlanda Goh, Singapore
- Priyansh Shah, India
- Stefan Tino Kulnik, Austria
- Surabhi Joshi, Switzerland
2022 – CVD and infectious disease
Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Angela Koh, Singapore
- Boni Maxime Ale, Kenya
- Bruno Nascimento, Brazil
- Catherine Yanhong Dong, Singapore
- Daniel Chirino, Argentina
- Dominique Vervoort, Canada
- Dorah Nampijja, Uganda
- Gabriela Ghisi, Canada
- Harish Ranjani, India
- Kavita Singh, Germany
- Liliana Laranjo, Australia
- Lindsay Davis, USA
- Naomi Herz, UK
- Nariman Sepehrvand, Canada
- Ndatiyaroo Agapitus, Namibia
- Pablo Gulayin, Argentina
- Priscila Raupp, Brazil
- Qiang (Tony) Tu, Australia
- Saate Shakil, USA
- Salisu Ishaku, Nigeria
- Sebastian Garcia-Zamora, Argentina
- Svetlana Stoica, Romania
- Taskeen Khan, Switzerland
- Vanessa Kandoole-Kabwere, UK
2020/2021 – Diabetes
Lisbon, Portugal
- Aditya K. Khetan, India
- Alice Gibson, Australia
- Arun Pulikkottil Jose, India
- Bishal Gyawali, Nepal
- Charles Kamotho, Kenya
- Diana Sherifali, Canada
- Fathima Aaysha Cader, Bangladesh
- Hani Jneid, Lebanon
- Israa Yaseen, Iraq
- Jasper Tromp, Netherlands
- Kati Kristiansson, Finland
- Lilian Pinto da Silva, Brazil
- Louisa Gnatiuc, UK
- Luisa Brant, Brazil
- Martin Heine, Netherlands
- Martín Hevia, Argentina
- Patricia Kearney, Ireland
- Philasande Mkoko, South Africa
- Pooja Dewan, India
- Ranjit Mohan Anjana, India
- Sheila Klassen, Canada
- Tara Boelsen-Robinson, Australia
- Urh Groselj, Slovenia
- Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Ghana
- Zainab Dakhil, Iraq
2019 – Heart Failure
Missenden Abbey, United Kingdom
- Anubha Aggarwal, United States
- Laura Alston, Australia
- Taofeeke Awotidebe, Nigeria
- Abraham Babu, India
- Ehete Bahiru, United States
- Claudia Bambs, Chile
- Lucrecia Maria Burgos, Argentina
- Eduardo Chuquiure-Valenzuela, Mexico
- Guillermo Cursack, Argentina
- Karice Hyun, Australia
- Alice Jackson, United Kingdom
- Isabelle Johansson, Sweden
- Modou Jobe, Gambia
- Jose Patricio Lopez, Colombia
- Javier Mariani, Argentina
- Charles Mondo, Uganda
- Juliet Nabbaela, Uganda
- Andrea Neves, Mozambique
- Clovis Nkoke Ekukwe, Cameroon
- Jean Jacques Noubiap, Cameroon
- Jeemon Panniyammakal, India
- Sanne Peters, Netherlands
- Rosana Poggio, Argentina
- Mohammad Abdul Salam, India
- Charle Viljoen, South Africa
2018 – Stroke
Kunshan, China
- Carlos Abanto, PeruAbiodun Adeoye, Nigeria
- Zauresh Akhmetzhanova, Kazhakstan
- Cheryl Carcel, Philippines
- Mariachiara Di Cesare, Italy
- Yi Dong, China
- Hasan Ali Farhan, Iraq
- Amy Fuhs, United States
- Dorcas Gandhi, India
- Ferdous Hakim, Bangladesh
- Saima Hilal, Singapore
- Sureshkumar Kamalakannan, India
- Asim Katbeh, Syria
- Xinyi Leng, China
- Susan Marzolini, Canada
- Lis Neubeck, United Kingdom
- Dinesh Neupane, Nepal
- Stephanie Partridge, Australia
- Hariklia Proios, Greece
- Yulu Shi, China
- Lily Song, China
- Jake Yi Sui, Australia
- Maoyi Tian, China
- Kolawole Wahab , Nigeria
- Ezequiel Zaidel, Argentina
2017 – Access to Essential Medicines
Cape Town, South Africa
- Emily Atkins, Australia
- Tangeni Auala, Namibia
- Sainimere Boladuadua, Fiji
- Christelle Crickmore, South Africa
- Joao Pedro Ferreira, Portugal
- Jose Ferrer, United States/Philippines
- Xiaodong Guan, China
- Godsent Isiguzo, South Africa
- Jordan Jarvis, United States
- Neusa Jessen, Mozambique
- Ahmadou Jingi, Cameroon
- Jennifer Jones, United Kingdom
- Asim Katbeh, Syria
- Sandeep Kishore, United States
- Sarah Kraus, South Africa
- Lilian Mbau, Kenya
- Shiva Raj Mishra, Nepal
- Augustine Odili, Nigeria
- Rajmohan Panda, India
- Alberto Morales Salinas, Cuba
- Adrianna Murphy, Canada/Rwanda
- Karla Santo, Brazil
- Abhishek Sharma, India/Canada
- Roopa Shivashankar, India
- Salim Virani, United States
2016 – Tobacco Control
Bangalore, India
- Elvis Ndikum Achiri, Cameroon
- Marie Chan Sun, Mauritius
- Jean Christophe Rusatira, Rwanda
- Shannon Gravely, Canada
- Holly Gray, United Kingdom
- Catriona Jennings, United Kingdom
- Socrates Kakoulides, United States
- Bidyut Kanti Sarkar, India
- Kelvin Khow, Malaysia
- Anna Kontsevaya, Russia
- Fabian Lewis, Jamaica
- Anindo Majumdar, India
- Kellen Namusisi, Uganda
- Adeniyi Oginni, Nigeria
- Yvonne Olando, Kenya
- Adrian Pana, Romania
- Irene Reyes, Phillipines
- Lindsay Robertson, New Zealand
- Ce Shang, United States
- Andriy Skipalskiyi, Ukraine
- Aswathi Sreedevi, India
- Michal Stoklosa, United States
- Kemi Tibazarwa, Tanzania
- Amit Yadav, India
- Katarzyna Zatonska, Poland
2015 – Raised Blood Pressure
Lima, Peru
- Rufus Adesoji Adedoyin, Nigeria
- Raghupathy Anchala, India
- Cheryl Anderson, United States
- Jill Baumgartner, Canada
- Juan Carlos Bazo-Alvarez, Peru
- Kirsty Bobrow, South Africa
- Luciano De Andrade, Brazil
- Anastase Dzudie, Cameroon
- Benn Grover, United States
- Ramon Lorenzo Luis Guinto, Phillipines
- Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Bangladesh
- Deepak Kamath, India
- Namratha Kandula, United States
- Prasanga Lokuge, United States
- Sailesh Mohan, India
- Kotsedi Daniel Monyeki, South Africa
- Sandra Ofori, Canada
- Renato Quispe, Peru
- Julie Redfern, Australia
- Ambuj Roy, India
- Mahmoud Sani, Nigeria
- Syed Shah, United Arab Emirates
- Ajay Sarala Vamadevan, India
- Rafael Carlos Vidal Perez, Spain
- José Luciano Zelaya Vargas, Peru
2014 – Secondary Prevention
Hamilton (Ontario), Canada
- Alvaro Avezum, Brazil
- Rong Bai, China
- Amitava Banerjee, United Kingdom
- Jose Rocha Faria Neto, Brazil
- Ann Gates, United Kingdom
- Nicholas Girerd, France
- Khalid Fayez Habib, Saudi Arabia
- Zhi Cheng Jing, China
- Kamilu Karaye, Nigeria
- Dhruv Satish Kazi, United States
- Shusmita Khan, Bangladesh
- Shweta Khandelwal, India
- Rasha Khatib, Palestine
- Gene F Kwan, United States
- Darryl Leong, Canada
- Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Bangladesh
- Robby Nieuwlaat, Canada
- Dike Bevis Ojji, Nigeria
- Francesco Orso, Italy
- Katherine Quinto, Chile
- J D Schwalm, Canada
- Andrew Smyth, Canada
- Rajesh Vedanthan, United States
- José Pablo Werba, Italy
- Lijing Yan, China