Babymetrix
In 2014, Michael, Swetha, Pablo, and Jesal founded Babymetrix, a simple and affordable system to monitor the growth of children in developing countries. By measuring weight, length, and head circumference with a low-cost, mobile system, the team hoped to generate earlier warning of at-risk children, leading to more effective preventative measures, treatments, and therefore healthier […]
Jesal Shah
Jesal Shah is a co-founder and project advisor for Babymetrix, which aims to facilitate the measuring and monitoring of infants’ growth and development in low-resource settings. Interested in global health policy and quality improvement, he is currently pursuing an MD/MPH dual degree at the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). He serves on the AMA’s Medical […]
Bhavik Muni
Bhavik is majoring in Electronics and Telecomm Engineering, Bhavik has been one of the only students from an Indian University to win WorldMUN twice. As a footballer in high school, he represented Mumbai at the International youth World Cup in Sweden, following which he took up public speaking as his student career. Being the founder […]
Arjit Johri
Arjit graduated with MBA in Finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. His key interests lie in Project Finance and Entrepreneurship. He strongly believes that rural empowerment and child welfare are issues, which need utmost attention today in a country like India. Besides being an active member of various committees of his university, he […]
Gursmeep Hundal (Rubina)
Rubina is passionate about gaining a deeper understanding of gender gaps in health, education, and finance. She was the co-founder of Project Reach Foundation which worked to combat bottlenecks in neonatal immunization in rural India. Currently, Rubina is a researcher at the World Bank Group as well as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of […]
Molly Simon
Molly Simon is a co-founder of One Sun Health. Molly is currently working for The Advisory Board Company, a global health care strategic services firm in Washington DC. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Washington University in Saint Louis in 2013 with a B.A. in Anthropology. Molly was a teaching assistant for Introduction to Public […]
Building With Bottles
Brett Perl received his Resolution Fellowship for the venture, “Building With Bottles.” In Haiti, Brett sought to create a design solution to the problems that he observed, notably an overabundance of trash and a marginalized population of individuals who were disabled. Brett worked with the Afya Foundation, an organization focused on bringing much-needed medical supplies, and therapy […]
Brett Perl
Brett graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Architecture in 2015. While enrolled at Carnegie Mellon, Brett worked with the local Pittsburgh community as a brother of the Penn Theta chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Prior to co-founding the venture, “Building With Bottles,” Brett became involved with STAND, the student-led division of Genocide Intervention Network, as a Regional […]
Jean Paul Laurent
R. Jean Paul Laurent is a multifaceted social entrepreneur, pioneering oral health advocate, and inventive thinker, proudly holding a U.S. patent for his revolutionary toothbrush design. As a prominent figure within the WHO Global Oral Health Coalition, he played a pivotal role in crafting the landmark Bangkok Declaration, asserting that “there’s no health without oral […]
Katie Guidera
Katie Guidera is a senior at Duke University studying Global Mental Health through Duke’s Program II major. She is particularly interested in the intersections between global health, social entrepreneurship, and human rights. She is a co-founder of One Sun Health, an organization which works in rural HaMakuya, South Africa to create pathways of change through […]
