Gael Compta

Gael Compta (he/him) is a Ph.D. student in the Department of International Health and Sustainable Development at Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine. Gael holds a Master of Sciences (MSc) in Economics from the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom), and a Bachelor of Sciences and a Master of Arts (MA) in Economics from the Université de Bordeaux (France). 

Tara Brown, MA

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Jonathan Niles

Jonathan Niles (he/him) is a doctoral student in the department of International Health and Sustainable Development interested in impact evaluation and sustainable health system strengthening, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.  His doctoral research focuses on the geographic disparities in human resources allocation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Nuzulul Putri

Nuzulul Kusuma Putri (she/her) is pursuing her Ph.D. in International Health and Sustainable Development. Her research focuses on primary healthcare management, mainly in public health program design and health financing. She is actively studying Indonesia National Health Insurance, one of the world's largest social insurance schemes, where she mostly focuses on the health disparities under health insurance and how it works at the primary care level. She is also interested in the issues of gender equality, disability, and social inclusion (GEDSI) dimensions of the health system.

Sydney Sauter, MPH

Sydney is a public health professional with over 8 years of experience in the field, both domestically and abroad. Originally from Oklahoma, she has relocated across the country several times to pursue higher education—first to California to pursue her Bachelor of Science at Pepperdine University, and then to Louisiana to obtain her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology at Tulane University SPHTM.

Briana Williams, MPH

Briana is a 4th year PhD student in the department of International Health and Sustainable Development. Her primary research interests are in using critical approaches to study health equity in Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the US. While at Tulane, Briana has assisted in teaching Social and Behavioral Perspectives of Health and guest lectured in other classes on health equity and the role of race and racism in health in Latin America.

Udochisom Anaba, MPH

Udochisom Anaba (he/him) is a PhD student in the Department of International Health and Sustainable Development at Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine. He received his Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of York, United Kingdom, after completing his Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from Babcock University, Nigeria.

Annie Preaux

My work focuses on issues related to health equity, maternal and child health, reproductive health, and violence, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean. My training in both medical anthropology and public health shapes my research interests and perspective, and my research questions are driven by the goal of addressing social inequalities and promoting health equity.

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