JHSPH Scholars Program
The JHSPH Scholars Program was formally launched on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, with more than 600 Leadership and Certificate Program alumni from the 10 Bloomberg Initiative priority countries receiving invitations to apply. The application deadline for the 2021-22 program has passed. This 11-month initiative is aimed at enriching leadership skills among selected alumni of JHSPH Tobacco Control Leadership and Certificate Programs and applying those skills to resolve tobacco control-related problems that are consistent with the priorities of the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use and of interest to the applicant and their organization.
The program focuses on:
- Enhancing decision-making capacity through the application of systems thinking
- Providing insight into the nuances of communication styles
- Delineating team-building approaches
- Addressing challenges to personal change
2021-2022 Selected Scholars
| Name | Title, Organization, and Country |
|---|---|
Eby Aluckal | Associate Professor/Coordinator of the Tobacco Intervention Initiative Cell, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Mar Baselios Dental College, India |
Laura de Souza Cury | International Relations Advisor, ACT Health Promotion, Brazil |
Aminul Islam | Program Officer, National Tobacco Control Cell, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh |
Rajeev Kumar | Project Coordinator, Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER Chandigarh, India |
Jasmin Paraiso Lagahit | Project Manager, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Philippines |
Mariana Coutinho Marques de Pinho | Tobacco Project Coordinator, ACT Health Promotion, Brazil |
Samra Mazhar | Deputy Director, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination, Pakistan |
Md Bazlur Rahman | Associate Professor and Director of Tobacco Control and Research Cell, Dhaka International University, Bangladesh |
Waqas Rashid | Deputy Commissioner, Civil Service of Pakistan (Pakistan Administrative Service), Pakistan |
Prashant Shirke | Dentist/Consultant on Tobacco Cessation/Director, Sangeeta Darvekar Charitable Trust, India |
2020-2021 Selected Scholars
| Name | Title, Organization, and Country |
|---|---|
Malik Imran Ahmad | Country Representative, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Pakistan |
Sehar Alamgir | Assistant Director, Ministry of National Health Services Regulation & Coordination, Pakistan |
Wenzhuo Liang | Communications Officer, Vital Strategies, China |
Muhammad Saeedullah Khan Niazi | Joint Secretary, Ministry of National Health Services Regulation & Coordination, Pakistan |
Kamlesh Kumar Babulal Parmar | Program Officer, State Tobacco Control Cell, Government of Gujarat, India |
Faizur Rahman | Additional Deputy Police Commissioner, Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Bangladesh |
Adriana Rocha | Director, Polithink, Mexico |
Susy Sebayang | Lecturer, Airlangga University, Indonesia |
Sheikh Mohammad Mahbubus Sobhan | Registrar, National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute, Bangladesh |
Joao Ricardo Rodrigues Viegas | National Cancer Institute (INCA), Brazil |
2019-2020 Selected Scholars
| Name | Title, Organization, and Country |
|---|---|
| Inti Barrientos | Researcher, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico |
| Sonu Goel | Additional Professor, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India |
| Muhammad Javed | Project Manager, Tobacco Control Cell, Government of Pakistan |
| Santi Martini | Lecturer and Vice Dean of Academic Affairs, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia |
| An Thi Nguyen | Country Director, HealthBridge, Vietnam |
| Muhammad Hasan Shahriar | Head of Tobacco Control Program, PROGGA, Bangladesh |
| Nasruddin Djoko Suryono | Deputy Director of Customs and Excise Policy, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia |
| Xiaojing Wang | Deputy Director, Tobacco Control and Road Safety, Vital Strategies, China |
2018-2019 Selected Scholars
| Name | Title, Organization, and Country |
|---|---|
| Cyril Alexander | Executive Director, Mary Anna Charity Trust, India |
| Maria Loida Alzona | Director, Metro Manila Development Authority, Philippines |
| Gay Ardanas | Municipal Health Office, Municipal Health Department- Talisayan, Philippines |
| Mouhamad Bigwanto | Project Coordinator, South East Asia Tobacco Control Alliance, Indonesia |
| Khurram Hashmi | National Coordinator, Coalition for Tobacco Control, Pakistan |
| Shamimul Islam | Program Manager, Bangladesh Center for Communications Programs, Bangladesh |
| Sitanshu Kar | Additional Professor, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, India |
| ABM Zubair | Executive Director, PROGGA, Bangladesh |
2017-2018 Selected Scholars
| Name | Title, Organization, and Country |
|---|---|
| Jose Enrique Garcia | Congressman, Bataan, Philippines |
| Mahfuzul Huq | National Professional Officer, WHO Country Office, Bangladesh |
| Ziauddin Islam | Director, National Tobacco Control Cell, Pakistan |
| Ashish Pandey | Technical Officer, Tobacco Control, The Union, India |
| Andriy Skipalskyi | Executive Director, Life, Ukraine |
| Bach Tran | Associate Professor, Hanoi University, Vietnam |
| Xia Wan | Associate Professor, Peking Medical University, China |