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By Aferdita Bytyqi

By Louise Holly, Whitney Gray, Arundhati Rajan and Ilona Kickbusch

Building a blueprint for digital first health systems

Resources

Five habitual offenders for the Summit of the Future

Youth call on policy makers to address their health priorities through improved action

Creating Digital First Health Systems With Young People

Next-Gen Healthcare: Introduction to the DTH-Lab and Digital Health Opportunities

Youth perspectives on realising UHC in the digital era

Building a blueprint for digital first health systems

Digital governance needed to tackle commercial determinants of health

Apply new AI governance regimes to health first to test their benefits

Summit of the Future risks missing an opportunity to push for a healthier digital future

Geneva stakeholders call for equitable digital health futures

Digital Health Citizenship (DHC): Advancing Digital, Health and Civic Literacy through Intergenerational Dialogues

Gender, rights, and the digital transformations for health: Insights from the CSW68

Digital Health Citizenship Brief

Advancing equitable digital health futures for all

IFMSA Regional Meeting for the EMR region

Interprofessional Asia Pacific Youth Forum 1.0

Building foundations for better health in the digital era

DTH-Lab launch press release

Building an ecosystem for public value

Introducing the Digital Transformations for Health Lab

Louise Holly

Research and Policy Coordinator

Louise Holly has more than 20 years’ experience of global policy analysis, research and evidence-based advocacy focused on advancing the health and rights of children, adolescents and youth. Following roles with Save the Children and UNICEF, Louise worked as an independent consultant for several years supporting the Lancet and Financial Times Commission on Governing Health Futures 2030 and other organizations including Transform Health and PMNCH. In July 2023, Louise became the Policy and Research Coordinator at the DTH-Lab where she coordinates the consortium’s knowledge generation, analysis and policy influencing work.

Whitney Gray

Youth Engagement Coordinator

Whitney Gray is the Youth Engagement Coordinator at the Digital Transformations for Health Lab. She has a degree in pre-medical biology and medical ethics and holds two Masters degrees in Public Health and International Affairs. Ms Gray’s experience includes biomedical research, health systems strengthening, global health governance and civil society engagement. With a longstanding desire to advance the health and wellbeing of all, she works to improve the inclusivity of actors in the design and implementation of research, policy and solutions for health.

Arundhati Rajan

Research Assistant

Arundhati Rajan is a Research Assistant at DTH-Lab and facilitates the creation and execution of DTH's projects in collaboration with DTH's India partner- KCDH-A. She holds a double-major in Economics and Computer Science at Ashoka University and is interested in digital health, more specifically, quantifying the impact of digital health interventions on biological outcomes. She has worked on multiple research-intensive initiatives with renowned organizations in the public health space.

Ilona Kickbusch

Director, DTH-Lab

Ilona Kickbusch is the Director of the DTH-Lab. She is a visiting professor at the University of Geneva, the founding director, chair and senior distinguished fellow of the Global Health Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. She is known throughout the world for her expertise and is a sought after senior adviser and key note speaker. Her areas of expertise include the determinants of health, health in all policies, and global health governance. She advises countries on their global health strategies, trains health specialists, and is involved in German G7 and G20 health activities. She publishes widely and serves on various commissions and boards. She has been awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz) in recognition of her invaluable contributions to innovation in governance for global health and global health diplomacy. She has also been awarded the WHO Medal in recognition of her contribution to global health.