United Kingdom

Anmar Al Ghadhanfari

Anmar Al Ghadhanfari

BPP University, Legal Practice Course (Distinction)
University of Liverpool, LL.B.(Law) (First Class with Honors)

United Kingdom | Harvard Law School, LLM

Anmar is a commercial solicitor admitted to practice law in England. Anmar's practice in London focuses mainly on transatlantic corporate transactions. At Harvard, he intends to deepen his understanding of the overlap between English law and American law. He will also study the rules, processes and mechanisms of corporate governance and explore their wider applicability in the public sector.

Dr. Ahmed Kerwan

Dr. Ahmed Kerwan

Medicine (MBBS), King’s College London Medical Anthropology (MSc), University of Oxford

United Kingdom | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, MPH in Health Management and Policy

Dr. Ahmed Kerwan graduated from the University of Oxford and King’s College London with prizes and distinctions before starting as an NHS Academic Medical Doctor and Clinical Supervisor at the University of Cambridge. During his tenure, Ahmed co-authored a series of peer-reviewed scientific papers on Covid, surgery, and health economics which were amongst the globally most cited publications of their respective years. After completing his Clinical Academic training, Ahmed joined the first NHS-backed Venture Capital fund as an Investor, where he identified, evaluated, and conducted rigorous due diligence on early-stage healthcare technology companies. As he embarks on his next chapter at Harvard, Ahmed is eager to dive deeper into the confluence of public health, technology, and entrepreneurship whilst exploring the USA.

Tom McGee

Tom McGee

University of Cambridge – B.A. in Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies (double 1st-class honours)

United Kingdom | Harvard Kennedy School, MPP

Building on his experience at the UK Cabinet Office, Tom’s main areas of focus are electoral policy and democratic institutions. At the Harvard Kennedy School, he aims to understand how to design policies which both make elections widely accessible to voters and also maintain confidence in the integrity of the electoral process. Tom is interested in the intersection of democracy and technology and how this affects political participation and public trust in government. He also wishes to learn more about grassroots campaigning in the USA, something he first witnessed at the 2020 Iowa Caucuses while shadowing a Reuters journalist.

Dr. Samad Shahab

Dr. Samad Shahab

MBBS (Medicine), Newcastle University
MSc (Human Movement Sciences), Maastricht University

United Kingdom | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, MPH in Global Health Specialisation

Dr. Samad Shahab works primarily in emergency medicine, with a keen interest in sports and wilderness medicine. Originally inspired by the benefits of physical activity to target significant increases in non-communicable disease worldwide, Samad's current area of focus is the interplay between health and happiness; at Harvard, Samad hopes to study under world leaders at the Centre for Health and Happiness and develop a career in health leadership, spearheading changes to health policy that can promote happiness and wellbeing.

Dr. Arina Tamborska

Dr. Arina Tamborska

University of Edinburgh, MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery), Honours
University of Edinburgh, BSc, Honours in Pharmacology

United Kingdom | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, MPH in Quantitative Methods

Dr. Arina Tamborska is an academic neurologist trained in Edinburgh, London and Liverpool in the UK. Her research interests intersect neuroepidemiology, neurovascular disease and prevention of neurological disorders. She is currently planning a PhD investigating vascular contributions to dementia. Through the study at Harvard Chan, she hopes to prepare for this by strengthening methodological skills and by building lasting collaborations.

Emily Tench

Emily Tench

B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, Brasenose College, University of Oxford

United Kingdom | Harvard Kennedy School, MPP

Emily is passionate about tackling the climate and nature crises and has a particular interest in the role of public-private partnerships in advancing environmental action. She has spent most of her career working in the sustainability sector, most recently at a climate technology venture capital firm and previously as a strategy consultant at Dalberg Advisors. At the Harvard Kennedy School, she intends to research policy opportunities to enable a smooth and just transition to a low carbon economy and the role that climate technology and nature-based solutions can play in this transition.

Rory Wilson

Rory Wilson

Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H)
Imperial College London, Global Health BSc (First Class Honours)
University of Glasgow, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, MBChB

United Kingdom | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, MPH

Rory is fascinated by how accelerating anthropogenic ecological changes are disrupting fundamental conditions for global health. He is particularly interested in their impacts upon the emergence of zoonotic diseases with pandemic potential and upon exacerbating humanitarian crises. At Harvard, he will explore the global health security policies and public health strategies necessary to protect human health on a changing planet.