Students for Global Health has been a registered charity since 2005 (Registered Charity Number 1111824) and is hence legally obliged to have a Board of Trustees. Initially, the National Committee served as the Board of Trustees, but in 2010 the Students for Global Health Network voted to appoint an external board, comprising professionals with experience in finance and law as well as a wide range of global health experts. Our Board of Trustees now works closely with the National Committee in overseeing the running of the network. Alongside being legally accountable for Students for Global Health’s work to the Charity Commission, the board has three main priority areas: governance, sustainability, and mentorship.
If you have any queries for the Board of Trustees, please contact them on trustees@studentsforglobalhealth.org
Presenting your Board of Trustees
Vafie Sheriff
Vafie is a final year graduate medical student at SGUL, having completed his BSc in Biomedical Science with a special interest in Global Health, and an MSc in Global Health and Conflict. His global health work started a decade ago with a placement in Chittagong, Bangladesh with Volunteering Services Overseas. Since then he has worked and completed projects in Kenya, Morocco, and Sierra Leone and worked with various organisations such as Polygeia, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone and SKIP. His interests include maternal & child health, and youth leadership and empowerment. He is also the current Chair and director of Student MedAid London, a non-profit working to redistribute excess medical equipment.
Pedra Rabiee (she/her)
Pedra is a foundation doctor in Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire. Whilst as a medical student, Pedra was involved in various healthcare organisations, including The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Doctors of the World UK and THET. She is also part of The Healthcare Leadership Academy, where she co-founded HLA Live, a Youtube series that hosts conversations on a wide range of healthcare topics, and The Guide to Global Health Podcast. When Pedra isn’t in the hospital, she enjoys discovering new places (to eat) and spending time with her dog.
Chris (he/him)
Chris is education lead at King’s Centre for Global Health and Health Partnerships and programme director for the MSc in Global Health, both at King’s College London. He has a background in global health teaching and in anthropological research in West Africa (Nigeria and Sierra Leone). Chris is interested in the role of education in creating informed citizens who can critically analyse injustice and advocate for change.
Dr Chloe Sowerby (she/her)
Chloe is currently a Foundation Year 1 Doctor in Manchester; graduating from the University of Leeds with an MBCHB and additional BSc(Hons) in International Health. Chloe’s passion for humanitarian aid started amongst volunteering in Thailand in 2017 and went on to spark interest in international health systems which has seen her complete a medical Summer internship in a hospital in Shanghai and assist with pop-up health clinics within the Himalayas.
As a student, Chloe engaged with many SfGH and IFMSA opportunities and attended conferences in over 5 different countries, including an international training school for advocacy and public health policy. Chloe went on to complete a successful term as National Officer for Research Exchange on the National Comittee 2022/23.
Chloe’s current interests moving forward is to assist widening access and participation to education and healthcare nationally; and continue to study healthcare policies and systems internationally to observe how universal healthcare can be implemented.
Soushma (she/her)
Soushma is currently employed at a London hospital as part of the clinical site management team. Her academic background includes a BSc in Biomedical Science from the University of Westminster, an MSc in Biomedical Science majoring in haematology from Kingston University, and an MSc in Psychology from East London University. With a keen interest in medicine and public health. Soushma aims to deepen her focus in these areas. In addition to her hospital role, Soushma serves as the resource director for Student MedAid London and holds a position as a logistics and operational officer from the London WHO simulation. She represented Lebanon as a delegate at the London WHO simulation.
Soushma has contributed to successful projects, notably facilitating the delivery of surplus medical equipment to Lebanon. Soushma worked closely with Dr Wassim Abdou in the completion of this project. Her diverse career within the NHS includes roles such as site flow coordinator, mental health wellbeing practitioner for paediatrics, ward volunteer, physiotherapy assist across various specialties, and fracture neck of femur database collector among others. Outside of her professional commitments, Soushma dedicates her spare time to refining her French language skills and attending Barry’s.
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