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a Senior Lecturer of Biostatistics at the University of Ghana (UG) and Research Fellow at the WorldPop, University of Southampton with expertise in the development and application of novel Statistical/Biostatistical and Epidemiological methods underpinned by mathematical modelling for investigating population health outcomes with focus on developing countries leveraging big data. Justice gained HND and BSc in Statistics both from Ghana, MSc Statistics with Applications in Medicine at the University of Southampton and a PhD Statistics & Epidemiology from Lancaster University, both from UK.
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Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Centre for Health Policy, Planning and Management, School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Qualification: PhD in the area of health economics from IIPS, Mumbai and Postdoc from Department of Economics, Aarhus University, Denmark
Soumitra is trained in both economics and demography and has been working in the broad area of Health for the last 15 years (excluding PhD years).
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Leena Joshi is a social entrepreneur, climate advocate and author. She's the founder and executive director of Ethereal, a youth-led nonprofit, with 9000 volunteers in 40+ countries. She has sat on boards and advisory councils for several organisations. Her work has been featured by Girl Up, United Nations Foundation, International Universities Climate Alliance, Climate Reality Project, Her Campus Media. Leena is a prolific public speaker who has spoken at events across the world from Girl Up Global Leadership Summit to Conferences of Youth. She has authored a book and writes poetry.
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Jesse Lastunen is a research associate at UNU-WIDER, specialising in tax-benefit microsimulation modelling. His research interests include labour and public economics, with a focus on social policy, taxation and employment. Jesse has previously worked for organizations such as OECD, RAND Corporation, Internet Association, Technopolis Group, and CERN. He received his PhD in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School, with analytical concentrations in economics and quantitative methods. He has master’s degrees in international economics and technology policy.