Dr Aina Roca Barceló - MSF Humanitarian Action for Climate and the Environment
Dr Aina Roca Barceló, PhD (she/her) is an Environmental Health and Extreme Heat Advisor with the Humanitarian Action on Climate and Environment (HACE) team at Médecins Sans Frontières, where she is managing the environmental epidemiology and extreme heat portfolios. She trained in public health and environmental epidemiology and holds a PhD from Imperial College London, conducted in collaboration with the University of São Paulo and the European Space Agency. Her doctoral research developed generalizable machine learning models to estimate high-resolution temperatures, which she used for health impact assessments of heat-related mortality.
Previously, she worked as a research assistant at Imperial College London (UK). At MSF, she provides technical support to field teams assessing heat and environmental pollutant related risks and implementing solutions to address the growing impacts of extreme heat and environmental pollutants. Her work ranges from strategic planning to protocol development and implementation support. machine learning models to estimate high-resolution temperatures, which she used for health impact assessments of heat-related mortality. Previously, she worked as a research assistant at Imperial College London (UK). At MSF, she provides technical support to field teams assessing heat and environmental pollutant related risks and implementing solutions to address the growing impacts of extreme heat and environmental pollutants. Her work ranges from strategic planning to protocol development and implementation support.
Dr Amrish Baidjoe - Director, MSF Luxembourg Operational Research and Epidemiology (LuxOR), Médecins Sans Frontières
Dr Amrish Baidjoe is an infectious disease epidemiologist and microbiologist specialising in humanitarian health emergencies. He works at the intersection of operational response and academic collaboration, helping bridge the needs of medical humanitarian organisations with those of research and technical partners. Over the course of his career, he has worked in major humanitarian crises across multiple regions of the world.
He earned his PhD through Radboud University Medical Centre and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), where he also served as an Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology.
Dr Baidjoe has held roles with the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Institut Pasteur in Paris, and Imperial College London, contributing to outbreak investigation and analytics in complex emergency settings.
Since 2021, he serves as Director of LuxOR, Médecins Sans Frontières’ Operational Research and Epidemiology support unit, supporting operations for MSF’s Operational Centre Brussels and the newly established Operational Centre in West Africa. His research interests include malaria, vector-borne diseases, and infectious disease outbreaks, alongside a strong commitment to bioethics, diversity, equity, and inclusion in global health. He is also leading work to strengthen trauma documentation in contexts of conflict and war.
Scott Pharand – Epidemiologist, MSF OCP
Scott Pharand is an Epidemiologist with Médecins Sans Frontières, with experience supporting health programs in conflict- and crisis-affected settings across Iraq, Bangladesh, Palestine, Nigeria, Sudan, and Syria. His work focuses on using epidemiological evidence to understand and improve health outcomes in complex settings, including operational research, disease surveillance, health assessments, and monitoring of health services. Most recently, he has worked extensively on non-communicable disease care in Syria, exploring how NCD services can be delivered and strengthened amid protracted conflict and fragile health systems.
Aidan Yuen - Epidemiology Activity Manager for Syria Mission – MSF Spain & Brenda Galaz - MSF France
Aidan Yuen is a field epidemiologist currently working for MSF-Spain in Damascus, Syria. In this capacity, he oversees operational research, disease surveillance, and health information systems, leveraging evidence to guide program development and adaptation. His field experience also spans Palestine and Yemen, where he led large-scale retrospective analyses, outbreak investigations and capacity-building initiatives. Prior to MSF, Aidan worked with the WHO, supporting epidemiology curriculum development across the Asia-Pacific, and with the Australian Government Department of Health. He holds an MPhil in Applied Epidemiology.
Brenda Galaz
Brenda Galaz is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) professional with over eleven years of clinical experience and over seven years of experience managing and coordinating MHPSS programs in humanitarian settings. She has worked with populations affected by conflict, displacement, violence, and torture across Gaza, West Bank, Syria, Ukraine, Deep South of Thailand, and Mexico. Her areas of expertise include MHPSS program development, technical and clinical supervision, capacity building, trauma-informed care, and multidisciplinary coordination. She currently serves as Mental Health Coordinator with MSF-France for MHPSS programs in Gaza and the northern West Bank.
Dr Joseph Ang - MSF HK Regional Association
Dr Joseph Ang is a medical doctor by profession, graduating from the National University of Singapore in 2016. He completed his Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Gorgas) in 2020, the Diploma in Global Health (RCP) in 2025, and has Membership of the Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare (RCSEd). He has been working with MSF since 2024 as an International Mobile Staff. Between missions, he is based in Singapore and works in the field of community and home-based care, palliative care and migrant health.
Dr Pragna Paramita Mondal - BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh)
Dr Pragna Paramita Mondal is a Research Fellow at the BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh. Her work focuses on understanding the health and well-being of vulnerable and marginalized communities, with a particular interest in the experiences of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar. She has contributed to research exploring sexual and reproductive health, gender, violence, care-seeking, and access to health and humanitarian services among Rohingya communities. Through qualitative and mixed-methods research, she works closely with communities and stakeholders to understand their experiences and inform more inclusive, responsive, and people-centred health and care systems.
Kit Sum (Joanne) Wong - MSF OCP Mission, Bangladesh
Joanne Wong Kit Sum joined Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in 2002 and has worked in Myanmar, China, DRC, Uganda, Pakistan and Yemen in various capacities. During her first mission in Myanmar, she worked with Rohingya communities, an experience that motivated her to work with the population again. She is currently Deputy Head of Mission with MSF in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, where she supports MSF’s response for Rohingyas, who have been living in the world’s largest refugee settlement for over nine years.
Dr A. A. Shafaatullah – UNFPA Bangladesh
Dr A. A. Shafaatullah is a physician, public health professional and SRHR advocate with UNFPA Bangladesh, specializing in humanitarian sexual and reproductive health. Based in the Rohingya response in Cox’s Bazar, his work focuses on SRH–GBV integration, quality of care, maternal and newborn health, MISP implementation, and inter-agency coordination. A UNFPA SRH surge roster member, he has supported emergency response in the Philippines, trained the Philippines PMET on MISP, and served as an international trainer for government health professionals on clinical management of sexual violence and intimate partner violence. He holds an MPH in Epidemiology.
Most Jesmin Ara Joly - MSF OCA Mission, Bangladesh
Most Jesmin Ara Joly is a Registered Nurse and Head Nurse with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Bangladesh, with nearly nine years of humanitarian healthcare experience and over six years in nursing leadership. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health (MPH). She has led research on healthcare workers’ perceptions of incontinence among the Rohingya population. Her professional interests include quality of care, patient safety, and nursing leadership & management. She has presented her work at international nursing conferences, advancing nursing practice in humanitarian settings.
Arunn Jegan - MSF Australia and Creative Advocacy Partnership
Arunn Jegan is a Tamil humanitarian with MSF Australia and an experienced Head of Mission and Emergency Coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières. Over the past five years, he has co-founded and developed the Creative Advocacy Partnership, exploring how co-design and creative practice can strengthen humanitarian advocacy, focusing particularly on Rohingya statelessness, including the development of the ‘Taro Leaf’ campaign. Arunn has worked globally across humanitarian operations, and is interested in how humanitarians share power, mobilise communities and create new forms of radical engagement around complex crises. He is also a maker and a producer of socially engaged art and talks.
Dr Mousumi Rahman - Malaria Consortium
Dr Mousumi Rahman is Asia Deputy Regional Director at Malaria Consortium, overseeing public health programmes across Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Based in Phnom Penh, she leads strategy, partnerships, and programme delivery with a sustained focus on reaching marginalised populations. She is co-Principal Investigator on SHERCAN, a programme evaluating HPV self-sampling uptake and cervical cancer care pathways among underserved communities in Cambodia. Dr Rahman has extensive experience in health systems strengthening, implementation research, and multi-country programme management across Southeast Asia, and is committed to generating evidence that improves access to care.
Dr Farah Hossain - MSF OCP
Dr Farah Hossain is a medical doctor with a master’s in Public Health. She has been a part of the MSF movement for over 12 years serving in different capacities. She started her MSF career as a Project Medical Referent in Afghanistan and has occupied different positions since then in both field and coordination. She has worked with MSF in countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, India and South Sudan. Farah is currently the deputy cell manager in OCP Cell 7 based in Tokyo, responsible for five countries including Iran, Pakistan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Bangladesh.
Robin Ehret
Robin Ehret has an academic background in History and Geography and has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since 2017, when he joined the organisation during the massive influx of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh. Since then, he has held various positions within the MSF movement in the Central African Republic, Yemen, Pakistan, Ukraine, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
He returned to Bangladesh in 2025 as Deputy Head of Mission for MSF OCP, where he led the assessment phase of this study and coordinated data collection in the Rohingya refugee camps.
Linqian Peng – Director General, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area KnowDeaf Social Work Service Center
Peng Linqian is a Deaf woman, Forbes China 30 Under 30 honoree (2022), and Director General of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area KnowDeaf Social Work Service Center. She represented women with disabilities at the Beijing+30 Ministerial Meeting in Bangkok in 2024, advocating for their sexual and reproductive health and rights, and participated in the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) in 2025.
Dr Ahmad Reza Yosofi – MSF OCBA
Dr Ahmad Reza Yosofi studied medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and earned a master’s degree in Tropical Medicine from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. He has a strong research background in tuberculosis, particularly in operational research, and is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of Antwerp.
Dr Debashis Bhattacharya - Raj Kumari Foundation, India
Dr Debashis Bhattacharya is a surgeon, healthcare strategist and public health leader with over three decades of experience across India and the United Kingdom. His career spans the NHS, clinical surgery, global pharmaceutical leadership and community healthcare, including senior roles with Novo Nordisk, Abbott, Eli Lilly and Reckitt. He currently leads strategic healthcare initiatives with the Raj Kumari Foundation across nutrition, cancer screening and primary care. An alumnus of executive programmes at Harvard and Oxford, and a Tutor with the Royal College of Surgeons of England, he has received international recognition for leadership, including honors at the UK Parliament.
Dr Hafsa Fatima - MSF OCP
Dr Hafsa Fatima is a medical doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Pakistan, with several years of experience in the clinical management of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). Her work focuses on improving access to and outcomes of newer, shorter all-oral DR-TB treatment regimens, including BPaL/BPaLM. She is actively involved in clinical care, multidisciplinary case management, pharmacovigilance, and operational research within MSF’s DR-TB programme. She has also contributed to research and programme initiatives in paediatric TB contact tracing and diagnosis. With an MBBS and a Master of Public Health, her professional interests lie at the intersection of infectious diseases, public health, and evidence-based approaches to strengthening TB care.
Dr Nyein Chan Oo - National Health Foundation
Dr Nyein Chan Oo is a medical doctor and health policy and systems researcher from Myanmar, currently working with the Global Health Program at the National Health Foundation, Thailand. His work focuses on border health, health equity, health systems, and humanitarian health policy, particularly along the Thailand–Myanmar border. He has contributed to humanitarian health responses and health systems strengthening initiatives across Myanmar and to the development of cross-border health collaboration in Thailand. He is a Senior Equity Initiative Fellow/Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia.