Lois Park ‘10

A founding member of GHF and currently a member of the Executive Board, Lois has served in the past as secretary and Director of Education of the organization. A biology major and public policy minor, she hopes in the future to to contribute to international health policy as a medical doctor. Through a grant from the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility at Swarthmore, Lois will initiate a community-based treatment program for malnourished children using ready-to-use therapeutic foods in the Portloko District of Sierra Leone during the summer of 2009. With a particular interest in maternal and child health, Lois also has interests in the economic and political aspects of humanitarian aid.

Camilia Kamoun ‘11

Camilia has been involved in Global Health Forum since starting at Swarthmore and is constantly inspired by the work GHF does. Camilia hopes to pursue a career in medicine, particularly in the field of international health, and aspires to improve health care access to underpriviledged communities in her future career. She is a special major in Arabic Language and Islamic Studies. Her interests aside from health care include languages, North African and Middle Eastern culture, traditional medicine, and windsurfing.

Mary Klap ‘11

Emilia Thurber ‘11

Emilia currently serves as the Director of Development for Global Health Forum. She is an Honors Biology major with a double major in Economics and hopes to work in public health policy and programming. She joined Global Health Forum to diminish international health disparities because she feels that sufficient healthcare is a vital and necessary component in increasing the general standard of living in underprivileged and underserved communities. Outside of GHF, Emilia can be found singing with her a cappella group and doing aerobics/pilates.

Mi Zheng ‘11

Mi joined Global Health Forum because she is interested in the relationships between health and various forms of inequality, and in innovative solutions for reducing such inequalities. Mi is originally from Oregon, and thus enjoys rain and good ethnic food. Her hobbies include sleeping and socializing.

Jessica Downing ‘12

Jes first became interested in global health through a class at her high school focusing on the ethical and social issues surrounding the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This class inspired her to go into medicine, and she is currently on the premed track, and plans to major in Sociology and Anthropology, with a minor in Comparative Literature. She found Global Health Forum during her first week at Swarthmore, and found it to be the perfect opportunity to pursue her desire to become active in global health, educating her constantly while allowing her to make an impact on the lives of others. The Minus Malaria Initiative has opened her eyes to the various ways in which she can make that impact, and the widespread effect of student action. She currently serves as the Treasurer for GHF.

Melissa Frick ‘12

Melissa is currently intending to major in psychobiology or do some variation of majors and/or minors in biology and psychology. Outsides of academics, she is a full-time varisty athlete participating year round in cross country and indoor/outdoor track. Melissa originally joined Global Health Forum because of her interest in medicine; however, after joining and participating, her interest has grown deeper and broader. She is now the Executive Board Secretary and has the opportunity to become a bit more involved and invested in the mission of GHF to increase awareness about public health, especially in areas that desperately need it. Inspired by the Minus Malaria Initiative, Melissa decided to create another public health campaign around the community. She brought to Swarthmore the Crocs Community Collection Campaign, which has the intent to be a low-tech, low-cost initiative that will improve the health and quality of life of people living in the Pémon village of Venezuela.

Sahiba Gill ‘12

Sahiba Gill ‘12 is a prospective Economics major Political Science minor interested in Development economics. Because Malaria has political and socioeconomic consequences for developing countries, she feels that the MMI campaign is a significant step towards improving overall standards of living in the areas it works with.