Our Team

Simon Ling

Simon joined Hi-Med in 2025 after a career in academic medicine, including as Division Head and Training Program Director at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, clinical researcher, contributor to international guideline develop-ment, and telemedicine consultant to Médecins Sans Frontières and Save a Child. Simon trained in medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
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Executive Director

Malvika is a physician and community health entrepreneur who established Gully Clinic in Mumbai, to support vulnerable populations with preventive and primary care health services. Her passion is exploring social prescribing in urban healthcare delivery. Malvika trained in medicine and received her MBA in Mumbai. She currently lives in Toronto, Canada.
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Program Implementation Consultant

Malvika Neeraj

Chinwendu Okolie

Chinwendu is an economist and public health researcher with training in biostatistics and epidemiology who supports community-based clinical studies, by managing and analysing health datasets. She received her BSc in Economics from University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
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Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant

Nailya Bikmurzina

Nailya is a Berlin-based creative generalist with a background in Medicine and Neuroscience. At Hi-Med, Nailya creates content across YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram, from Video Interviews and Reels to the monthly Impactful Opportunities newsletter, to inspire more people to explore impactful career paths and effective giving. Outside of global health, she is passionate about photo/video storytelling in sports and wellness.
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Senior Content Consultant

Governing Board

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    Akhil Bansal

    Co-Founder, Governing Board Chair
    Originally from Australia, Akhil is a Policy Fellow, Centre for Global Development and an NHS Infectious Diseases doctor, London, UK. Board member for Ambitious Impact and Fortify Health.
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    Hunter Lau

    Governing Board Member
    A medical doctor from the US in his third year working in emergency medicine, Founder of Effective Altruism Medicine
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    Erik Jentzen

    Governing Board Member
    A medical doctor from Germany , Director of Effective Altruism Switzerland, and previous Head of Monitoring & Evaluation at Hi-Med.
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    Marie Firgau

    Governing Board Member
    A physician from Germany with seven years of work experience in medicine, fundraising, start-ups and non-profit organisations
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Advisors

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    Nina Friedrich

    Executive Director of High Impact Professionals

    An experienced strategy consultant and community builder with a background in software engineering and a PhD in mathematics, Nina supports experienced professionals to use their careers for greater positive impact.

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    Joel Tan

    Founder & Managing Director, CEARCH
    A former civil servant and consultant from Singapore, currently running CEARCH, a research and grantmaking organization focused on finding and funding cost-effective philanthropic ideas.
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  • Ben Krohmal

    Director, John J. Lynch, MD Center for Ethics, MedStar Washington Hospital Center & Assistant Professor, Georgetown University School of Medicine
    A hospital-based bioethics program director and assistant professor in Washington, D.C., who created and teaches a medical school class on effective career paths for physicians and whose research includes research ethics and health security.
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    Gregory Lewis

    Biosecurity Consultant
    A medical doctor from the UK working on biosecurity.
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Volunteers

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    Ellery Altshuler

    Head of Giving

    A medical doctor from the United States specializing in Hematology and Oncology LinkedIn

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    Riya Sharma

    Research & Publications Project Manager
    A second-year medical student from Ireland
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  • Lydia Wilson

    Lydia Wilson

    Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

    A medical doctor and researcher from the UK pursuing a Master of Public Health

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  • Victoria Zawadil

    Coordinator Germany
    A third-year medical student from Germany

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    Mayuri Vaish

    Coordinator US
    A second-year medical student from the US
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    Devika Menrai

    Coordinator India
    A medical doctor from Mumbai, India, and co-founder of the online medical education platform MedSchool Grammar
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    Elina Christian

    Coordinator Australia
    A medical doctor from Newcastle, Australia. Currently pursuing a Master of Public Health and working as a university tutor
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    Nduta Ndung’u

    Coordinator Kenya
    A medical doctor from Kenya
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    Carl Vincent Escobar

    Coordinator Philippines
    A fourth-year medical student from the Philippines
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  • Isabel Meusel

    Coordinator Netherlands
    A general practitioner in training and PhD researcher in future resilient healthcare (at the department for Primary and Long-term care at the University Medical Center in Groningen)
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Previous contributors

The people who worked with us previously as staff, volunteers or advisors, and who helped to make Hi-Med what is today.