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Dr. Carrasco is the Director of Quality Improvement at the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH), where he oversees innovation across 42 programs and 2,000 employees. He leads Tennessee’s statewide Health-Related Social Needs screening and referral system, now supporting over 70,000 weekly searches, and directs the state’s food security strategy. Previously, he launched and managed TDH’s largest addiction and overdose prevention program and directed community health programs in Chiapas, Mexico with Partners In Health. Dr. Carrasco holds an MD from Tecnológico de Monterrey, an MPH from Johns Hopkins, and a DrPH from Harvard.

Youssef Farag is a physician, clinical trialist, epidemiologist, educator, and entrepreneur. Youssef is currently executive medical director of clinical development at Alexion/AstraZeneca, was previously at Akebia Therapeutics, Goldfinch Bio, and Bayer. He is passionate about developing new medicines for patients with kidney disease. 

Describing himself as a "career mentor", Youssef enjoys sharing his passions for epidemiology, drug development and statistics with students and frequently draws on his experiences tutoring and mentoring MPH, international, and pre-med students while working on his PhD. He continues to do so for junior and mid-career physicians, scientists and healthcare professionals. He received his MD from Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, clinical internship from Mansoura University Hospital and Harvard Medical School affiliated teaching hospitals, postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School, and his PhD and MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 

Ana Rita González founded global health consulting firm Policy Wisdom, LLC in 2010 to work with governments, NGOs and the private sector as they try to identify and advance solutions to public health issues. The organization has worked in over 145 countries and guides local, national and supranational policy makers and agency leaders in developing evidence-and data-driven public health initiatives that target the specific needs of unique populations.

Dr. González also has extensive experience in health systems research. She has served as a hospital director in Puerto Rico and later worked with the World Health Organization- Pan American Health Organization (WHO-PAHO). Her work at the WHO-PAHO included significant focus on health care reform design, health policy planning and influencing, crisis management, and policies for disaster preparedness. She has been especially outspoken about the health system of Puerto Rico, where inefficiencies in infrastructure were exposed after hurricane Maria in 2017 and again after Fiona in 2022. She received her ScD from the Bloomberg School of Public Health in 1984. 

She is also the creator of the Historical Integrative Policy–Epidemiology Synthesis (HIPES) approach to analyze the relationship between public health policies and population health outcomes. Dr. González’s published work applies a health policy lens to topics including equity, democracy, cancer, precision medicine, geopolitics, health system funding, and health outcomes. In 2024, Ana Rita was awarded the Global Achievement Alumni Award by Johns Hopkins University.

Andrea Mantsios is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Public Health Innovation & Action (Phia), a consultancy focused on amplifying community voices in health research and programs. Her experience includes designing and implementing public health interventions, conducting academic research; organizing on-the-ground community mobilization; and establishing interagency and community partnerships. She has designed and conducted research studies of varying sizes and scopes using both quantitative and qualitative research methods and she has worked in healthcare facilities, academic institutions, governments agencies and with community organizations in the U.S. and around the world. Andrea received her PhD and MHS from the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Samuel Volkin is a public health specialist who has worked in federal, local, and international health policy and program implementation. He is currently a Manager in Deloitte's Government and Public Services practice, where he focuses on policy implementation and program management operations across state and federal clients. His healthcare experience includes planning and coordinating large-scale health interventions, providing strategic evaluations of government policies and programs, and translating research into actionable policy and practice. Sam holds an MPH and MBA from Johns Hopkins University as well as a BS in Public Health and Public Policy from Cornell University.