Introducing the 2011-2012 Fellows!

After reviewing a record-breaking 138 applications, we are excited to introduce Anand Habib and Saskia Guerrier, who will be taking our places in Thomassique this June!

Anand is a senior at Stanford, studying biology and writing an honors thesis in International Securities Studies. He is originally from Houston, Texas, and aspires to become an infectious disease doctor working in the developing world. He has extensive international health experience, most recently working with community health workers in the rural Guatemalan highlands to implement a survey regarding conceptions of prenatal care. He also partook in a service-learning trip studying social determinants of health in Oaxaca Mexico, and spent a summer devising and teaching an interactive health curriculum in India through Project Dosti.

He has also pursued his interest in health education domestically, working in schools and at the Boys and Girls Club. At Stanford, he is a Director for the HIV/AIDS fundraiser Stanford Dance Marathon. He has also worked to improve chronic disease management for local underserved populations at Mayview Community Health Clinic through the Stanford Patient Advocacy Program. He was a Truman Scholarship Finalist, serves on the Haas Center for Public Service National Advisory Board, and has been recognized at Stanford for his academic excellence and writing abilities.

Saskia is in her final year at Bryn Mawr, where she is majoring in Anthropology with a minor in Africana Studies. She lived in Gonaives, Haiti until moving to the United States at the age of 10. She plans to ultimately pursue graduate studies in global health.

Junior year, Saskia spent a semester in St. Louis, Senegal, where she studied and also volunteered at a maternity and child health clinic. She also gained many insights into global health issues as an intern at the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator.

Domestically, she has engaged in health issues affecting underserved communities by working at a health insurance company serving low income residents of Massachusetts. She interns at the Strawberry Mansion HIV/AIDS Clinic, and is working on a senior thesis based on fieldwork at this clinic. Saskia has been a leader in multiple projects regarding social justice and education. She is an Executive Board Member in the Social Justice Partnership Program, and served as a research assistant on several projects researching education and educational access. She is also a coordinator of the Teaching and Learning Initiative, which promotes collaboration and dialogue between professors and students. She is a Posse Foundation Leadership Scholar.

Both Anand and Saskia have strong passions for global health, and we can't wait to see what they accomplish next year!

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