Thomas quinn, MD, msc

Advisor to Glohea at JHU, The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University, and The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review

Dr. Thomas Quinn is professor of medicine and pathology in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and professor of international health, epidemiology, and molecular microbiology and immunology in The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and professor of nursing in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. In 2006, he was appointed founding Director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Global Health. He serves as advisor/consultant on HIV and STDs to the World Health Organization, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (PEPFAR), UNAIDS, and the FDA.

He serves as Associate Director for International Research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and a member of the American Association of Physicians. He is an author of over 900 publications on HIV, STDs, and infectious diseases, and serves on multiple editorial boards.

Among his professional activities, Dr. Quinn is an alternate member of the Technical Panel of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis and has been on Advisor/Consultant on HIV and STDs to the World Health Organization, UNAIDS, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In October 2004 he received membership in the Institute of Medicine.

Siam K Rezwan ‘22

Advisor, Founding Chair of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University; Founding Editor-in-Chief of The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review; Founder of Glohea at JHU

Siam is an M.D. candidate at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a graduate of Johns Hopkins with a degree in public health.

He is a medical student researcher at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine in the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and the Department of Head & Neck Surgery. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Annals of Plastic Surgery, and The Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Journal, and presented his work at surgical conferences such as the American Transplant Congress and the Plastic Surgery Research Council.

He is also a Board Member and Program Director of BERNOSSUS, a community health center for under-served women and children in Dhaka, Bangladesh where he directs its no-cost cleft lip and palate treatment program.

Siam is a former Research Assistant of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Division of Hematology and Oncology at Medical College of Wisconsin, and Ubicomp Lab at Marquette University. He has completed internships at The University of Chicago Institute for Population and Precision Health, The University of Chicago Department of Public Health Sciences, GE Healthcare Japan, St. Luke’s International Graduate School of Public Health in Tokyo, the Maternal and Child Health Division of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh (ICDDRB), BRAC, and The University of Oxford Saïd Business School.

Het Patel ‘25

Advisor of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University

Het Patel is an Advisor for The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University. He graduated from Johns Hopkins with both a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and is originally from Plainfield, Indiana.

Het is a researcher in neurodevelopmental disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, where he studies sleep, behavior, and brain function in children with rare genetic conditions under the Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award. His work bridges engineering, data analysis, and neuroscience to better understand how disruptions in brain circuits shape daily functioning and long-term development.

At Hopkins, Het was deeply involved in civic engagement, teaching, and academic governance. Through the Center for Social Concern, he served as Chair of the Allocations & Recognition Commission, overseeing funding decisions for more than 40 student-led service organizations across Baltimore. He has worked as a Learning Den tutor and Organic Chem Lab Teaching Assisteant, supporting peers in challenging STEM coursework, and served on the Whiting School of Engineering Curriculum Committee, contributing to conversations on how to make engineering education more rigorous, equitable, and student-centered.

Het was the director of the 2024 GHLC and 2025 GHLC.

Chloe Kim ‘26

Director of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University

Chloe is a senior at Johns Hopkins University studying Public Health and Psychology, and is from Irvine, California. She is a research assistant in the Department of Dermatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she studies immune responses in skin infections and diseases. She is also a research assistant in the Roger and Flo Lipitz Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where she studies caregiving and healthcare disparities in the older adult population. Chloe volunteers for Child Life at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and at Keswick Multi-Care Center. 

Chloe is an alumna of the 2021 GHLC.

Aashi Rastogi ‘28

Associate Director of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University

Aashi is a sophomore at Johns Hopkins University majoring in Neuroscience and is from Hillsborough, New Jersey. She conducts research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she studies neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. She also volunteers with the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (JHUADRC) and the Alzheimer’s Buddies club, engaging directly with older adults. Aashi serves as a chemistry tutor through the PILOT program and also teaches nutrition health at local Baltimore elementary schools through the Food as Medicine (FAM) club. 

Aashi is an alumna of the 2022 GHLC.

Srika Popuri ‘28

Associate Director of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University

Srika is a sophomore from San Diego, CA, and she is studying Public Health and Economics. She is involved in surgical AI research in optimizing workflow in the operating room. She is interested in entrepreneurship and is currently working at a Venture Capital firm focused on medical device innovation and Hopstone Capital, investing 10,000-dollar non-dilutive funding grants to Hopkins-based startups. Srika is also involved as a Sophomore Class Senator in SGA, student government. She likes to play tennis and compose melodies on the guitar. 

Evin Brooks ‘29

Associate Director of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University

Evin is a freshman at Johns Hopkins University, and he is from Auburn, Alabama. He is majoring in Biophysics and French. His research interest is in the biophysical aspects of protein conformational states in neurodegenerative diseases at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He also likes playing pickleball and tennis, as well as volunteering. 

Evin is an alumna of the 2024 GHLC and 2025 GHLC. He was selected for the Student Speaker Series in 2025.

KyungHwan (James) Roh ‘29

Associate Director of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University

James is a freshman at Johns Hopkins University from Seoul, South Korea. He is studying Molecular and Cellular Biology. James is passionate about bridging science and community impact through public health initiatives and science education. He has led health programs addressing neglected tropical diseases in underserved communities, directed research teams in biology competitions (iGEM), and mentored students through hands-on experiments. Currently at Johns Hopkins, he continues fostering scientific curiosity in youth by actively participating in Applying Science with Kids.

Anvi Sharma ‘29

Associate Director of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University

Anvi is a freshman at Johns Hopkins University from Tucson, Arizona and she is studying Public Health. On campus, she is involved in Violet Project, the Public Health Student Forum, Epidemic Proportions, and Advocates for Sexual and Reproductive Health. Anvi’s Interests include reproductive and maternal health in underserved POC populations.