Population Council Fellow: Dr. Yongmei Huang
Trained as an obstetrician–gynecologist in China, Dr. Yongmei Huang’s professional goal was to become a medical scientist. She completed her PhD from Shanghai Jiao [...]
Population Council Fellow: Dr. Jacob Adetunji
Dr. Jacob Adetunji, a Nigeria-born American demographer, began his global health career nearly 30 years ago when he was selected as a Population Council [...]
Population Council Fellow: Momoe Makino
A year before the COVID-19 pandemic began, Dr. Momoe Makino took a sabbatical from her position as a Research Fellow at the Institute of [...]
Population Council Fellow: Dela Nai
Growing up in Ghana and Ethiopia, Dr. Dela Nai was inspired by African women scientists, including Prof. Akosua Adomako Ampofo and Dr. Miriam Were. After obtaining her [...]
Population Council Fellow: Irene Selwaness
Dr. Irene Selwaness, a labor economist, was a tenure-track assistant professor at Cairo University looking to broaden and strengthen her research training. Through her [...]
Population Council Fellow: Cuong La
Dr. Cuong La was a recipient of the Population Council’s Ford Fellowship in Vietnam, which provided international, Master’s-level training to early career Vietnamese health [...]
Population Council Fellow: Margaret Ilomuanya
Dr. Margaret Ilomuanya, Editor-in-Chief of the Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology at the [...]
Fellowship Programs: Growing Generations of Scientists and Researchers
Population Council fellows have gone on to hold influential positions in government and nongovernmental organizations, research institutions, and universities, shaping health and development policies, [...]