Autor: Mary I. O. Connor

Kanwal L Haq, MS is a medical anthropologist, community organizer, and non-profit consultant. She leads the NYC women’s health programs at the Arnhold Institute for Global Health at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine. As an applied-research scientist, Kanwal specializes in community-based participatory research and implementation science focused on health and education. A fierce advocate for systems-level change, Kanwal has worked on several initiatives to build more effective, efficient, and equitable systems of care for women across the world. Prior to joining Icahn School of Medicine, Kanwal worked at Yale School of Medicine, and completed fellowships at the United Nations, Americorps, and The University Teaching Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda. Kanwal completed her B.S. in biological sciences from the University of Missouri and her M.S. in medical anthropology from Boston University School of Medicine.