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![Health Fellow Spotlight: Georgina Dukes-Harris](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ee401bac-a60e-4b5e-858c-d6d12bb88108/SpotlightBlogHeroImage.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=653%2C0%2C901%2C900&w=290)
Meet Georgina Dukes-Harris, a 2024 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow and the Founder of Swishvo. Having experienced critical gaps in maternal healthcare firsthand, she's on a mission to use technology to help connect mothers with doulas, midwives, and nutritionists, to support safe birthing experiences for all.
![Health Fellow Spotlight: Ar'Sheill Monsanto](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d7bd0b6a-e561-4dc3-93a7-0cf1d568400c/3.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=601%2C0%2C901%2C900&w=290)
Meet Ar’Sheill Monsanto, a 2024 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow and the Vice President of Strategy and Partnerships for Link Health. Learn how she's bringing healthcare, higher education, and community stakeholders together to help people in underserved neighborhoods enroll in vital benefits they're eligible for.
![Health Fellow Spotlight: Kasley Killam](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d2085b4b-b91d-444d-9f74-c4fc2dc9a484/2.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=639%2C0%2C901%2C900&w=290)
Meet Kasley Killam, a 2024 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow and Founder of Social Health Labs. Learn about her mission to elevate and democratize social health: the dimension of health and well-being that comes from human connection.
![2024 Aspen Ideas: Health Speaker Preview](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7c60a93c-a1cd-4537-a441-3504e6bc58ba/AIHSpeakerPreviewBlog.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C32%2C890%2C890&w=290)
Take a sneak peek at some of the big thinkers and innovative doers who will take the stage at Aspen Ideas: Health from June 20-23, 2024!
![L.A.'s Chief Heat Officer on the Public Health Threat of Extreme Heat](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/55979c82-694b-4575-a7ee-56aa897c72f6/Screenshot2023-07-31at12.32.51PM.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=646%2C0%2C861%2C862&w=290)
Worldwide, 10 cities have named Chief Heat Officers to address the growing threat of extreme heat. Marta Segura is leading the way in Los Angeles by connecting equity, health, and climate data to save lives and build more resilient communities. Learn how the city is making progress in the face of rising temperatures.
![The Lack of Diversity in Health Care is a Public Health Crisis](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/dacef095-d224-4497-ad2c-a6720e4760f2/Untitleddesign13.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C2161%2C2160&w=290)
"As long as my existence as a Black physician is noteworthy, communities of underrepresented minorities’ health will suffer." Jabraan Pasha, a 2022 Aspen Healthy Communities Fellow, reflects on the lack of diversity among American physicians, its impact on patients, and solutions for closing this critical gap.
![Health Fellow Spotlight: Lea Masamo, Africa Sickle Cell Organisation](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/1cab85f7-812e-4add-9f21-42f568a2d84c/IMG_44991.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=626%2C84%2C747%2C749&w=290)
Meet Lea Masamo, a 2022 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow who's building a movement of people living with sickle cell disease to advocate for programs and policies needed to improve access to quality health care.
![It’s Time to Build a Strong, Well Resourced Public Health Infrastructure](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ca7b54f7-ae9b-4827-b81b-41d4f2729ae9/CDCHero62.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=108%2C0%2C666%2C666&w=290)
To protect our nation’s health, safety and security, it is vital we hold public health prevention and preparedness as a high priority—as high as our nation’s military defense.
Former Ebola czar on how to make the tough choices during the Coronavirus pandemic.
![Lessons on Innovation, Economic Prosperity, and Cultivating Joy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/3d486aff-c3c9-43ba-a1ae-68b8fc0a9cdd/AdobeStock_175466970.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=140%2C0%2C4480%2C4480&w=290)
![Sneak Peek! 2019 Aspen Ideas: Health Speakers](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/539f64da-8400-4d76-88ee-0ef24b906a34/42283730744_192e75bee2_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1960%2C0%2C5301%2C5304&w=290)
Here's a sneak peek of a few outstanding speakers confirmed to join us at Aspen Ideas: Health this summer.
![Eileen Fisher Sows the Seeds of a Better Business Model](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/9ed4ee0c-ea2a-4b77-b96e-401b11c64d3c/42958112672_fc05e79fb1_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=300%2C0%2C1067%2C1066&w=290)
![How to Prevent the Next Pandemic](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null956f31f0-0b53-47c1-b987-6caac49be5ae/AdobeStock_325887851.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1058%2C0%2C2115%2C2116&w=290)
![Confronting the Pandemic Threat](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullc3e6615a-b69d-4121-aa17-29a9277771c2/AdobeStock_318596849.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=697%2C0%2C3840%2C3840&w=290)
Ronald Klain was White House Ebola Response Coordinator from 2014 to 2015. This post has been updated and adopted from the author’s piece, Confronting the Pandemic Threat, published in Democracy Journal (No. 40, Spring 2016).
![How Can We Fix Our Broken Food System?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/99e0239b-b4bc-4c80-b561-1f59472625b0/27861271232_ef9a2f4e0c_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C799%2C799&w=290)
![Driving Technological Innovation When You Don’t Need to be in the Driver’s Seat](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulld0a22c73-f4ac-4d7f-afbf-87112758f0e8/48109188521_9fa853b48a_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=285%2C0%2C2667%2C2667&w=290)