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![Health Fellow Spotlight: Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/2ebe269c-7944-4789-b43c-cd2257ed4c93/SpotlightBlogHeroImage-2.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=637%2C0%2C901%2C900&w=290)
Meet Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri (aka Dr. May), a 2024 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow and the Psychiatrist-In-Chief at Pinnacle Medical Services, Nigeria’s leading mental health center. Learn how she's using innovative technology to democratize access to mental healthcare for developing countries.
![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.
![How to Tune-In to Aspen Ideas: Health 2023!](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null503a2654-c755-42e7-9b96-005bb9f7a15f/48373083081_ea331a93c6_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1097%2C0%2C2194%2C2196&w=290)
Watch select daily livestreams and join the virtual #AspenIdeasHealth conversation from June 21-24!
![Is Space the Next Frontier of Health Research?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d5a7e21c-d240-4dd3-930a-b5b60ea852bf/AIHDonoviel.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=5010%2C0%2C6754%2C6750&w=290)
For health researchers, space is proving to be a unique laboratory to explore stem cells, pharmaceuticals, 3D bioprinting, food science, and more. TRISH's Dorit Donoviel, an Aspen Ideas: Health 2023 speaker, explains how collaboration and open science can help advance these "out-of-this-world" discoveries for all mankind.
![Health Fellow Spotlight: Nathan Chomilo, Minnesota Medicaid & MinnesotaCare](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e5a7e5b9-1c88-496a-b424-7cda083b1eaf/Chomilo.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=5064%2C0%2C6752%2C6750&w=290)
Meet Nathan Chomilo, a 2023 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow who’s incorporating community collaboration and racial equity into Minnesota’s Medicaid policy development.
![How the Courts Are Shaping Healthcare as We Know It](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ae3aad14-1c12-48d0-a738-aac78b599f48/Untitleddesign.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1533%2C0%2C2702%2C2700&w=290)
With no end in sight to gridlock in Congress, federal courts will continue to have a significant impact on major health policy decisions. Katie Keith of Georgetown University Law Center helps us understand how litigation is shaping healthcare and public health in the United States– from access to preventative services to climate regulations.
![Research Equity is the Foundation of Health Equity](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/29d200d7-d3e4-4733-8cc1-9d5709db1c40/Untitleddesign10.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=772%2C0%2C1081%2C1080&w=290)
Race, ethnicity, age, sex, environment, and other social determinants of health can all impact how different people respond to the same medicine or vaccine. This is why diversity and inclusivity at every stage of the medical research process are critical to learning about the safety and efficacy of potential treatments for all patients. Presented by Pfizer.
![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.
![Broader Access is Vital to the Future of Testing and Healthcare Innovation](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c3da28c8-e5f0-4b2d-b8c1-e1db6cb4473a/Abbott-BinaxNOWHomeTest-DS_L9098.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1669%2C0%2C5341%2C5343&w=290)
Building on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, there are significant opportunities to expand the use of rapid testing to address many health challenges around the world- from infectious diseases like malaria and HIV to non-infectious health needs like prenatal care. Learn how Abbott is intentionally approaching product development to democratize, decentralize and...
![Driving Healthcare Innovation in a Pandemic](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/4c982896-b485-42fb-b0f8-be85ef4b8dd3/Digital-Option2.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=143%2C0%2C915%2C916&w=290)
Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry had to quickly adapt to confront the rapidly evolving challenges facing its patients, customers, and employees. Learn how three key decisions enabled Merck & Co. to accelerate innovation in 2020 and why these lessons will be critical to future success in addressing the most pressing healthcare challenges.
![The Next Pandemic is Coming. Will We Be Prepared?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/abf9df48-4f6f-4646-b141-12c45b89fcce/_Workersinyellow.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=500%2C0%2C1332%2C1332&w=290)
As new public health threats brew, we need to ensure there is capacity within our health systems to serve the people of this country. There is a strong business case for readiness, but it requires a paradigm shift in how we think about the intersection of routine care, unscheduled care, and the health of the populations we serve.
![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.
![From Menstrual Hygiene to Menstrual Health](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/17fc6c51-722c-4f91-a5a6-d4d1c8028f8f/AdobeStock_114823548.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1410%2C0%2C3862%2C3861&w=290)
![The Endlessly Fascinating Immune System](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0bf3217d-29f8-4a14-90f7-4f90340509e5/AdobeStock_259048293.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1301%2C0%2C4052%2C4050&w=290)
![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)
![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)
![Can Zika Be Contained?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/08dff6ec-0b17-42ab-9f70-5fb778bd32fc/27880994725_e8bf25d0b1_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2453%2C0%2C4907%2C4912&w=290)