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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.
![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!
![12 Trailblazing Women in Health, Medicine, and Science](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/517cd35d-7fd2-425f-8ecf-fa2845050d9d/AIHGlassCeiling.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2127%2C0%2C3241%2C3240&w=290)
Since 2014, Aspen Ideas: Health has welcomed over 700 inspiring women leaders to our stages to share their bold approaches to better health. In honor of Women's History Month, we're taking a look back at some of the many highlights. From medical researchers and clinicians to entrepreneurs and activists, meet 12 change makers who are breaking barriers to reimagine a healthi...
![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.
![Our Health Workers Are Still in Crisis. Something Must Change.](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/da4bd75b-aeae-442c-9e59-ddc3a7b352f7/Untitleddesign17.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=270%2C0%2C2161%2C2160&w=290)
After two devastating years fighting the pandemic, how do we rebuild and support stronger health care and public health workforces? Dave Chokshi, who helped lead New York City's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, shares his thoughts with Aspen Ideas: Health.
![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.
![Supporting Reproductive Autonomy Post-Roe](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/6df87fc2-e385-4e34-bfe2-33f9ff9cf083/Untitleddesign13.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1221%2C0%2C2161%2C2160&w=290)
"My organization in Tulsa is making pregnancy tests, emergency contraception, and condoms available, but these solutions need to be scaled and distributed more broadly." Laura Bellis, a 2022 Aspen Healthy Communities Fellow, discusses ways to support reproductive autonomy beyond abortion access.
![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.
![Health Fellow Spotlight: Lucy He, Aspen Tech Policy Hub](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/6963ab3c-7a07-47b2-ae2b-8eca6a2a3fb3/LucyHe.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=654%2C0%2C2398%2C2397&w=290)
Meet Lucy He, a 2022 Aspen Ideas: Health Fellow who's using technology and policy change to address critical delays in patient care caused by the "prior authorization" process.
![Making an Investment in Health Equity](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ffce6cb9-a6f1-4cbb-87bf-b980fd473e1b/iStock-641867112.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1287%2C0%2C3745%2C3745&w=290)
Hospitals and health systems have a critical role to play in turning health equity talk into action. Learn how the field is using strategic investments to drive innovative solutions forward. Presented by the American Hospital Association.
Former Ebola czar on how to make the tough choices during the Coronavirus pandemic.
![Mental Health is Getting the Psychedelic Treatment](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d3e84211-0649-4bec-bd72-410d356463c0/AdobeStock_102224481.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1210%2C0%2C3744%2C3744&w=290)
Rick Doblin wants to be a legally licensed psychedelic therapist. Learn about his work using MDMA, or ecstasy, to help people suffering from PTSD.
![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)
![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)