Secretariat
The International Society for Urban Health is a program of the New York Academy of Medicine, whose mission is to advance the health and well-being of people living in cities. The Academy serves as the ISUH Secretariat, providing leadership, program management and administrative support to advance knowledge sharing and collaboration for ISUH.
More information about The New York Academy of Medicine is available here:
NYAM.org
Executive Director
As of November 8, 2019, Dr. Yonette Thomas has stepped down as Executive Director. There is currently a search underway for a new Executive Director. For further details, please email Gina Gonzales at humanresources@isuh.org.
Ms Joyati Das - Program Director (HCA)
The Botnar Healthy Cities for Adolescents Program
Ms Joyati Das is the Program Director appointed for the BOTNAR Healthy Cities for Adolescents Program. She is a senior international development professional, thought leader and human rights advocate with specialization in child rights and urbanisation issues. Holding master degrees in Sociology and Communications, Joyati brings more than 20 years of experience in humanitarian response and multi-regional development program management, generating evidence to strengthen urban practice, development theory and research, strategy and policy. Her area of interest and research includes issues such as migration, mobility, conflict and climate refugees, governance, security of tenure and public space, secondary cities, education, protection, health and well-being that links to liveability.
Joyati is the elected co-chair of General Assembly of Partners (GAP), a stakeholder engagement platform set up to promote SDGs and the New Urban Agenda. Having served on several UN platforms representing young people’s issues for Habitat III, she has contributed to several media and journal articles promoting social justice, equity and the rights of young people. For more information, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyati-das-9106b520/
ISUH: Bringing health into all aspects of the Urban Dialog
ISUH is the only global professional organization in the world that focuses exclusively on the broad determinants of urban health. Your membership can help us develop and sustain ISUH as an independent voice of our global, transdisciplinary members and strategic partners for health equity in urban settings.