Dr. Nabeel Akram

Dr. Akram has been working with Johns Hopkins University in different leadership roles for 16 years and is currently a Senior Research Associate and faculty in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Previously, he held the position of Director for Asia and Latin America for Jhpiego for over 10 years.

He is a strategic-minded medical and business professional with a proven record of providing high-level programmatic and technical leadership at country, regional and global levels. Dr. Akram has developed several program designs of multimillion dollar development projects and has spearheaded their successful implementation in many developing countries. He led several large, complex, and successful projects in health systems, MNCH/FP/RH, and has been a leader in developing synergies with the private sector including corporations and foundations.

Currently, at Hopkins, he is overseeing the implementation of a $40m flagship USAID global project on integration of rehabilitation in health systems. Dr. Akram has managed large, regional portfolios of over $80 million per year, with several diverse projects, mostly in LMICs, and has coached and mentored country directors, chiefs of party, and senior level technical staff while liaising and collaborating with diverse stakeholders at country and regional levels.

Dr. Akram is a medical doctor with advanced degrees in business and health policy and management. He has traveled extensively establishing professional relationships with a network of public health colleagues including ministry officials, administrators, clinicians, donors, private sector institutions, and other partners. In recent years, Dr. Akram also founded a firm to synergize partnerships and implement market-based development solutions for adolescents and youth.