Reem Yehia Kamel Elsayed

Reem Yehia Kamel Elsayed is pursuing an MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford. She is a Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholar and a member of Keble College.

Reem is a pharmacist with extensive experience in health systems strengthening, health policy, women's health, and climate change. She is a fellow at the Universal Health Coverage and Health Systems (UHS) Department at the World Health Organization's Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, where she works on climate change and health projects across 22 countries. Previously, Reem served as a youth advisor for the Africa CDC, representing Northern Africa on the Youth Advisory Team for Health. An Associate Alumnus of Harvard Medical School’s Clinical Scholars Research Training Program, she has also contributed to Egypt's Universal Health Coverage efforts during her four years with the Egypt Healthcare Authority, focusing on policy, management, and research.

Reem holds an MSc in Development Studies from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, where she was a Mandela Rhodes Scholar.

Through her career, Reem is committed to advancing global health, addressing health inequities, and tackling climate change through advocacy, policy, and research in Egypt and across Africa.