Welcome to Critical Health Voices!
Critical Health Voices is a contributor-powered platform amplifying frontline healthcare and public health voices across the many conversations shaping health and care.
This space brings together perspectives from people working across science, healthcare, public health, health security, and the systems that connect them. Through contributor-written posts, Critical Health Voices offers grounded, accessible reflections on the issues, experiences, and ideas shaping the field.
And best of all? It’s completely free. Because knowledge is power, and conversations about health and public health should be accessible to everyone.
Who We Are
Founder and Editor-at-Large: Syra Madad, DHSc, MSc, MCP, CHEP
Critical Health Voices is founded and led by Dr. Syra Madad, an internationally recognized public health and healthcare leader, biosecurity advisor, epidemiologist, and science communicator whose work spans infectious disease preparedness, special pathogen response, health security, and public communication.
Dr. Madad holds a Doctor of Health Science in Global Health, a Master’s in Biotechnology with a focus on biosecurity and biodefense, and additional degrees and certifications that support her work across public health, healthcare, and global health security.
A frequent voice in major media, Dr. Madad has appeared in four documentaries, including the Emmy-nominated docuseries Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak. She also serves as Public Health Editor-at-Large for the New York Academy of Sciences.
Through Critical Health Voices, Dr. Madad helps create space for contributor-written perspectives from across healthcare and public health, amplifying frontline voices and the many conversations shaping health and care.
Partner: Tom Hoffman
Tom Hoffman is a digital media innovator and the founder of Gemba AI, a company building products at the intersection of AI and media.
With an 18-year career leading AI and social media at Fremantle (America’s Got Talent, American Idol, The Price is Right), one of the world’s largest producers and distributors of television, Tom has been at the forefront of integrating social video and AI into the entertainment industry.
As a seasoned media professional, Tom focuses on digital health as a growing major public health concern in the midst of growing online disinformation, social media toxicity, AI powered bots posing as humans, online safety, toxic masculinity, and more. He is a major advocate for building more science-based approaches to these digital diseases through the mechanics of public health systems.
Contributors to Critical Health Voices
Detective Snow is an infectious disease epidemiologist and former Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, writing under a pseudonym.
Fatemeh Matin Moradkhan is a global health professional focused on women’s health, youth empowerment, and mental health equity. She holds a Master of Global Health from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia. She has led youth advocacy at UNICEF Canada, serves as a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and Curator of the Global Shapers Vancouver Hub, and founded the Talk Mental Health Foundation. Fatemah also supports global health diplomacy and health systems research at the University of Toronto and advises on public health and health security initiatives.
Ese W. is a public health analyst for Critical Health Voices.
Contact
Email: criticalhealthvoices@gmail.com
Business Address: 3 Northern Blvd, 2FL, Great Neck, NY 11021
