The team, the team, the team!

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Heal-Move-Shift was started by passionate individuals looking to change the stigma surrounding mental health, cardiovascular health, and nutritional health in Dearborn, Detroit, and Ann Arbor. Each Heal-Move-Shift member has a deep connection our collective vision, and we look forward to sharing our stories with you.
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​Join us, get to know us, and please feel free to reach out.

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Board of Directors

Ahmad Hider
Co-Founder, Advisor
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Ahmad is a medical student at the University of Michigan Medical School. He is an alumnus from the University of Michigan, receiving a degree in Biomolecular Science, and has an MPhil from Cambridge University. He looks to integrate his passion for biomedical science with a sub-specialty in health policy to create solutions to some of the world's deadliest disease outbreaks.

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Tariq Mekkaoui
Co-Founder, Advisor
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Tariq is an entering medical student at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and is an alumnus of University of Michigan, with a degree in Biomolecular Science. His passion is facilitating the conversation around wellness and will pursue this passion through working with youth on mental health fitness. As a future physician, he hopes to integrate this passion in his career. Awarded the Bonderman Fellowship, Tariq will be traveling for the next eight months.

Mariam Reda
Co-Founder, Advisor
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Mariam is an alumna from the University of Michigan, receiving degrees in Poetry and Biopsychology. She is a Hopwood award-winning poet for her collection 'In July'. She currently works at Wayne State to research brain mechanisms behind trauma, and is pursuing medicine to focus on clinical and investigative work in trauma-informed care and community interventions. She is passionate about bringing trauma-informed care to disadvantaged minority populations in Southeast Michigan.

Pooja Yalavarthi
​Director
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Pooja is a senior at the University of Michigan majoring in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. She is interested in cardiovascular health education and is also involved in research focusing on cardiovascular disease. She hopes to continue to make a positive impact in her future career. 

Amy Tan
​Primary Schools Director
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Amy is a senior at the University of Michigan Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience. She is extremely interested in health education and developing new programs, and enjoys facilitating seminars with HMS! Amy hopes to apply to medical school after completing her undergraduate degree.

Eric An
Finance Director
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Eric is a junior at the University of Michigan majoring in public health sciences. He is planning on applying to medical school upon graduation and is deeply interested in pursuing sports medicine and PM&R. He is currently involved in generic musculoskeletal research, and aims to combine his interests in public health and movement science in order to improve the trajectory of healthy habits and decision making of nearby communities through HMS.

Jeannie Liu
Facilitator Director
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Jeannie is a junior at the University of Michigan studying Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience. She is interested in working in the healthcare/mental health sphere in the future, and enjoys facilitating with HMS!

Emerson Delfin
Secondary Schools Director
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Emerson is a sophomore at the University of Michigan currently studying Political Science and Law, Juice, and Social Change. She is passionate about social advocacy and hopes to pursue a career in the legal field to better society and help others. She believes HMS is a great opportunity to advance her work with different communities.

Advisor

Chithra R. Perumalswami, MD, MSc
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Dr. Perumalswami is a health services researcher and postdoctoral research fellow in the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School.  Her current scholarly work focuses on quality of health care, particularly for vulnerable populations in which health care disparities are evident. She has additional expertise examining organizational behavior issues in medicine. She has a Master of Science in Health and Health Care Research through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program. Her clinical training includes internal medicine and palliative medicine, as well as relevant clinical and quality improvement project experience as a hospitalist for several years after residency. As a fellow in the CBSSM, she has additional experiential training in bioethics and social science methodologies. 

Past Directors

Mohsin Arsiwala
Director, 2019
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Alyssa Harbaugh
Director, 2020-2022
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Sanjana Sathrasala
Director, 2020-2021
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 Ravi Patel
Finance Director
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Nassim Abuhalaweh
Director, 2022-2023
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Justin Iqal
Facilitator Director
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Past Facilitators

Mohamed Hazime
Narissa Ayoub
Zerina Mulaosmanovic
Rohit Misra
Jessica Cristiu
Marina Khreizat
Allison Meyer
Hala Abbas
Mohamad Hazime
Prabhas Vunnam
Aerian Yen
Caroline Xi

Arham Kaiser
Michelle Tong
Nooraldin Kamalaldin
Julia Meguid
Emma Pelini
Abdul Basir
Manav Thakral
Nitya Patel
Madison Konja
​Omer Abdullah
Uma Malde
​Jonathan Watson

Christopher Anaya-Melendez
Ananya Prashar
Avi Patel
Synthia Barakat
Esha Bingi
Elise Ward
Hammad Noor
Emma Johns
Mikayla Peterson
Meghana Lanka
Shreya Giriraj
​Adelyn Kim
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