Dr. Alejandra G Barragán is an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health and holds a Masters Degree in Public Health at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. She currently works as a neurologist in Dubai, UAE. Alejandra completed her medical studies at Universidad del Rosario in 2011 and her residency in neurology at Universidad de la Sabana.

Dr Augustina.O. Charway-Felli is the current President (2021-2025) of the African Academy of Neurology. She is a strong advocate for Brain Health as a public health priority and Education in Neuroscience. As a member of many of the international Specialty Groups – co-opted trustee of the International headache society Board of directors, the World Stroke Organisation, the World Federation of neurology and many of its committees and special interest groups, the WHO Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders 2022-2031. Dr Charway-Felli is keen on making access to appropriate neurological care independent of geographical location and economic status. Dr Charway is passionate about the early diagnosis of cognitive impairment in neurodegenerative disease when treatment is still possible and improving quality of life where cure is no longer a viable option.

Prof. Andre Mochan is an Associate Professor in the Division of Neurology, the Clinical Head of Neurology at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital since 2009 and the Academic Head of Neurology in the Department of Neurosciences in the School of Clinical Medicine. He is the current Secretary of the College of Neurology and recent office bearer of the Neurology Association of South Africa (NASA).

In 2014 he established a dedicated multidisciplinary Motor Neuron Disease / Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (MND/ALS) Clinic at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. Through the MND/ALS clinic he participates in the drive for genomic research on African ALS patients and is Co-Principal Investigator of the newly launched ALS-Africa NET study employing cutting edge WGS techniques, performed locally, to characterise uncharted genes in ALS. He also is the initiator and Principal Investigator of the South African Neurology COVID-19 database.

Dr. Kirti Ranchod is a neurologist from South Africa, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, co-founder and chair of the Africa Brain Health Network and has served on the board of Alzheimer’s South Africa. She has extensive clinical experience in medicine and neurology. Kirti founded Memorability to make brain health tools accessible, practical and effective including online and in person courses, talks ,and workshops. She runs a series of talks on “Investing in Our Cultural Capital for Better Brain Health’ at the Origins Centre, University of Witwatersrand. She completed a project with REMI East Africa in Uganda to support healthcare workers with practical mental health tools and has run several corporate brain health workshops. Interests include the role of traditional practices and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in promoting health, the neuroscience of art, and understanding the different perceptions of memory.

Wambui Karanja is a psychologist and independent consultant who works in research, advocacy, and caregiving of people with dementia in various African settings. Wambui coordinate the Africa Brain Health Network, an organization that aims to promote awareness of brain health across the lifespan in Africa and beyond. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Kenyatta University, was a graduate attaché at the British Institute in Eastern Africa and researched perceptions of cognitive decline and dementia among informal caregivers. She is an alumnus of Young African Leadership Initiative, (YALI) East Africa, and a global Atlantic fellow for Equity in Brain Health.