Fekir Negussie is an experienced public health professional with nearly a decade of leadership in managing research, programs, and multi-sector partnerships across academic, governmental, and non-profit organizations in the U.S. and low- and middle-income countries. As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Fekir is skilled in securing and managing grant funding, engaging stakeholders, and overseeing the implementation of global health programs.

In her current role at the Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia (CHESA) within UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS), Fekir oversees a diverse portfolio of projects aimed at advancing global health equity. Notably, she manages the Open Oximetry Project and established a Collaborative Community of over 200 global experts to share knowledge and data aimed at addressing inequities in medical devices. She also contributed to the development of an open-access Diversity Toolkit, providing actionable insights for researchers to conduct equitable medical device studies.

Previously, Fekir served as the In-Country Lead in Namibia for the Global Strategic Information Center at IGHS, where she led HIV research focused on a new treatment adherence approach, resulting in viral load suppression rates that were more than double the standard of care. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Mozambique, Fekir led initiatives to improve pediatric HIV outcomes by developing take-home tools to support treatment adherence and creating advanced data collection tools and dashboards to monitor data among internally displaced persons, ensuring these individuals were accounted for in health systems.

Fekir holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree and is dedicated to leveraging her project management expertise and public health experience to improve global health equity.