Cyan Brown

Cyan Brown is passionate about increasing access to quality healthcare, particularly for underserved populations, through innovation and systems strengthening. She is currently a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University’s Biodesign program, where she is focusing on developing health innovations to address unmet clinical needs and increase health equity. She trained as a medical doctor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Thereafter she completed a Master’s degree in public health with a global health specialization through King’s College London, where her research focused on surgical innovation in low-and middle-income countries. She is a Senior Atlantic Fellow at Tekano health equity, where her work focuses on the intersection of global health and collaborative leadership. She has been chosen as one of the top 200 young leaders in South Africa by the Mail and Guardian, serves on the Atlantic Institute Global Governing Board for health equity and is the founder of Women Leaders Planetary Health in South Africa. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, podcasts, scuba diving and good coffee.