Dr. Patricia Mechael has worked on mHealth initiatives with a broad range of
institutions beginning in 2001 when she began her doctoral studies exploring
health-related uses of mobile phones in her native country Egypt.
She is the mHealth and Telemedicine Advisor to the Millennium Villages Project at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, working on the strategic integration of mobile phone-based applications for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in collaboration with Ericsson and mobile phone operators in 10 countries in Africa. Dr. Mechael has been actively involved in the field of International Health for over 13 years with experience in over 25 countries. She has a Masters in International Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Hygiene and a PhD in Public Health and Policy from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In addition, she has been engaged in mHealth research and strategic planning with the Global Observatory for eHealth at the World Health Organization and the
Inter-American Development Bank, among others, and serves on the Steering
Committee of the newly launched mHealth Alliance.