Upama Aktaruzzaman
Senior Program Manager
Upama Aktaruzzaman is a senior program manager for the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training (NCCPHT) at the National Network of Public Health Institutes. In this role, she leads projects related to public health workforce development, including the Indigenous Public Health Leaders Program at the Tribal Workforce Development Cultivation Center, and projects aimed at addressing health disparities through policy and systems change, and leadership development.
Prior to her current role, Upama served as engagement manager at the Louisiana Public Health Institute and worked across research projects led by the Research Action for Health Network to advocate for the patient voice and data democratization in research spaces. Upama also served as the Program Manager for the Health and Education for All Mental Health & Resiliency Program serving frontline healthcare workers in Bangladesh at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.