Highly dedicated, innovative, and goal-driven, Anab Gulaid is a spearheading Public Health/Community Development Leader and Entrepreneur.
Currently based in Minnesota, Anab was born and raised in Somalia and was the youngest of 11 children. During the Civil War, she and her family migrated to Toronto, Canada, and the cultural adaptation and country transition processes were certainly a challenging time in her life.
Fast forward to today, Anab earned a Public Health and Occupational Health degree from Ryerson University in 1998, a Master’s degree in Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs in 2010, received her Certificate of Disability Policy and Services from the University of Minnesota, was awarded a prestigious Bush Leadership Fellowship, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. from University of Minnesota. In addition, she is the first Somali woman to hold the highest office in the current State Administration in Minnesota and serves on the board of Park-Nicollet Foundation, which is one of the largest health organizations in the state.
As the Founder and President of AG Consulting & Media, Anab leverages her extensive and diverse background within the public, higher education, and nonprofit sectors to cultivate positive transformational impacts within individuals and for society as a whole.
A LOOK AT THE STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH
Thought leaders and policymakers weigh in on what we’re learning from the data points, where our resources are making a difference, and road blocks unique to cultural communities that local organizers can address.
IMMUNIZATIONS
Understanding and addressing immunization hesitancy in cultural communities.
CANCER & CULTURE
Exploring cultural factors and considerations related to breast and prostate cancer perceptions, risk, treatment and knowledge.
HEALTH EQUITY & DIABETES
What is Health Equity? How is current Research Shaping policy and public health practice for patients with diabetes in Minnesota?
DENTAL HEALTH
Issues impacting access to adequate dental care, and the equitable policies and programs attempting to improve availability.