Columbia Association of Australia - Perth Chapter

Chapter Leaders:

Adithi Kumar '25 PH holds a Master of Public Health from Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, specialising in Global Population & Family Health and Humanitarian Action, where she received the 2025 Award for Excellence in Global Health. She also holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Human Health from Emory University. Adithi has worked across four continents (Australia, India, U.S., Uganda, and beyond) in child protection, implementation science, humanitarian program reform, and multilateral governance – including with The AfriChild Centre in Uganda which bridges child-focused research, policy and practice in refugee and host communities. She serves as Chairperson of the JENZA Travel Youth Advisory Panel and a UN 2.0 Youth Advisor, and was invited as one of 10 young global leaders to inform the UNDP's 2025 Human Development Report ahead of the UN Summit of the Future. She has addressed UN Member States on humanitarian reform and represented Australia at the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum 2025. Prior to Columbia, she contributed to global micronutrient malnutrition research with The BRINDA Project under the CDC, NIH and Emory, worked with Yale's healthcare startup incubator, and the Indian healthcare entrepreneurship and education system.