Our Team

Founder and president of the International Health Awareness Network. She was an Adjunct Associate Professor at New York University, vice president of the International Council of Women, and President of the National Council of Women/U.S.A. She is also currently the Director Lehman College foundation. Dr. Roshan is one of the most salient voices on women’s health and empowerment advocacy worldwide. IHAN’s mission is to educate, empower and provide health care to socioeconomically underserved women and children.

Professor Gabrielle Casper is a surgical Gynecologist with over 25 years’ experience caring for the health of women. Having worked in Sydney’s lower North Shore for 20 years, Prof Casper is widely respected for her interest in women’s health and human rights including her advocacy work around violence against women. Prof Casper is currently Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Sydney, University of Notre Dame Australia. She presents at United Nations and WHO meetings on women’s health and human rights including violence against women and passionately continues her advocacy work. Prof. Casper is Past Chairman RANZCOG NSW State Committee and Past Chairman Department Gynecology Mater Hospital.

Dr Vijaya Melnick is Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences and the former Director of the Center for Applied Research and Urban Policy, University of the District of Columbia. She served as Associate Director, International Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center. She is Co-President of the International Health Awareness
Network. She served as Principal Investigator on research projects on the health of women & children, and on international biomedical and bioethics programs. She has authored research and policy papers and books. She is listed in Who’s Who publications and is the recipient of the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr. Suzanne Stutman is a Professor of English, American Studies, and Women’s Studies at Penn State University’s Abington College. She is the author of five scholarly texts and three books of poetry: Broken Feather: A Journey to Healing, White Feather: A Journey to Peace, and All the Power Rests with You. Dr. Stutman has written poetry on behalf of several organizations, including The International Health Awareness Network, The National Council of Women of the United States, The International Council of Women, Friends of the Children (The Center for Children’s Support), The Philadelphia Children’s Alliance, Women Organized Against Rape, and Heartbeat, South Africa. Her poems have been read and exhibited at the United Nations and at various locations around the world. Dr. Stutman is the Immediate Past President of the National Council of Women of the United States and Vice President of Educational Outreach for the International Health Awareness Network. She is also a past president of The Thomas Wolfe Society. She serves on the advisory boards of the Toni Morrison Society, The Thomas Wolfe Society, and the Survivors’ Art Foundation

Past Chief Business Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Healthcare System, East Orange, New Jersey. Dr. Sarachi with 30+ years of experience in the f Revenue Cycle, Managed Care, and Health Information Management has implemented system procedures and standards to maximize workforce efficiency. She is a giving mentor who cares about the quality of healthcare our nation’s Veterans received.

After graduating from Vanderbilt in 1955, Beatrice Goodwin went on to earn a doctorate at New York University College of Nursing where she received their prestigious Founder's Award. Dr. Goodwin is spearheading the New York University College of Nursing's work in Latin America on curriculum consultation for 28 universities in Colombia, Argentina and Chile. Dr. Goodwin assists faculty in critiquing and revising their curricula. In addition, she has worked in Bogota, Colombia, assisting faculty in the design of basic research on elder care. She helped two Colombian universities develop master's programs in geriatric and mental health nursing. At a new university, in Bucaramanga, Colombia, she has helped a nursing program become the first department to be nationally accredited.
Dr. Goodwin has served as Chief Nurse, Aeromedical Evacuation Flight with the New York Air National Guard; professor of nursing and department chairperson at Herbert H. Lehman College in Bronx, NY; Senior Advisor to the Dean at the New York University College of Nursing. In 2008, NYU College of Nursing

Madam Nuru is the Non-Executive Director of the Equity Bank of Tanzania. Ms. Nuru holds a Master of Science in Managerial Economics, Quantitative Methods and Business Administration including Trade and Marketing from Hult University. She is a Policy Advisor for IHAN (International Health Awareness Network) and Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce. Previously she has worked as the Personal Assistant to the President on Diplomatic and International Affairs United Republic of Tanzania; consultant/Advisor of the United Nations of the Special Advisor on Africa; among other capacities in the United Nations. She has also worked with the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania as Permanent Secretary for Health, Community Development, Culture, Women, Youth and sports; Deputy Permanent Secretary and Director of Management Development and Administration and Head of Planning, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare among other capacities.

Dr. Marciana Popescu is a Professor at Fordham University, Graduate School of Social Service (GSS), and a Fulbright Specialist on migration policy (2018-2023). Since 2018, Dr. Popescu is a member of the UN-NGO Committee on Migration, working on global and local migration policies. Her research focuses on forced migration and gender, forced migration and health/mental health, and violence against women; as well as community capacity building and human rights/women’s rights. Dr. Popescu authored multiple publications on migration, women’s rights, and international development; and over the past 3 years worked closely on migration and health/mental health, exploring the impact of the pandemic on women migrants, and the impact of forced migration on the health and mental health of asylum seekers.

Dr. Jaco Hottman is Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford a Senior Research Fellow, developing the Institute’s focus on ageing in Africa in collaboration with Isabella Aboderin, of the African Research on Ageing Network (AFRAN). His research interests revolve around intergenerational issues in Africa in general and in particular the configuration and reconfiguration of these relationships in the context of poverty and HIV/AIDS. This research is funded by James Martin and the Oppenheimer Fund. The African Research on Ageing Network (AFRAN) is a United Nations endorsed program, hosted by the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing. This collaborative network brings together African and international institutions and individuals from academia, policy, and practice to develop and expand African research and training capacity on aging. As Past President of the South African Gerontological Association (SAGA) and Chairperson in the structures of the then National Peace Accord (South Africa), he continues to be involved in various developmental programs and initiatives in the field of aging and reconciliation in South Africa.

Dr. Melody Behnam is an obstetrician-gynecologist in Ridgewood, New Jersey and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Hackensack University Medical Center and St. Joseph's Healthcare System-Paterson. She graduated with honors in 2001 from Ross University School of Medicine and has been in practice over 17 years. Dr. Behnam has been awarded more than 7 times for excellent work in the Obstetrics/Gynecology field. She is one of 165 doctors at Hackensack University Medical Center and one of 57 at St. Joseph's Healthcare System-Paterson who specialize in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Dr Sulang Rosado joins us from Chambersburg a small town in southeastern PA, where she is a full time practicing OBGYN. She has been with her practice at Summit Women’s group since 2006. A native of Puerto Rico she obtained both her Bachelor of Science degree and Medical Degree there. She has been in private Practice for the past 13 years. She completed her Residency in OBGYN at Crozer Chester Medical Center in Upland, PA in 2005.She is a co-chair of the youth Committee of IHAN. Committed to better health and education for women and girls. She ’s board certified ob-gyn, mother of an 8-year-old boy, and she has completed 5 Marathons including NYC and Boston.

Assurance Service Line, Ernst & Young LLP. Managing Director with 25+ years of experience in organizational transformation. She has helped large global clients in defining and executing a successful business and change strategy with focus on organizational alignment, governance, program and change management, and process improvement.

Board Certified Behavior Analyst- Founder/Director of Learners' Compass LLC and ABA Toolbox
Certified Special Educator and a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst with over 27 years of experience working with children with autism and special needs. Since 1997, she has used Applied Behavior Analytic (ABA) methods for the treatment of learners with ASD in school, home, and community settings. She has designed curricula, conducted workshops, counseled families, and directed small and large teams of educators to provide treatment in public schools and home settings. In her last public-school programming, after 4 years of leadership as the coordinator of the Autism Program, the NJ Board of Education in Trenton named the program one of the top 3 programs for children with autism in the state in 2007.