Aliya is the head of health initiatives in the United States, managing all health-related initiatives at the local, state, and national level, including the foundation’s commitments in the Greater Austin medical community. She also leads the foundation’s Humanitarian Health efforts in Africa. Her role at the foundation leverages both her clinical experience and understanding that health impact often occurs outside of clinical settings.
Prior to joining the foundation in 2008, Aliya completed undergraduate degrees in biology and economics at Swarthmore College, medical school at the University of Illinois at Chicago, pediatrics residency and chief residency at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, and fellowship training as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, where she also earned a master’s degree in health policy research. In addition to her work at the foundation, Aliya is a practicing pediatrician at People’s Community Clinic in Austin and affiliate faculty in the departments of pediatrics and population health at Dell Medical School.
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