Education
She graduated from Brown University, and from Harvard Medical School in 1994, and completed a chief residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Brigham and Women"s Hospital, in 1998.
She graduated from Brown University, and from Harvard Medical School in 1994, and completed a chief residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Brigham and Women"s Hospital, in 1998.
She was a recipient of a 2003 MacArthur Fellowship, the "Genius award". She was raised in Sudan and England. She graduated from Harvard School of Public Health with a Master in Public Health in 1999, as a Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellow.
She created the African Women"s Health Practice that focuses on Female genital cutting.