Faraan Rahim is a Harvard medical student, global health researcher, and 2024 Samvid Scholar who is dedicated to advancing health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Fluent in Swahili, he has spent three years conducting research in Tanzania focused on implementation science methods to address non-communicable diseases such as heart disease. Faraan is the CEO of GHSEN, an international research collaborative whose network spans public health leaders across African countries such as Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, and Congo. Focusing his research on raising awareness of global health challenges and disseminating evidence-based recommendations to policymakers on bolstering global health systems, Faraan has published 30+ research articles in prestigious medical journals such as BMJ, BMJ Global Health, and Nature Medicine.