Jihad Abdelgadir

Growing up in Sudan, Jihad Abdelgadir, M.D., always knew she wanted to be a surgeon. But to affect real change in her country and other low-resource health systems, she felt that she needed a wider view. So after earning her medical degree in Sudan, she applied to Duke’s Master of Science in Global Health program, which she completed in 2016 while also earning a certificate in international development policy.