ABOUT 

Patricia (Patty) Mechael, PhD MHS

Dr. Patricia (Patty) Mechael is the CEO of health.enabled and leads the Global Digital Health Monitor, which tracks digital health maturity across countries. She is also a Senior Associate Professor at Center for Global Digital Health Innovation at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she serves as Co-Principal Investigator for the Gates Foundation Digital Health Exemplars initiative and Strategic Advisor at the Global Health Institute at American University of Beirut. 

With nearly 30 years working in more than 45 countries in Africa, Asia, Middle East and North Africa, South America, and the South Pacific Islands, Patty is celebrated for her roles as an award-winning author, thought leader, researcher, professor and executive director of the mHealth Alliance and executive vice president of the Personal Connected Health Alliance at HIMSS. 

 Dr. Mechael has a PhD from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she studied “Health-related Uses of Mobile Phones in Egypt from 2001-2006”, Masters in Health Science from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Social and Behavioral Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in Near East Studies from Johns Hopkins University. 

She resides in Washington, DC. 

AWARDS

Patty’s contributions to the field have been recognized by the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center and through the Johns Hopkins University Knowledge for the World Distinguished Alumnus Award (2011) and British Council UK Education Social Impact Award (2016).

Her debut-novel, The Antidotes: Pollution Solution, has won several awards, including: Dragonfly Awards- First Place, Green Book/ Environmental; Second Place, Global and Social Issues; Honorary Mention, Middle-Grade Fiction & STEM; Bookfest Award, First Place, Juvenile Fiction/Social Issues & Juvenile Fiction/ Science and Nature; Literary Titan Five Star Gold Award; and Reading with Your Kids Certified Great Read.