Meron Mengistu is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Western University. At the GHIL, she coordinates research on the Vaccine Perception Project, SPAVPA, and the Total Health Equity initiative. Within the GHIL, she has contributed to projects on vaccine implementation and equity, including studies on the Meningitis A campaign in Africa’s meningitis belt, Rwanda’s HPV vaccine program, global determinants of polio uptake, and the impact of COVID-19 on Black communities in Canada. Meron holds an MSc in Global Health Policy from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a BSc in Molecular Biology/Immunology/Disease and Population Health from the University of Toronto. Her doctoral research examines determinants of childhood immunization programs in Kenya and Uganda, and strategies to strengthen implementation.