Artificial Intelligence for Healthier Futures
We bring together predictive models, agentic systems, and climate science to unlock insights from complex data, shaping a future where risks are anticipated and crises are prevented by design.
Who We Are
The Institute for Health Modeling and Climate Solutions (IMACS) is a global AI Center of Excellence for healthier futures, established in 2022 with foundational support from Reaching the Last Mile and anchored by Malaria No More. We serve as an AI capability center for governments, multilaterals, and enterprises, harnessing AI, advanced data integration, and predictive modeling to build resilient health systems and improve decision-making at scale.
Mission & Vision
We began with a simple question: what if the world’s data and knowledge could be understood to shape better health outcomes?
Our Mission
Our mission is to unlock the value of complex, multi-sector data and scientific knowledge to enable smarter decisions, stronger preparedness, and more resilient health systems.
Our Vision
IMACS envisions a future where intelligence is embedded across public systems, enabling them to learn continuously, adapt in real time, and make better health decisions at scale.
We Build. Deploy. Scale.
Build
AI Systems and Infrastructure
Foundation models, retrieval-augmented reasoning, agentic systems, digital twins, and interoperable data pipelines.
Deploy
Large-Scale Implementation
Co-designed solutions embedded within governments, enterprises, and program workflows, integrated with existing data and information systems.
Scale
Capability & Adoption
Enabling countries and institutions to adopt, operate, and sustain AI systems through training, tooling, and continuous support.
Core Capabilities
Supported By
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Foundation Model Support
Amazon Web Services
Infrastructure Services
Working Across 15 Countries
From West Africa to Southeast Asia, IMACS partners with governments and institutions to embed decision intelligence where it matters most.
Africa
Middle East
Asia
Meet the Team
The IMACS core team designs, builds, and operates AI-powered decision systems across engineering, data, product, and deployment, bringing together AI engineers, system architects, domain experts, and policy leaders to deliver intelligence systems at scale.
Kaushik Sarkar
Founder & Director, IMACS
Carrie Nichols
Deputy Director, Strategic Initiatives
Grace Kim
Senior Manager, Program and Partnerships
Apoorv Pal
Data Engineer
Rishabh Dev
Sr AI Engineer, IMACS
Ramadane Hagne
Senior Consultant, Regional Delivery
Koffi Emmanuel Yovo
Epidemiologist Consultant
Mohamed Alpha Kamara
Technical Lead Consultant
Geoffrey Kongo Githinji
Technical Officer Consultant
Stacey Lissit
Training Specialist Consultant
Global Expertise, Local Relevance
The IMACS Expert Network convenes a global community of experts across public health epidemiology, environment, geographical systems, health economics, and health risk management, bringing together scientists, policymakers, and practitioners from LMIC and UMIC health systems, alongside engineers and modelers.
Swadhin Behera
Director, Application Laboratory, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Elizabeth Carlton
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, University of Colorado, School of Public Health
Hae-kwan Cheong
Professor Emeritus, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
Ramesh Dhiman
Principal Investigator: DST-ICMR Centre of Excellence for Climate Change & Vector Borne Diseases, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research
Pulak Guhathakurta
Head, Climate Research Division Office of Climate Research and Services, India Meteorological Department
Masahiro Hashizume
Professor, School of International Health Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo University
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb
Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine , Gothenburg University
Geir Kjetil Ferkingstad Sandve
Professor, Scientific Computing and Machine Learning, University of Oslo
Maquines Sewe
Senior Research Engineer, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umea University
Sheetal Silal
Associate Professor; Director, Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa (MASHA), University of Cape Town
