Donya is a health policy and systems researcher, with a background in global health. Her research interests center around health equity and vulnerable populations. She has conducted research on a range of topics including health sector priority setting and resource allocation, stakeholder engagement in health system decision-making, primary health care and interprofessional collaboration, and sexual and reproductive health. Her PhD research focused on public and vulnerable populations’ participation in health system priority setting Uganda. Recently, she completed a Mitacs postdoctoral fellowship focused menstrual hygiene management program implementation in humanitarian contexts, namely South Sudan. Currently, she is an Ontario Health Team (OHT) Impact Fellow leading the OHT’s public and community engagement portfolio and focused on newcomer engagement.