Nafanta Fadiga

2025 McCall MacBain Scholar

McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, MSc, Family Medicine

Education:

Queen's University (BSc'21), York University (BSc'25)

Toronto, ON, Canada

Nafanta is studying Global Health at York University while working as a bilingual talent and campus recruitment specialist at a multinational pharmaceutical company. She is passionate about sickle cell disease (SCD) research and currently volunteers with two SCD organizations. Her volunteer efforts include researching the role of international advocacy in improving SCD health outcomes and setting up an online hub to make clinical trials more accessible. While pursuing her first bachelor's degree at Queen's University, Nafanta helped run the Black Premedical Association, led the World Sickle Cell Day proclamation in Kingston, and worked as a residence don. She has volunteered and worked at the University Health Network, a hospital network in Toronto, contributing to clinical research studies. Nafanta has been admitted to the Master of Science in Family Medicine (Thesis): Global Health program at McGill. She has co-authored several research publications on SCD and hopes to continue contributing to research in this area.