About Us

Established in 2017, the mission of One Heart Health is to develop cost-effective medical technologies to enable early diagnosis of heart disease in children who live in low resource areas of the world, thereby improving health outcomes.

Most of the members of the One Heart Health team are full-time working professionals, who volunteer their time for the mission of the organization. We are headquartered in Minnesota, USA.

One Heart Health is transparent about its financial health as a charity. We provide copies of our most recently filed annual information (IRS Form 990) upon request.

 


Our Team

Aaron Faugstad, MA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Management consultant specialized in strategy and program implementation with technical expertise and international experience.

Quan Ni, PhD
BOARD CHAIR

More than 20 years of research, development and clinical experience in the medical device industry. Quan leads One Heart Health Founding team.

Lee Pyles, MS, MD
MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Board certified in pediatric cardiology, pediatrics and medical informatics. Currently associate professor, West Virginia University, School of Medicine.

Matheus Araújo, PhD
TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR

Over 10 years of academic research on sentiment analysis, social computing and most recently health informatics.

Brenda Luchetti
GRANTS & DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Nearly 10 years of business development and proposal management experience across federal civilian, defense, and international development sectors.

Thiago Rodriguez
AI SCIENTIST

Senior Cloud Solutions Architect with over 10 years of experience.

Crishon Washington
DEVELOPMENT LEAD

Full-Stack developer with expertise in mobile app development and ML integration.

Malte Petersen
FULL-STACK DEVELOPER

Full-Stack developer and IT Management student at Aalborg University, Denmark.

Yonathan Eshetu
CLOUD DEVELOPER

Software developer specialized in the design and implementation of integrating cloud services into applications.

Carolyn Tomi Oluwaseun-Apo
UI/UX DESIGNER

UI/UX designer with a focus on creating intuitive, user-centric solutions. Experienced in user research, UI/UX design, and enhancing user experiences.

Ken Shiraishi
QA ENGINEER

QA Tester specializing in manual testing




Board of Directors

Quan Ni, PhD

Co-founder, One Heart Health

Aaron Faugstad, MA

Executive Director, One Heart Health

Bistra Zheleva, MBA

Vice President of Global Strategy and Advocacy at Children’s HeartLink

Edward Tian, MBA

Managing Director, Yorktown Capital Group

Ivan Lubogo

Senior Vice President Of Sales at Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.

James A. Rice, Ph.D., FACHE

Managing Director & Practice Lead, Governance & Leadership, Gallagher Integrated

Martin Tze, MBA

Medical Device Marketing, Innovation and Globalization Executive

Mudit Jain, PhD, MBA

Managing director, Synergy Life Science Partners

Joshua Mayourian, MD

Director, Congenital Heart Artificial Intelligence (CHAI) Lab, Boston Children’s Hospital. Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital







Our Volunteers

We extend our sincere appreciation to the many individuals who have generously volunteered their time and talents in support of One Heart Health. Your contributions have advanced our mission to deliver early, accessible screening for congenital heart disease in low-resource settings. The progress we celebrate today is a result of the foundational work you were a part of. Thank you for your dedication and your lasting impact to our mission.


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