Vinu Ilakkuvan
Guest AuthorVinu Ilakkuvan, DrPH, is the founder and principal consultant of PoP Health, a public health practice that partners with community coalitions to drive policy and systems change. She is passionate about addressing the root causes of health shaped by corporate and political forces, and recently launched GASLIT, a project focused on building community power and reducing corporate influence to advance public health and equity. Vinu is also a policy consultant with the George Washington University Center for Health and Health Care in Schools and is a 2025 Seeding Disruption Fellow with the Equity Lab.