Ahmed Ali

Ahmed Ali is a pharmacist by profession, one of the founders, and the current executive director of the Somali Health Board (SHB), a nonprofit organization that works to address health disparities within the Somali/East African community.

He is an active member of the Somali community, with an emphasis on immigrant/refugee health issues both locally and abroad. He also serves on diverse boards, including the King County Immigrant/Refugee Task Force, city of Seattle's Sweetened Beverages Community Advisory Board, as well as the Fred Hutchinson Health Disparities Community Advisory Board. Along with the SHB team, Dr. Ali is also a recipient of the 2016 Molina Healthcare’s Community Champions Award.

Dec. 12, 2023

35 I Therapeutic Violence—How Mental Healthcare Falls Short in Immigrant Communities

This episode features community leaders and prior podcast guests Ahmed Ali, Joseph Seia, Jennifer Huong, James Hang, and Morhaf. The episode delves into the complexities of mental health care within culturally diverse communities, emphasizing the need for culturally competent and trustworthy healthcare professionals and the challenges of language barriers, historical oppression, and cultural stigmas. The conversation covers topics such as the historical context of mental health in immigrant comm...

Guests: Ahmed Ali , Joseph Seia , James Heng , Jennifer Huong

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Aug. 2, 2022

5 I Somalis—Can you name that supplement that everyone is taking? (Ahmed Ali,)

This is part II of our conversation with Ahmed Ali about Somalis in Washington. To hear the introduction to this topic and the full guest intro, please listen to the previous episode. Ahmed Ali is a pharmacist by profession and the executive director of the Somali Health Board. In Part II of this conversation, we talk about what to be aware of during a patient encounter like naming and traditional clothing counseling about nutrition in a culturally appropriate way review a common supplement ...

Guest: Ahmed Ali

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Aug. 2, 2022

4 I Somalis—When was the last time you thought about Ramadan when counseling? (Ahmed Ali,)

Ahmed Ali is a pharmacist by profession, one of the founders and the current executive director of the Somali Health Board (SHB), a nonprofit organization that works to address health disparities within the Somali/East African community. He is an active member within the Somali community, with emphasis on immigrant/refugee health issues both locally and abroad. Today, in Part 1 of this conversation, we talk about the history of Somalia including the Somali Bantu population the importance of u...

Guest: Ahmed Ali

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