Atika Juristia

Atika is the founder of The J Healthcare Initiative, a nonprofit transforming substance use healthcare through evidence-based policy work and experiential learning. Drawing from her experience as a first-generation immigrant, Atika creates innovative healthcare solutions in collaboration with people who use drugs. Her work has engaged 174,000 college students, generated over 9500 project hours in health promotion, and influenced policies impacting 7 million people. Atika is a Novartis Reimagine Health scholar with proven track record of innovative groundwork in the field of substance use and youths mental health. She established Canada’s first women’s drug user health circle and contributed to landmark policy changes, including the historic inclusion of "harm reduction" in UN resolutio...