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Explore our most powerful stories and groundbreaking insights through this curated selection of multimedia content. In this section, we feature thought-provoking videos highlighting key moments, challenges, and successes in our work worldwide, showcasing the transformative potential of our research and actions.
Digitally Speaking Ep.1: Turning Data Overload into Actionable Insights
The real barrier to better decisions isn’t data - it’s disconnected systems. USDA soil scientists needed critical insights, like moisture and carbon levels, to support better land management and policy. But the data was buried across fragmented systems and formats. Abt Digital Solutions helped build the Dynamic Soils Hub—a centralized, AI-powered platform that pulls the right indicators in seconds, not days. We applied intelligent tagging, structured metadata, and machine learning to do the heavy lifting so scientists could spend less time wrangling data and more time using it. If your agency is drowning in data, it’s time to rethink your structure.
Nora Connor - AI in Action - CMS case study
Abt’s Nora Connor talks about how we turned massive Medicaid managed care submissions into trustworthy insight for CMS. Using AI on Databricks, our team automated quality checks, streamlined ingestion and integration, and delivered auto-updating dashboards. The approach boosts accuracy, surfaces emerging trends, and flags potential fraud—while keeping CMS staff central to decisions.
Meet Rodaly Muthoni: Teacher, Entomologist and Abt Global Employee
Meet Rodaly Muthoni, chief of Party of Abt's PMI-Evolve project in Kenya. In this mini doc, she shows how integrated vector management—surveillance, IRS, and ITNs—protects communities, and why localization matters: partnering with the Ministry of Health and local organizations to sustain results. Rodaly mentors teams to learn, lead, and innovate, supported by a workplace and family medical cover so they can deliver better outcomes for patients across the country.
We are Abt
Mariandrea Chamorro
Mariandrea Chamorro reflects on the challenges she faced as a woman navigating complex environments and highlights the importance of resilience, mentorship, and staying true to one’s values. Chamorro emphasizes education, perseverance, and service as essential pillars for creating lasting change. Her message is one of determination and the belief that individual actions can spark broader transformation.
Julio Pacca
Julio Pacca, Chief of Party for the Echo Project in Mozambique, traces his three-act journey in HIV and sexual and reproductive health: from an AIDS hotline volunteer in 1980s São Paulo, to Brazil’s national response, to leadership across Africa and the U.S. He reflects on activism, prevention, family planning, and maternal-child health, and why returning to Mozambique matters now. Watch for lessons on accountability, community partnership, and sustaining progress to end AIDS today.
TJ Pepping
TJ Pepping shares how growing up in Tucson’s desert sparked a lifelong commitment to environmental stewardship. He explains how policy and economic incentives turn promising technologies into real-world solutions, and why he joined Abt to work at the intersection of science, governance, and community. From climate resilience to public health, he underscores collaboration and impact—helping improve lives globally. Watch to hear his path, purpose, and what “making a world of difference” means.
Cara Jackson
Cara Jackson describes the impact of a single article on high school exam rates on the arc of her research career.
Allan Porowski
Allan Porowski describes the impact of three friends who failed to complete high school for different reasons on his commitment to social science research.
Insights
At Abt, we are showing how we help make an impact is superior to telling. That's why we've produced in-depth documentaries outlining our challenges and our successes.
Digitally Speaking Ep.1: Turning Data Overload into Actionable Insights
The real barrier to better decisions isn’t data - it’s disconnected systems. USDA soil scientists needed critical insights, like moisture and carbon levels, to support better land management and policy. But the data was buried across fragmented systems and formats. Abt Digital Solutions helped build the Dynamic Soils Hub—a centralized, AI-powered platform that pulls the right indicators in seconds, not days. We applied intelligent tagging, structured metadata, and machine learning to do the heavy lifting so scientists could spend less time wrangling data and more time using it. If your agency is drowning in data, it’s time to rethink your structure.
Digitally Speaking Ep.2: AI for Government
Jordan Shimer of Abt Digital Solutions reviews a GenAI tool crafted for government contexts. It accelerates researchers’ workflows by drafting summaries, flagging critical evidence, and cutting repetitive tasks—all seamlessly integrated into existing systems. The aim: impactful AI without disrupting trust or usability.
Nora Connor | Demystifying A.I.: A Tool For Social Change
Hear Nora Connor, director of data science, discuss her personal career evolution, the evolution of artificial intelligence, and how Abt will use it to help clients.
Satyendra Prasad | The Personal Impact of Climate Change
Satyendra Prasad, principal technical lead for climate and localization, tells how as a child in Fiji he experienced extreme weather events with greater frequency and intensity. As a scholar, policymaker, and practitioner, his mission is to protect the Blue Pacific.
Tenly Snow
Tenly Snow spotlights PS3+, a program helping local governments modernize how health services are managed. Too many decisions still rely on paper, especially financial transactions, slowing care and limiting access. PS3+ supports digital transformation so facilities can manage budgets in real time, pay health workers, and procure essential commodities. By strengthening digital tools and making systems interoperable and integrated, communities gain efficiency, transparency, and better care for patients across facilities and regions.
Impact
Maria | Fighting on Their Front: Ukraine’s Women Entrepreneurs Fuel a Wartime Economy
Maria Bubnova in Mariupol explains how she lost almost everything, then launched a new business—ready-made meals—and the benefits of the GROW Entrepreneur program: business insights and a network to replace the one she lost in Mariupol.
Yuliya | Ukraine’s Women Entrepreneurs Fuel a Wartime Economy
Yuliya, co-founder of the Ukrainian kitchen-counter maker GrandBlutPlat, lost everything to Russian rockets. When she returned to the rubble, she didn't know 90 percent of those who came to help—or what she should do next. The GROW Entrepreneurs program showed a path—and confirmed for her Ukraine's resilience in unity.
It Takes a Village
Explore the chorus of voices that participate in launching a PMI-funded malaria control campaign in rural Madagascar.
Data Breaks the Cycle
Explore the chorus of voices that participate in launching a PMI-funded malaria control campaign in rural Madagascar.
Ending Malaria Creates Jobs for Women
Explore commitment of the PMI-funded malaria control activities to mainstreaming gender equality and empowering women across several facets of the program in Benin.
The Fight Against Malaria Through the Eyes of Gift
See Malawi through the eyes of Gift, who thinks Abt’s insecticide sprayers “look cool” and was overjoyed when, after they sprayed homes in her village, she didn't get malaria once.
Chris Long - IT Modernization Aligned with Administration Priorities
Abt’s Chris Long explains how U.S. agriculture is evolving by using land more wisely to preserve soil’s productive capacity—benefiting farmers and the communities they feed. He describes shifting federal work from paperwork to partnership: streamlining processes so staff spend less time filing forms and more time advising producers on the best approaches for their fields. The result: smarter conservation, better yields, and resilient farms prepared for the next season and the next generation across America.
The Intersect Podcast Series
Tune in to engaging discussions on the world’s most pressing challenges. Our podcast series explores problems, solutions, and the measurable impact our work is having globally.