Harvard Global Health Institute Welcomes 2024-2025 Cohorts of Fellows
The three fellowship programs support emerging leaders in global health to advance their research, curriculum development, and career development.
The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) announced the 2024-2025 recipients of its three fellowship programs: the HGHI Burke Climate and Health Fellowship, the HGHI-Salata Burke Global Health Fellowship, and the Harvard LEAD Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health. These programs offer valuable opportunities for emerging global health leaders to advance their careers through expert mentorship, educational programs, and connections in Harvard’s diverse community. The fellows were chosen through a highly competitive application process.
The HGHI-Salata Climate and Health Burke Fellowship supports post-doctoral scholars conducting research at the important intersection of climate change and global health, a critical and transdisciplinary area of study. This year’s fellow is:
- Colleen Lanier-Christensen PhD, MPH, AB, Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Science Department at Harvard University | “Climate Change, Public Health, and the Clean Air Act of 1970”
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The Harvard Global Health Institute Burke Global Health Fellowship provides funding for Harvard junior faculty members to pursue innovative research and curriculum development in global health. This financial support enables fellows to focus on research and helps to catalyze their careers. This year’s fellows are:
Global Health Research Fellows
- Tess Wiskel, MD, MPH, Emergency Medicine Physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | “Heat Impacts on the Health and Well-being of Informal Sector Workers in India”
- Chuan-Chin Huang, ScD, MSc, Associate Epidemiologist at the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Instructor at Harvard Medical School | “The role of prisons in the spread of tuberculosis in Lima, Peru”
Global Health Curriculum Development Fellows
- Jacqueline Seiglie, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Endocrinologist and Diabetologist at Massachusetts General Hospital | “Grupo LATAM Virtual Capacity Building Curriculum: A peer-mentorship program to support early career investigators in Latin America and the Caribbean working in cardiometabolic research”
- Jonathan Strong, MD, MPH, Instructor at Harvard Medical School, Emergency Medicine Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital | “Development and Implementation of the Adult Emergency Medicine Core Curriculum for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society Hebron Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital Global Health Program Emergency Care Capacity Building Program”
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The Harvard LEAD Fellowship offers leadership development and mentorship support for individuals from low- and middle-income countries who will, in turn, mentor future leaders in global health. This year’s fellows are:
- Jalikatu Mustapha, MMed, MSc, BSc, Deputy Minister for Health (II) at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone
- Wanza Mbole, DSL, MBA, BSc, Senior Economic Inclusion Advisor and Gender Lead at FSD Kenya
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About the Harvard Global Health Institute Climate and Health Burke Fellowship Program
Launched in February 2023 and hosted in collaboration with the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University, the HGHI-Salata Burke Climate and Health Fellowship is a 2-year program for eligible research fellows, post-doctoral scholars, and early career faculty pursuing research at the intersection of climate change and global health. Throughout their fellowship year, climate and health fellows work closely with their Harvard faculty mentors on their proposed research projects and are uniquely connected to cross-University engagements on climate change. The fellowship is supported through the generous gift of Harvard alumna Katherine States Burke, AB ’79, and her husband, T. Robert Burke.
About the Harvard Global Health Institute Burke Global Health Fellowship Program
The HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship provides funding for Harvard junior faculty members across the University to pursue innovative research, curriculum development, and teaching in global health. For its alumni, the HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship has served as a career catalyst, coming at a critical juncture in faculty’s academic development. It gives Harvard junior faculty the financial freedom to focus on critical work that promises to drive novel insights and transformation in global health. The HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship and the HGHI Burke Climate and Health Fellowship (below) are made possible through the generous support of Harvard alumna Katherine States Burke, AB’79, and her husband, T. Robert Burke, who established the Burke Fund to help launch and advance the careers of promising early career researchers in global health.
About the Harvard Learn, Engage, Advance, Disrupt “LEAD” Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health
Founded in 2019, the Harvard LEAD Fellowship is a collaboration between the Harvard Global Health Institute and the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Made possible by the generous support of Jane Jie Sun, the mission of LEAD is to promote leadership skills in individuals from low- and middle-income countries, who will, in turn, mentor future leaders in global health. The 2024-2025 cohort of LEAD fellows will commence their year of leadership development, mentorship, and training this September. During the fellowship, they will engage in individualized leadership training, work with world-class faculty, enroll in Harvard executive education courses, participate in skill-building workshops, and take part in extensive mentorship and coaching programs.
About the Harvard Global Health Institute
The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) is an interfaculty initiative that facilitates collaboration across the Harvard community and partners worldwide to advance global health equity. We tackle the greatest health challenges of our time through innovative transdisciplinary research, education, and partnerships that build knowledge and drive positive change in global health.
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