Team

Dr. Ivers has spent her career providing care to the rural and urban poor and engaging in patient-oriented investigation that offer solutions to barriers to healthcare. She works on the design, implementation, and evaluation of large-scale public health programs in resource-limited settings with the goal of achieving health equity. She has worked on healthcare delivery in India, Southeast Asia, and Africa. From 2003-2017, Dr. Ivers served in various leadership roles for Partners in Health, including Clinical Director, Chief of mission, and Director of strategic implementation. In addition to expanding access to healthcare for the poor, Dr. Ivers has contributed to published research articles on HIV/AIDS, food insecurity, and cholera treatment and prevention and is involved in global policy and advocacy.

She brings to HGHI a strong background in financial management and strategic planning. Among the many highlights of her career are serving as Executive Director of Administration for the Harvard College Dean of Students Office; Director of Strategic Planning for MedStar Georgetown University Hospital; International Finance Director for Partners In Health; and Senior Finance and Planning Administrator for Harvard Medical School. She also served as the Treasurer for the Board of Directors of Anseye Pou Ayiti (Teach for Haiti). 

Prior to HGHI, Yaye worked as a Finance and Operations Manager at the Harvard ALI, where she was responsible for managing the department’s finances and operations, including budgeting and forecasting, account payables and receivables, donations, program fees, and single and multi-year financial planning. Before that, she worked as an Administrator at the Harvard University Office for Sponsored Programs, where she managed both federal and non-federal U.S awards, international awards, and served as a steward for maintaining data integrity and compliance in the management of research funds.

Dr. Daubman's work is focused on educational interventions to relieve suffering for vulnerable populations within the US, globally, and through disaster response.  She has partnered with local palliative care leaders to develop educational programs and expand services in countries such as Jamaica, Brazil, and Chile.

Prior to joining HGHI, he managed the surgical coordination at the Digestive Disease Institute in Cleveland Clinic, overseeing multiple aspects of operating rooms across South Florida for Gastroenterology, Colorectal, and Transplant surgeons. Additionally, in his previous role, he served as a pivotal link between healthcare fellows and the financial aspects of patients to obtain the care they needed.

Prior to joining HGHI in 2015, she worked with Education First and the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. She earned a Master’s in Education from Harvard and a BA in Psychology from Boston College.

Prior to joining HGHI in 2019, she managed international fellowship programs and trainee education at Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery and EqualHealth. Olivia earned a Master’s in Healthcare Administration from Regis College and a B.A. in Public Health.

She also worked at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill managing a large-scale sexual assault research network, which included leading the first ever prospective study of sexual assault trauma in adult women in the US. She lived and worked in Kenya and Uganda while studying barriers to reproductive healthcare, specifically in seeking treatment for HPV and cervical cancer. She received her Master of Science in Global Health from Duke University’s Global Health Institute, and her BA in International Relations from Auburn University.

Katy O’Neill is the Program Manager for two mental health programs at Harvard Medical School: the Mental Health For All Lab and the GlobalMentalHealth@MentalHealthForAllLab Initiative. As Program Manager of the Mental Health For All Lab, Katy oversees research program activities, proposed and current projects, and supervision of staff and students. She collaborates with research partners and related institutions across Harvard and around the world. Katy received her Master in Public Health from Boston University, specializing in Global Health in 2019. Her primary research interests include the intersection of gender, interpersonal relationships and mental health. Prior to joining Harvard, Katy was the Financial Aid Officer at Boston University School of Theology and a part-time Research Assistant for the Global & Local Center for Mental Health Disparities at Boston University School of Medicine. 

Originally from Hong Kong, Carmen had been working as a food and travel writer and editor for various lifestyle magazines there before coming to the U.S. She now writes for publications both in her hometown and in the U.S., covering topics from arts and culture to feminism and literature. You can find her writing in Vogue Hong Kong, Undomesticated, Canto Cutie, and City Magazine. She is a contributor to the anthology Hong Kong Noir (Akashic, December 2018) and a co-author of several business case studies, including Diunsa: An Entrepreneurial Family’s Digital Response to COVID-19 in the journal Entrpreneurship Education and Pedagogy.

Carmen is also active in promoting cultural exchange through the arts. She has been a member of the Governing Board of the Asian Pop-Up Cinema in Chicago since 2021.

Carmen received her MBA from Babson College and her BA in English from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She speaks and writes fluently in three languages: English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Luke is a part-time student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health where he is studying to earn a Masters of Public Health in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Luke's interests fall at the intersection of implementation science and behavioral health.