Fall 2024 Cohort
Increasing the Resilience of Threatened Health Systems
Led by Margaret Bourdeaux, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and BWH’s Division of Global Health Equity, the Scholarly Working Group Increasing the Resilience of Threatened Health Systems investigate how health systems can prevent, prepare for, and mitigate disruptions from armed conflict, hybrid warfare and climate change-related crises. The group is creating a standardized health systems vulnerability assessment tool, publish detailed threat scenarios pertaining to armed conflict between NATO and the Russian Federation, and producing a white paper on climate-related threats to health system core operational processes.
Working Group Members
Vanessa Kerry, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Richard Serino, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Peter Golganiceanu, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
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Enhancing the Resilience of Europe’s Civilian Health Systems as Conflict with Russia Escalates
Environmental Pressures on Malaria
Co-led by Flaminia Catteruccia, Professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, and Daniel Edward Neafsey, Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Environmental Pressures on Malaria Scholarly Working Group examines how environmental changes and pressures influence malaria transmission and the effectiveness of current control strategies. The group brings together researchers across disciplines to explore the biological, environmental, and social factors shaping malaria prevention, control, and elimination efforts.
Working Group Members
Kelsey Adams — Visiting Scientist, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Marcia Castro — Andelot Professor of Demography, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Abdisalan Noor — Visiting Scientist, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Christina Warinner — Professor of Anthropology and Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Symposium
The group convened a symposium titled, “Malaria in a Changing World: Past Lessons, Present Challenges, and Future Solutions”, focused on the need for more sustainable approaches to malaria control and eradication. The discussions brought together researchers and practitioners from across the basic and applied sciences, behavioral and social sciences, business, economics, and public policy, with perspectives from experts in malaria-endemic countries. The symposium highlighted the importance of integrating environmental, biological, and social factors to develop effective and locally relevant strategies for the future of malaria elimination.
Presenters: Manoj Duraisingh, Megan Michel, Dyann F. Wirth, Marcia Castro, Daniel E. Neafsey, Fitsum Tadesse, Flaminia Catteruccia, Caroline Buckee, Azza Hussein Idris
This event was co-sponsored by the Defeating Malaria: From the Genes to the Globe Initiative, the Nigerian Student Association at Harvard Chan, and the Harvard Undergraduate Premedical Society (HUPS).
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Malaria is gaining ground—but researchers are developing promising new solutions
Climate Change, War, and Health: Effects of Intergenerational Global Health Adaptation
Led by Dr. Ann-Christine Duhaime, Nicholas T. Zervas Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School and a Faculty Associate of the Harvard University Center for the Environment, the Climate Change, War, and Health: Effects of Intergenerational Global Health Adaptation Scholarly Working Group is a cross-disciplinary group of researchers who design methods for accurately cataloging, predicting, and determining strategies to obviate the unique, long-term, and intergenerational health effects caused by war in a time of accelerating climate change.
Working Group Members
Marc Weisskopf, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Margaret Bourdeaux, Harvard Medical School
Barrak Alahmad, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Lindsey Burghardt, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Jennifer Leaning, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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At the Heart of Climate Change, War, and Health: A Case for a Changing Public Perspective
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovations for Global Health
The Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovations for Global Health Scholarly Working Group is co-led by Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine and Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Adeline A. Boatin, Assistant Professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School and an Attending at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The objective of the Scholarly Working Group is to foster cross-disciplinary, collaborative, and cutting-edge research on AI and DI to develop end-to-end solutions aiming to improve health equity. An explicit goal of the group is to identify and engage members of the global health community within Harvard who are interested in leveraging AI/DI to improve healthcare delivery.
Working Group Members
Matt Bonds, Harvard Medical School
Francesca Dominici, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Temidayo Fadelu, Harvard Medical School
Khahlil Louisy, Harvard Kennedy School
Milind Tambe, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences