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Harvard Global Health Institute Announces 2026–2027 Fellowship Cohorts

New fellows will advance research, climate and health scholarship, and leadership across the global health field. 

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The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) is pleased to welcome its 2026–2027 fellowship cohorts across three programs: the HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship, the HGHI-Salata Burke Climate and Health Fellowship, and the Harvard LEAD Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health. 

Together, these programs support scholars, clinicians, researchers, and emerging leaders working across disciplines and around the world to advance innovative research, strengthen health systems, address the health impacts of climate change, and build the next generation of global health leaders. 

This year’s fellows bring expertise spanning pediatric critical care and artificial intelligence, Indigenous child health, climate change and infectious disease, climate-responsive design, medical education, digital health, health systems, and health workforce development. Through research support, mentorship, leadership development, executive education, and connections across the Harvard community, the three programs provide fellows with opportunities to deepen their work and build lasting collaborations. 

HGHI Burke Global Health Fellows 

The HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship provides funding for Harvard junior faculty to pursue innovative research, curriculum development, and teaching in global health. The fellowship supports faculty at a critical stage in their careers, providing time and resources to advance work with the potential to generate new insights and drive transformation in global health. 

The 2026–2027 fellows are: 

  1. Carl Denis Britto, MBBS, DPhil, Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Attending in Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital | “Predicting Neonatal Respiratory Escalation in Resource-Limited Settings: A Prospective 20-Site Validation of Infrastructure-Agnostic Frugal Artificial Intelligence across Tiered Indian NICUs” 
  2. Anahí Venzor Strader, MD, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School | “Co-design and Early Evaluation of a Culturally Grounded Home-Based Care Package for Small and Vulnerable Newborns in Indigenous Guatemala” 

Learn more about the 2026–2027 HGHI Burke Global Health Fellows.

HGHI-Salata Burke Climate and Health Fellows 

The HGHI-Salata Burke Climate and Health Fellowship supports research fellows, postdoctoral scholars, and early-career faculty pursuing research at the intersection of climate change and global health. Fellows work with Harvard faculty mentors while engaging with cross-University initiatives focused on climate change. 

The 2026–2027 fellows are: 

  1. David Atomanyi Barnes, DVM, MDiv, PhD, Research Associate for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | “Climate Change, Zoonotic Tuberculosis, and Health Inequities in Ghana: One Health Interface Risks” 
  2. Hassan Pishahang, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard Graduate School of Design | “Climate-Responsive Bio-Integrated Shelter Systems for Health in Mobile and Temporary Living Environments”

Learn more about the 2026-2027 HGHI-Salata Burke Climate and Health Fellows.

Harvard LEAD Fellows 

The Harvard LEAD Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health offers leadership development, executive education, mentorship, and coaching for global health leaders from low- and middle-income countries who will, in turn, mentor future leaders in global health. 

The 2026–2027 fellows are: 

  1. Amnuayporn Apiraksakorn, MD, MMEd, CHSE, LLB, BPH, Deputy Director of the Khon Kaen Medical Education Center at Khon Kaen Hospital and Assistant Director of the Bureau of Medical Doctor and Health Care Professional Production and Development, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand 
  2. Suhela Kapoor, PhD, Senior Consultant (Scientific) at the ICMR National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Sciences (NIRDHDS), India  
  3. Lela Sulaberidze, Head of the Strategic Development and Analytics Department at the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia 
  4. Ana Barrera Vargas, MD, MSc, Head of the Department of Medical Education at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ), Mexico 

Learn more about the 2026–2027 Harvard LEAD Fellows.

Acknowledgment of Support 

HGHI gratefully acknowledges Kathy and Bob Burke and Jane Jie Sun for their unwavering support of the HGHI Burke Fellowships and the Harvard LEAD Fellowship. Their generosity and commitment provide fellows with the resources, mentorship, and opportunities needed to advance innovative research and strengthen the future of global health. 

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.