Harvard Global Health Institute Welcomes 2025-2026 Burke Fellows
We are thrilled to announce five new Burke Fellows, three HGHI-Salata Burke Climate and Health Fellows and two HGHI Burke Global Health Fellows, advancing innovative research in global health.
The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) announced the 2025-2026 recipients of the Burke Fellowship. The HGHI-Salata Burke Climate and Health Fellowship and the HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship provide valuable opportunities for postdoctoral scholars and junior faculty to advance their research, receive expert mentorship, and engage with Harvard’s vibrant academic community. The fellows were selected through a highly competitive application process.
The HGHI-Salata Climate and Health Fellowship supports scholarly research at the important intersection of climate change and global health, an up-and-coming, transdisciplinary area of study. This year’s fellows are:
- Fabian Reitzug, PhD, MSc | “The Role of Community Health Workers in Mitigating the Health Effects of Climate Change in Rural Madagascar”
- Thalia Viveros Uehara, PhD, MSc, LLB | “Litigating the Invisible: Climate Change and Health in the Global South”
- Timothy Downing, PhD, MSc | “Setting the groundwork for implementing Community Heat Adaptation and Treatment Strategies in urban Informal Settlements of Kenya (HATS- RISK)”
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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:
- Rose Olson, MD, MPH | “Resona: A Self-Directed, Mobile PTSD Support Platform for Survivors of Sexual Assault in Sierra Leone”
- David Roach, MD, MBA, MSc | “Deploying BADLOCK in Peru: A Low-Cost Solution for Rapid Detection of Resistant Bloodstream Infections”
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About the HGHI-Salata Climate and Health Fellowship Program
Launched in February 2023 and hosted in collaboration with the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University, the HGHI-Salata 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-Salata Climate and Health Fellowship 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 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.