Humanitarian Studies Initiative Faculty

Humanitarian Studies Initiative faculty come from a wide variety of backgrounds and institutions. Following is a list of core program faculty. We kindly thank all of our program faculty for their commitment to humanitarian education.

Michael VanRooyen, MD, MPH
Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Director, Division of International Health and Humanitarian Programs,
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health and Population,
Harvard School of Public Health
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jennifer Leaning, MD, SMH
Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University
Peter Walker, PhD
Director of the Feinstein International Center
Rosenberg Professor of Nutrition and Human Security
Stephanie Rosborough, MD, MPH
Director, International Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Department of Emergency Medicine,
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Kirsten Johnson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, McGill University Faculty of Medicine
Director, Humanitarian Studies Initiative McGill University
Michael Lappi, MPH, MS, DO, PhD
Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Visiting Scientist, Harvard School of Public Health
Hilarie Cranmer, MD, MPH
Director, Humanitarian Studies Initiative for Residents
Attending Physician and Clinical Instructor, Division of International Health and Humanitarian Programs, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Director, Global Women's Health Fellowship
Jennifer Chan, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University
David Callaway, MD, MPA
Director, The Operational Medicine Institute, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians
Clinical Faculty, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Jarred Goentzel, PhD, MS
Executive Director, MIT Supply Chain Management Program
Miriam Aschkenasy, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Cambridge Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Hani Mowafi, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Co-Director, Section of Public Health and International Health, Boston University School of Medicine
Daniel Maxwell, PhD
Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Chair, Department of Food and Nutrition Policy, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Frederick "Skip" M. Burkle, Jr., MD, MPH, DTM, FAAP, FACEP
Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Visiting Scientist, Harvard School of Public Health
Senior Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
Professor, Department of Community Emergency Health, Monash University Medical School
Senior Associate Faculty, Department of International Health, Center for Refugee & Disaster Response, Johns Hopkins University
Adjunct Professor, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
Ian Cartwright
BBC Journalist and Independent Media Affairs Consultant
Kris Olson, MD, MPH, DTM&H
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Attending Physician, Massachusett General Hospital
Program Leader, Global Health Initiative, Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology


HSI Guest Lecturers

Following is a partial list of guest speakers who have presented and led hands on table top exercises during the Humanitarian Studies Course in recent year.

 

Charles Setchel
Shelter, Settlements, and Hazard Mitigation Advisor, USAID/OFDA
Benjamin Linder, PhD
Associate Professor of Design and Mechanical Engineering, Olin College
Adam Levine, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Brown University
Susan Bartels, MD, MPH
Associate Director, International Emergency Medicine Fellowship, BIDMC
Sayon Dutta, MD
Clinical Research Fellow, Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Andrew Thorne-Lyman
Doctoral Student at Harvard School of Public Health, WFP Program Advisor
Robert Freitas, MHA
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, Consultant
Vincenzo Bolletino, PhD
Programs Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Ondrej Mach, MD, MPH
Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control
Richard Brennan
Senior Health Director, International Rescue Committee
James Li, MD
Director, Remote Medicine
Benjamin Wilson
Director, Cosway Australia
Lynne Jones, PhD
Psychologist, Radcliffe Institute Fellow, Harvard University
Brett Nelson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital