Wendy Parmet, J.D.
Faculty Director, Center for Health Policy and Law, Northeastern University School of Law
Katherine Rucinski, PhD, MPH
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Planet
Laura Kuhl, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and International Affairs Program
Associate Director, Strategic Research Collaborations, Global Resilience Institute
Madhavi Venkatesan, PhD
Executive Director of Sustainable Practices,
Assistant Teaching Professor, Northeaster University, Department of Economics
Technology
Gonzalo Bacigalupe, EdD
Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, College of Education and Human Development at UMass Boston
Gavin Skinner, BVSC., MSC., MPH, MRCVS
Director, Global Disaster Response, BIDMC Fellowship In Disaster Medicine
TBA
Workshop Leaders
Tonya Colpitts, PhD
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Boston University
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Workshop: Emerging Diseases Due to Climate Change
Shaunagh Connaire
Emmy nominated Journalist &
Reporter with Unreported World and the BBC
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Workshop: Communicating Global Health
Andrew Driscoll
Emmy nominated Journalist &
Reporter with Unreported World and the BBC
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Workshop: Global Mental Health
Lori Ferrins, PhD
Vice-chair of the International Younger Chemists Network,
Research Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Northeastern University
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Workshop: Pathways to Careers in Global Health
Megan Gallagher, MD, MPH
Baystate Infectious Disease Group at Baystate Franklin Medical Center
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Workshop: Emerging Diseases Due to Climate Change
Susan Mello, PhD
Northeastern University,
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
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Workshop: Communicating Global Health
Gibbs Nasir
Johns Hopkins University
Public Health United,
Director of Community Engagement
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Workshop: Communicating Global Health
Natasha Archer, MD, MPH
Pediatric Hematologist/ Oncologist at Boston Children's Hospital, Senior Health and Policy Advisor of Hematology at Zanmi Lasante
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Workshop: Pathways to Careers in Global Health
Catherine Brown, DVM, MSc, MPH
State Public Health Veterinarian at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
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Workshop: Emerging Diseases Due to Climate Change
Sean Cahill, PhD
Director of Health Policy Research at the Fenway Institute
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Workshop: Healthcare for Unique Populations
Mercy Owuor
Head of Research, Development and Policy at Carolina for Kibera
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Workshop: Healthcare for Unique Populations
Christina Potter
Johns Hopkins University,
Outbreak Observatory
Writer and Editor
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Workshop: Communicating Global Health
Harlan Pruden
Educator with Chee Mamuk, British Columbia Center for Disease Control
Co-founder of North East Two Spirit Society
Advisor for the US Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) under President Obama
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Workshop: Healthcare for Unique Populations
Valeria Ramdin, PhD, MS, APRN-BC, CNE
Assistant Clinical Professor & Director, Global Health Nursing at Northeastern University
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Workshop: Pathways to Careers in Global Health
Katherine Rucinski, PhD, MPH
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Workshop: Pathways to Careers in Global Health
Alexandra Tarzikhan, JD, MPH
Schuette Clinical Legal Fellow in Health and Human Rights at the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
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Workshop: Global Mental Health