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Harvard University
Joined November 2010
🔬 #FridayFellowSpotlight: Meet Thalia Viveros-Uehara, 2025 HGHI–Salata Burke Fellow, whose work explores climate change, health, and human rights. On Oct. 29, she will moderate a panel on climate-health litigation at Harvard Law School. 📅 Register: bit.ly/4ynociQ
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JOIN US TODAY @ 12 PM Eastern Time for a presentation by Azza Idris on Leveraging Protective Antibodies to Guide Next-Generation Malaria Vaccine Design. This webinar is free and open to the public and will include time for audience Q&A. 👉 Register here: bit.ly/4dTPl5F
Join Azza Idris, MD, PhD for HGHI’s Fall 2026 Research & Innovation Speaker Series as she explores how insights from human monoclonal antibodies are informing new approaches to malaria vaccine design. 📅 Oct. 13 | 12–12:45 PM ET | Virtual 👉 Register: bit.ly/4dTPl5F
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🔬 #FridayFellowsSpotlight: We are excited to welcome 8 new fellows across our 3 fellowship programs, with expertise spanning AI, child health, climate and health, digital health, medical education, and health systems leadership. Read the announcement: bit.ly/4zt3jnI
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What can the current Ebola response teach us about today’s global health emergency systems? Join HGHI Oct. 30, 9–10 a.m. ET for a virtual Coffee Session with Dr. Marie Roseline Darnycka Belizaire (WHO Africa) and Prof. Yap Boum II (Africa CDC). Register: bit.ly/4zl24qw
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🚨 Applications are NOW OPEN for the 2027–2028 Harvard LEAD Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health! A fully funded one-year fellowship for experienced global health professionals from low- and middle-income countries. Apply by Nov. 15: bit.ly/4hH1L1M
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Join us Oct. 29 to explore how international courts are shaping climate justice petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/e… The second panel explores how domestic courts are shaping the constitutional architecture of climate governance. @HarvardSalata @HarvardWCFIA @FXBHarvard @HarvardGH
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🔬 #FridayFacultySpotlight: Meet new HGHI Affiliated Faculty Dr. Azza Idris, whose research focuses on malaria immunity and next-generation vaccines. 📅 Join Dr. Idris Oct. 13 for our Research & Innovation Series on next-generation malaria vaccines. 🔗 bit.ly/4dTPl5F
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🌍 HGHI #FridayFellowSpotlight: Dr. @DrJalika,2024–2025 Harvard LEAD Fellow and Deputy Minister of Health II in Sierra Leone. 🇸🇱 🎥 Hear from Dr. Mustapha on sustaining momentum toward #TripleZero: facebook.com/share/v/1EuNu9L…
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Join Azza Idris, MD, PhD for HGHI’s Fall 2026 Research & Innovation Speaker Series as she explores how insights from human monoclonal antibodies are informing new approaches to malaria vaccine design. 📅 Oct. 13 | 12–12:45 PM ET | Virtual 👉 Register: bit.ly/4dTPl5F
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🔬 HGHI #FridayFacultySpotlight: Shriya Srinivasan, PhD HGHI Affiliated Faculty Member, whose work bridges bioengineering, neuroscience, medical technology & global health. Read more about her recent award: bit.ly/475PQWr
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What does it take to build health systems that are resilient and sustainable for a changing world? Explore the latest Global Health in Focus and subscribe, featuring analysis on governance, geopolitics, financing, infrastructure & AI in global health: bit.ly/4hqyZUm
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🔬 HGHI #FridayFacultySpotlight: Daniel Palazuelos, an Affiliated Faculty Member advancing global health equity, community health & medical education. 🎥 Learn more by watching “Lessons in Global Health Equity” on our YouTube channel: bit.ly/4cBElJJ
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Burke Fellow Dr. David Roach is developing low-cost, gene-based diagnostics to detect antimicrobial-resistant bloodstream infections in low-resource settings. Read his latest research here: go.nature.com/4ymxagR
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This June, our Scholarly Working Group led by @wafaie_fawzi co-sponsored #CAHSSA2026 in Dar es Salaam, convening a session on school feeding, food systems, and adolescent nutrition across Sub-Saharan Africa. Learn more + read the BMJ Open protocol: bit.ly/45NXbcT
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How can global health leaders create lasting change? At a recent HGHI LEAD Fellowship workshop, 16 women leaders explored power, influence & leadership with Prof. @julie_battilana of @SICIHarvard. Read more → bit.ly/4xkD6ad
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New in global health: A record cyclosporiasis outbreak in the U.S. is exposing the strain on public health systems as funding cuts, staffing shortages and disrupted coordination make it harder to detect, trace and contain disease. Read more from NPR: n.pr/4gjpnsQ
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This summer, 9 Harvard undergrads spent 8 weeks conducting global health research through HGHI's SURGH program. From antimicrobial resistance to health systems, their work spanned diverse global health challenges. Read more about their experiences: bit.ly/3U3IZK6
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