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  [### Michael VanRooyen, MD, MPH

 ](/people/michael-vanrooyen)Director

Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

 

 

 Michael VanRooyen, MD, MPH is the founding director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), an interfaculty initiative at Harvard University dedicated to advancing evidence and professional development in humanitarian assistance. He has led complex... 

 

 

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   [### Irini Albanti, DrPH, MPH, MA

 ](/people/irini-albanti)Executive Director

Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

 

 

 Dr. Irini Albanti is the Executive Director at Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), a Lecturer in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and a Lecturer of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical... 

 

 

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