#  Michelle Niescierenko, MD, MPH 

Grousbeck-Fazzalari Chair & Director, Global Health Program, Boston Children's Hospital

 

 

 



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Dr. Niescierenko is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Public Health physician and founding Chair of the Global Health Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. The Boston Children's Global Health Program is partnership-based, working to improve child health through research, program implementation and education globally. She has experience in pediatric care, public health and health systems building with host country governments in more than 30 countries, on 5 continents as well as with the WHO, the World Bank, US CDC, USAID and various global non-governmental organizations. Her career focus is on building sustainable systems in fragile economic, humanitarian and conflict settings. Most recent work includes Liberia, Nigeria, Ukraine, Iraq, Palestine, Indonesia and India.



 

 

 





 

 

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