People

Yasir Shafiq

Visiting Graduate Student, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Yasir Shafiq is global health researcher from Pakistan. He brings extensive experience in the field of public health both in research and implementation and been working for vulnerable communities in Pakistan. His focus os research is maternal, neonatal...

Vandana Sharma, MD, MPH

Visiting Scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Dr. Vandana Sharma is Project Director for the External Evaluation of the Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme at HHI and a Research Associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is a public health researcher with expertise...

Christopher Shay PhD, MSc

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Transitional Justice Program

Christopher Wiley Shay is a postdoctoral research fellow at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University. He studies transitional justice - especially prosecutions and war crimes trials - and whether these policy instruments can bolster...

Shwetha Srinivasan

Shwetha is a Research Assistant for the Signal Program at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. She holds a Master of Science in Computational Analysis and Public Policy from the University of Chicago, where she specialized in applying data science and...

Hannah Stoddard, MPA

hstoddard@hsph.harvard.edu

Strategy and Program Manager, Program on Resilient Communities

Hannah is the Strategy and Program Manager for the Program on Resilient Communities at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. In her current role, Hannah leads the program’s strategy development and works closely with the team to implement research that...

Yvonne Su, PhD, M.Sc

Visiting Scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Dr. Yvonne Su is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Rights and Equity Studies at York University, a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a Research Fellow at Oxford’s Centre on Migration, Policy and...

Sumina Suwal

Practicum Student

Sumina Suwal is a Master’s candidate in Sustainable International Development at Brandeis University’s Heller School. Her undergraduate thesis offered a comparative policy analysis of U.S. and Chinese renewable energy frameworks, examining how subsidies...

Alexa Tovsen, PA

Practicum Student

Alexa is an MPH student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, graduating in May 2024 with a concentration in Women, Gender, and Health. She has been fortunate to complete her MPH Practicum on the Ukraine Trauma Care Response Program with HHI’s...

Kaitlyn Tran

Fellow at the Forefront

Humanitarian Affairs Intern

Kaitlyn Tran is a graduating senior at Harvard College studying Government with a secondary in History. Within her studies, she is interested in legacies of colonialism, political memory, and state repression and violence. This summer, Kaitlyn will be...

Jessica Untz Lee, MD

Jessica served as a graduate research assistant within the Transitional Justice program. She is a British physician with a long-standing interest in the provision of care to vulnerable groups. Prior to becoming a doctor, she worked in Latin America in a...

Jackson VanRooyen

jvanrooyen@bwh.harvard.edu

Junior Graphic Designer

Jack is the Junior Graphic Designer, collaborating with teams at HHI and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Jack has over two years of experience designing graphics, icons, illustrations, and other collateral materials. He has contributed to a range of...

Gabriella Vavala

Gabriella served as a research assistant for the Gender, Rights, and Resilience Program. She received her Master of Public Health in Health and Social Behavior with a concentration in Humanitarian Studies at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health...