Nov 3
Event

Trends in Global Health with Vanessa Kerry

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location
Building NE49 - 3100
Contact

Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc, is a professor at Harvard Medical school and acritical care trained physician. She is the co-founder and CEO of Seed Global Health (Seed), a non-profit that focuses on the power of investing in health and the health workforce for social well-being, economic growth, and equity to transform countries. At Harvard, she serves as the director of the program in Global Health and Climate Policy in the Department of Environmental Health and a core faculty member at the Center for Climate, Health and Global Environment (C-CHANGE), and the Director of the Program in Global Public Policy at Mass General, a Harvard Medical School affiliated hospital. She also serves as the World Health Organization's Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health. Dr. Kerry’s academic focus is on health system strengthening with a focus on health workforce, climate change and health, and global health security.

This seminar will be held in E53-482 (Millikan Room). Lunch will be available. Please RSVP here

Contact Kate Danahy at kdanahy@mit.edu with any questions. 

This event is part of the CIS Global Research & Policy Seminar Series. Join our mailing list here to learn about upcoming seminars in the series.