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HHI Responds to Earthquake Devastation in Haiti

In response to the Haiti earthquake disaster, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) is playing a lead role in supporting the coordination of the Harvard-wide response including that of the Harvard-affiliated hospitals within Partners Health Care System. By leveraging HHI’s unique position as an academic and research center with long-standing ties to leading medical and public health personnel, HHI has been able to facilitate the deployment of more than 70 surgeons, emergency physicians, anesthesiologists and nurses to Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake.

To read more about HHI’s response to the Haiti earthquake, please visit our Earthquake in Haiti page.

To find out how to volunteer, visit our Volunteer in Haiti page.

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The Fellows program at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative provides an academic base for leading experts in the field of humanitarian assistance. HHI fellows hold a one year visiting scientist appointment at the School of Public Health.  The Fellows bring a wealth of professional experience and knowledge to the learning environment and serve as a valuable resource for HHI’s core programs.

Miriam Aschkenasy, MD, MPH

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Public Health Specialist, Humanitarian Response Department, Oxfam America

Satchit Balsari, MD, MPH

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Emergency Physician, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Mihir Bhatt, MS

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Director, All India Disaster Mitigation Institute

Frederick "Skip" M. Burkle, Jr., MD, MPH, DTM, FAAP, FACEP

Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Visiting Scientist, Harvard School of Public Health
Senior Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
Professor, Department of Community Emergency Health, Monash University Medical School
Senior Associate Faculty, Department of International Health, Center for Refugee & Disaster Response, Johns Hopkins University
Adjunct Professor, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences

Alex de Waal, PhD

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Program Director, Social Science Research Council

Sheri Fink, MD, PhD

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Visiting Scientist, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health

Rebecca Freeman Grais, PhD
Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Visiting Scientist, Harvard School of Public Health
Grant Gordon

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Philippe Guerin, MD, MPH, PhD

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Michael D. Lappi, MPH, MS, DO, PhD

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Kelly McQueen, MD, MPH

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Patrick Meier, PhD (abd)

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Paul Spiegel, MD, MPH
Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Senior Health Officer for HIV/AIDS at UNHCR
Pamela Steiner, EdD

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Charles Vidich, MCP, MS

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Manager, Environmental Compliance, U.S. Postal Service

Julia VanRooyen, MD

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Justyna Zander, PhD

Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative