Exciting things are coming at the Crown Family School!

As the Kiphart Center for Global Health and Social Development prepares to engage the host of health and development challenges facing our world, we invite you to get to know us and our work more at our launch event on Wednesday, May 18th! More information at the link in our bio

As we get closer to our launch event, we will be highlighting some of the distinguished scholars you will be able to hear from at our event. We invite you to read more about all our panelists’ groundbreaking research, and come hear from them in person this Wednesday!

First up we have Dr. Diane Lauderdale, Chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences. Dr. Lauderdale’s research examines the influence of structural social and behavioral factors on health, and she will be moderating our faculty panel.

Dr. Mercedes Pascual will be joining our faculty panel. Dr. Pascual is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution who researches the relationship between climatological events and the progression of infectious diseases. We can’t wait to hear from her on Wednesday!

It’s time for our second speaker highlight, and we’re very excited to announce the remaining participants in our faculty panel!

Dr. Zhiying Ma is a cultural and medical anthropologist working as an Assistant Professor at The Crown Family School Her research looks at the design and implementation of social and medical policy, as well as how policy and development initiatives interact with marginalized populations.

Dr. Kavi Bhalla is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences whose research is centered around the development of safe, sustainable, and equitable transportation systems. He co-led the injury expert group of the 2010 Global Burdens of Disease Project.

The fifth and final participant in our faculty panel is Dr. Alan Zarychta. Dr. Zarychta is an Assistant Professor at The Crown Family School whose research focuses on public health and environmental policy in Central and South America.

Finally, we are pleased to announce our Distinguished Speaker, Ertharin Cousin. A Distinguished Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, she was also the Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme from 2012-2017.