Satchit BalsariMD, MPH; Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor in Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Co-director, CrisisReady at HDSI and Direct Relief
Dr. Balsari’s team studies public health emergencies. The Balsari Lab (balsarilab.com) leverages mobile technologies and data science to close information asymmetries in at-risk communities. Co-leading an interdisciplinary team, he is currently studying the impact and implications of heat in the lived environments of women workers in India’s informal labor economy. A multi-media exhibition he curated, based on his research on the impact of the pandemic on the poor, is currently on global tour.
Ingrid KatzMD, MHS; Director for Behavioral Sciences and Country Chair for Cameroon, PEPFAR, Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dr. Ingrid Katz is the Director for Behavioral Sciences at the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in the Bureau for Global Health Security and Diplomacy in the U.S. Department of State. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Katz received her medical degree from the University of California San Francisco, and MHS from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Jim Yong KimMD, PhD; Vice Chairman and Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners; Co-Founder, Partners In Health
Dr. Jim Yong Kim is Vice Chairman and Partner at Global Infrastructure Partners. Kim co-founded PIH, where he developed treatment programs for MDR-TB and AIDS in Haiti, Peru, and several other countries. From 2003 to 2005, Kim served as Director of the World Health Organization’s HIV/AIDS department. In 2009, he was named the 17th President of Dartmouth College. Pres. Barack Obama nominated Kim to become the 12th President of the World Bank Group, a position he held from July 2012 to February 2019.
Carole MitnickMD; Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Epidemiologist, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Senior Research Associate, Partners In Health
Dr. Mitnick has worked in partnership with PIH for more than 25 years to improve the quality of, and access to, care for tuberculosis. This work spans conduct of observational research and clinical trials conducted with priority placed on accompaniment of study participants, research teams; as well as advocacy, activism, and delivery that bring the fruits of the research to those most in need.
Joia MukherjeeMD, MPH; Director and Advisory Dean, F.W. Peabody Society, Harvard Medical School; Director, Master in Medical Science in Global Health Delivery, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Chief Medical Officer, Partners In Health
Dr. Joia Mukherjee is an internist, pediatrician, public health specialist, and human rights advocate who directs the Global Health Delivery master’s program at Harvard. Her work spans multiple countries, focusing on health care and social programs. Dr. Mukherjee serves as Chief Medical Officer of Partners In Health, advisory dean of the F.W. Peabody Society at Harvard Medical School, and is the author of An Introduction to Global Health Delivery: Practice, Equity, Human Rights.
Melino NdayizigiyeMD, MMSc in Global Health Delivery; Executive Director, Partners In Health Lesotho
Dr. Melino Ndayizigiye is the Executive Director of Partners In Health Lesotho. He is a member of the Strategic Advisory Group for the WHO foundation and serves PIH and the Lesotho Ministry of Health through the National Oxygen Task Force; TB, HIV and health system strengthening; and the Global Oxygen Alliance Country Planning and Implementation Working Group. Dr. Melino graduated from the University of Burundi Faculty of Medicine and holds a Masters of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery from Harvard University.
Jim O'ConnellMD; President, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Jim O’Connell, MD, serves as the President of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He established the nation’s first medical respite program in 1985 and designed and implemented the nation’s first computerized medical record for a homeless program. He served as the National Program Director of the Homeless Families Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Dan PalazuelosMD, MPH; Assistant Director, Hiatt Global Health Equity Residency, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Director for Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Director, Office for Community Centered Medical Education, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Daniel Palazuelos is a community health implementer-educator who holds positions at Harvard Medical School (HMS), the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), and Partners In Health (PIH). His unified goal across these roles is to assure that our finest clinicians are trained to understand the community perspective, and our health care system strengthening efforts are aligned to the real needs of people living in the poorest and most difficult circumstances.
Vicky ReedMSN, RN; Executive Director, Partners In Health Sierra Leone
Vicky Reed is the Executive Director of Partners in Health Sierra Leone (PIH-SL), where she is responsible for setting the strategic direction for the organization’s operations in Sierra Leone. Prior to her current role, she served as PIH-SL’s Director of Nursing. Reed has been a registered nurse for over 10 years, with specialties in medical-surgical nursing, emergency nursing, neuro-critical care and nursing leadership.
Brian RemillardMD; Associate Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; Adjuvant Faculty, Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais
Dr. Brian Remillard is the Associate Professor of Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Adjuvant Faculty at Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM) in Haiti. He was formerly the Chief of Nephrology and Hypertension at Dartmouth Health and the Director of Dialysis Programs at Dartmouth. Dr. Remillard helped develop care for patients with kidney diseases at HUM, including acute dialysis, with the goal of kidney transplantation in the future.
Steve ReifenbergTeaching Professor, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
Steve Reifenberg is a Teaching Professor of International Development at Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. With extensive experience in Latin America, his work focuses on fostering collaboration and experiential learning in international development. He is a board member of Partners In Health.
