Faculty Director
Harvard Global Health Institute
Boston, MA, United States
Dr. Louise Ivers is Director of the Harvard University Global Health Institute, Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health, and the David Bangsberg Endowed Chair in Global Health Equity at Mass General Hospital. She is a professor of global health and social medicine, and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ivers works on the implementation of health programs with the goal of advancing health equity and access to care and social services for impoverished communities. She is a practicing infectious diseases physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Mass General Hospital.
Dr. Ivers completed medical school in Ireland, and then medicine residency and fellowship in infectious diseases at Mass General/Brigham. Dr. Ivers holds a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, a master of public health from the Harvard School of Public Health, and a research doctorate in medicine from the National University of Ireland. She is a fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. Dr. Ivers is the recipient of numerous honors including the Bailey K Ashford Medal from ASTMH for distinguished work in tropical medicine, Leadership in the Practice of Public Health Award from the Harvard School of Public Health, and Distinguished Graduate of the UCD School of Medicine. She has published over a hundred articles, chapters, and perspectives on wide-ranging topics related to infectious diseases and global health equity. She is editor of a text book on food insecurity and public health.
Dr. Ivers has spent her career providing care to the rural and urban poor, as well as engaged in patient-oriented investigation that offer solutions to barriers to healthcare. She lived in Haiti for more than a decade working for Partners In Health, Haiti. She designed and implemented primary care, HIV/TB programs, and led responses to a major earthquake and cholera epidemic in Haiti all in deep engagement and collaboration with Haitian colleagues. In Uganda, she partners with the Mbarara University of Science and Technology to advance community health, clinical care, and human resources capacity for health.
Dr. Ivers research is focused on barriers to the delivery of healthcare, the impact of food insecurity on public health, and comprehensive ways to eliminate cholera. She has served as an Advisor to WHO and the Haitian Ministry of Health, and has collaborated with U.S. government, EU, multilateral, non-governmental organizations. She mentors dozens of physicians and students in global health implementation and research. She loves taking care of patients.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
11:10 AM – 12:15 PM US PT