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 at University College Dublin, Ireland, residency in internal medicine at Mass General Hospital, and a 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 both 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, and has been a contributor to WBUR, NPR, and the New York Times.
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 serving as Clinical Director and then Chief of Mission for Partners In Health, Haiti from 2003 until 2012 while being a faculty member at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She designed and implemented primary care, HIV/TB programs, and led responses to a major earthquake in Haiti in 2010, and to a subsequent cholera epidemic. From 2015-2017 Dr. Ivers was a member of the executive leadership team at Partners In Health, responsible for global strategic implementation. She has worked on healthcare delivery in India, Southeast Asia, and Africa.
Dr. Ivers has contributed to published research on HIV/AIDS, food insecurity, cholera treatment and prevention and disparities in COVID19 response. She has been continuously NIH-funded for more than two decades, focusing her research 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
Saturday, October 14, 2023
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM US ET
2037 - Infections and Inequalities: Delivering on Health for All
Saturday, October 14, 2023
9:35 AM – 10:00 AM US ET