Experience

Teaching and Primary Research:

Spring 2012	Harvard University, Boston, MA Instructor, Environmental Health Teaching, mentoring, research, and program development responsibilities.
Fall 2011	Brown University, Providence, RI Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies Teaching, mentoring, research, and program development responsibilities.
2003 – 2011 Harvard (2006 – 2011) Mey Akashah Instructor (2003 – 2005)	Harvard/Kuwait Risk Group, Harvard University, Boston, MA, and Kuwait City, Kuwait Analyzed the health risks and benefits associated with fish consumption Conducted large-scale study of exposures to mercury and other contaminants in Kuwait population, trained field staff, and managed interviews with and biomarker collection from over 3,700 participants Investigated health and environmental impacts of Iraqi invasion/occupation of Kuwait
2004 – 2005	François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA Developed original methods for calculating compensation for health consequences of human rights violations; published on topic
1994	Consultant, Ecology & Environment, Inc., Kuwait Developed environmental claims for presentation to the UN Compensation Committee on the health and ecological damages resulting from the 1990 invasion of Kuwait

Program Management and Leadership:

2010	Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene/Public Health Officer, Harvard Humanitarian Disaster Recovery Center, Fond Parisien, Haiti Was in charge of public health and sanitation considerations at Harvard's field hospital in post-disaster Haiti and assisted in the Child Protection Program
2008 – 2009	Climate Change and Human Security Program Development Coordinator, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Cambridge, MA Led team in the development of a climate change and human security research center, to be housed at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University
2005 – 2006	Environmental Health and Risk Consultant, Harvard/Kuwait Risk Group, Kuwait Designed and led mercury exposure and fish consumption research program for post-war Kuwait; responsible for project from conception to completion
2005	Editor, Right to Development Project, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA Responsible for final edits on all project deliverables submitted to the UN Human Rights Council
2001 – 2003	Marine Biologist/Project Manager, Applied Marine Sciences, San Francisco, CA Managed San Francisco Bay contaminant monitoring and evaluation (M&E) program across more than 200 sites Dive Safety Coordinator
1998 – 2001	Project Manager, Ecology and Environment, Inc., San Francisco, CA Was youngest person in office ever to manage United States Army Corps of Engineers wetland delineations/mitigation projects, fisheries M&E projects aimed at restoring proper catchments in Pacific waters, assessments of potential environmental and social impacts of large-scale industrial projects, and preparation of related government (CEQA/NEPA) documents; led teams of 20+ persons Managed M&E projects in California, Florida, Panama, Honduras, Kuwait, South America, and the Caribbean

Research Assistantships:

2011	"The Neglected Human Right to Benefit from Scientific Progress: Implications for Human Development," Harvard University, Boston, MA
2009	"Emerging Issues in Health and Human Rights: Implications of Climate Change for a Rights-Based Approach to Public Health," Harvard University Program on International Health and Human Rights, Boston, MA
2004 – 2005	"Emergent Diseases, Pathogen Range and Elasticity," Harvard University, Boston, MA
1997	"Coral Reef Density and Marine Nutrient Levels," New College of Florida Research Station, Bocas del Toro, Panama
1996	"Coral Reef Density and Health in the Bay Islands of Honduras," New College of Florida Research Station, Roatan, Honduras

Teaching Fellowships:

1997 – 2011

Numerous courses at Harvard University and New College of Florida, including: Issues in Health and Human Rights Societal Response to Disaster Public Health Field Research in Complex Emergencies and Conflict Environmental Crises and Population Flight Introduction to Environmental Science and Technology Human Exposure Assessment Human Health and Global Environmental Change Measuring Population Health Population Health Risk Factors Introduction to Marine Biology