About

Mey Akashah

Mey Akashah is an environmental health professional whose work focuses on the intersection of human rights, humanitarian response, climate change, and how environmental degradation affects human health. Her current research interests include the impact of environmental change on human security and conflict, low-tech solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in low-resource settings, and the potential of biodiversity for promoting health.

Mey has worked as an Instructor at the Harvard School of Public Health, Adjunct Professor at Brown University, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Public Health Officer in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake, and as a Consultant for the Harvard-Kuwait Risk Group. She has published on topics including population response to climate change, compensation for human rights violations, and the health risks of mercury in fish in the Arabian Gulf.

Dr. Mey Akashah holds a Doctorate of Science in environmental health and risk assessment and a Masters of Science in population and international health from the Harvard School of Public Health.