Faculty Candidate Seminar - Preventing Violence Against Women and Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Syria: Lessons for Improving Humanitarian Evaluation Research from Acute to Protracted Settings
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Speaker Name: Kate Falb, Research Director for the Airbel Impact Lab, the International Rescue Committee’s hub for research and innovation. Hosted by the Department of International Health, Health Systems, and the Center for Humanitarian Health
The BSPH Department of International Health, alongside Health Systems, and the Center for Humanitarian Health is proud to present our faculty candidate for our Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) position in Humanitarian Health. Join us on September 6, 2022, from 12-1:30 p.m. for an engaging presentation and discussion! Followed by lunch from 1:30-2:30 pm, meet with our candidate and other faculty members.
Seminar Registration:
- In-person: https://tinyurl.com/3tacnr52
- Zoom Registration: https://tinyurl.com/mr2kczh2
This presentation will highlight key findings from two studies: (1) the results of a recently completed cluster randomized controlled trial in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo that sought to jointly reduce intimate partner violence against women and child maltreatment and improve family wellbeing; and (2) the potential influence of humanitarian cash transfer programming on women’s experience of violence and wellbeing from mixed methods study in Raqqa Governorate, Syria. The studies will be used to illuminate key challenges in the humanitarian field for the implementation of rigorous and ethical research and offer suggestions for the future of humanitarian intervention research from acute emergencies through long-term protracted crises.
Dr. Kathryn Falb is a social epidemiologist by training and Research Director for the Airbel Impact Lab, the International Rescue Committee’s hub for research and innovation. Dr. Falb has over 15 years of research and practitioner experience focusing on understanding what works to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls in humanitarian settings. She has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles on the topic and has conducted research in diverse humanitarian settings such as conflict-affected communities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, displaced populations in Raqqa Governorate, Syria, and refugee camps in Ethiopia. Dr. Falb received her doctoral degree from the Harvard School of Public Health, MHS from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and completed postdoctoral training at the Yale School of Public Health.