Vanessa Kerry
Vanessa Kerry | |
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Born | Vanessa Bradford Kerry December 31, 1976 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Brian Vala Nahed (m. 2009) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | John Forbes Kerry Julia Stimson Thorne |
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Website | www |
Vanessa Bradford Kerry (born December 31, 1976) is an American physician, public health expert, and advocate. She is a founder of the non-profit Seed Global Health, director of the Program in Global Public Policy and Social Change at Harvard Medical School, and serves as the Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health for the World Health Organization (WHO).
Early life and education
Kerry was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 31, 1976. She is the younger daughter of politician John Forbes Kerry and writer Julia Stimson Thorne. Her older sister Alexandra is an actress, filmmaker, director and producer.[1] After her parents divorced, she moved with her mother to Bozeman, Montana. She attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts for high school.[2]
Kerry graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover and
While in medical school, she interned with the Vaccine Fund of the
Career
Kerry completed her internal medicine residency and critical care fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She is now a physician specializing in critical care. Kerry has continued work in global health and has collaborated on projects in Haiti and Rwanda through the Harvard Medical School Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. She has worked on public sector partnerships in Uganda, Malawi, Zambia and Sierra Leone through Seed Global Health and supports education and public policy at the MGH Center for Global Health.[6] Kerry also serves as director of the Program in Global Public Policy and Social Change and is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School.[7]
Seed Global Health
Active in global health for many years, in 2011 Kerry started the non-profit
In 2010, Kerry wrote an op-ed on the idea of sending American health professionals to teach for The New York Times.[11] She has also published in the New England Journal of Medicine[12] and The Lancet on the topic.[13] The program also partners with academic medical centers such as the Massachusetts General Hospital and the MGH Center for Global Health. In 2013, Kerry, as CEO was named a Draper Richards Kaplan Social Entrepreneur.[14] In 2014, she was featured in Boston Magazine's Power of Ideas for her work with the organization.[15] In 2015, she earned an Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from Northeastern University.[16] In 2016, she was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.[17]
Seed's work has promoted the need for a strong workforce and health systems for better health, economic growth, security and wellbeing. In 2021, Seed started promoting the connection between and health and climate change at the Conference of the parties 26.[18]
Kerry is the Director of the Program in Global Public Policy at the Mass General Center for Global Health and spearheads the program in Global Public Policy and Social Change at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and serves on its faculty.[19]
World Health Organization
In June 2023, Kerry was appointed as the first Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health at the World Health Organization (WHO). At WHO, Kerry's responsibilities including raising awareness of the impact of climate change on health, helping to mobilize resources to advance the work of WHO, and to advance high-level advocacy.[20]
Personal life
On October 10, 2009 in Boston, Kerry married neurosurgeon Brian Vala Nahed, who specializes in brain tumors and spinal disorders.[21] As a surgeon and scientist, Nahed leads a research lab, which aims to develop the first blood test for brain tumors.[22][23] They have a son born in 2012 and a daughter born in 2015.[24][25]
Advocacy
Kerry took a leave from her medical studies in order to campaign for her father's, then
She has also spoken at a number of venues around the globe including
Notes
- ^ Suzanne Goldenberg (February 4, 2004). "Wild wife adventures". The Guardian. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- ^ "Vanessa Kerry '95".
- ^ Vincent M. Mallozzi (October 9, 2009). "Vanessa Kerry, Brian Nahed". The New York Times.
- ^ "Vanessa Kerry Wants the World to Recognize Climate Health Impacts". Bloomberg. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "Vanessa Kerry is determined to transform global health". Boston.com. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "People". globalhealth.massgeneral.org. Massachusetts General Hospital. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc". Harvard University. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ Michaeleen Doucleff (September 26, 2012). "A Peace Corps For Doctors, Built By A Senator's Daughter". NPR. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- ^ "Sharing Knowledge, Saving Lives" (PDF). Seed Global Health. October 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Josie Ensor (October 10, 2022). "It is unacceptable that there are still two standards of care". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on October 10, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ Kerry, Vanessa Bradford (February 13, 2010). "And One for Doctors, Too". The New York Times. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- PMID 20860500.
- S2CID 20024888. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ^ "Seed Global Health". www.drkfoundation.org. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- ^ "Power of Ideas: Vanessa Kerry, Founder of SEED Global Health". July 29, 2014.
- ^ "Vanessa Bradford Kerry". Northeastern University. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "These 24 Americans are changing the world — and they're all under 40". Business Insider. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Vanessa Kerry". ghsm.hms.harvard.edu. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Dr Vanessa Kerry appointed as WHO Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health". www.who.int. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Nahed MGH". Brian Nahed MGH.
- ^ "Nahed Research Lab".
- ^ "Nahed Research Publications".
- ^ "Sen. John Kerry Now A Grandfather". WBZ-TV. April 9, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- ^ "Secretary of State John Kerry welcomes new addition to the family: granddaughter". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- ^ McDonald, Riley (September 3, 2004). "Vanessa Kerry makes U.Va. campaign stop". The Cavalier Daily News. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved May 13, 2007.
- ^ "Jenna describes friendship with John Kerry’s daughters during 2004 campaign", today.com, 5 Nov 2020, accessed 26 Sept 2021
- ^ Ms. Magazine editors (Fall 2004). "Daughterhood Is Powerful: An Interview with Vanessa Kerry". Ms. Archived from the original on June 22, 2007. Retrieved May 13, 2007.
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External links
- "Brian Vala Nahed".
- Vanessa Kerry at IMDb
- Vanessa Kerry at Harvard University
- Andrea Mitchell (November 20, 2012). "Sen. Kerry's daughter tackles global health". MSNBC. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- "Brian Nahed".
- Vanessa Kerry on C-SPAN