Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Medicine

Area of Expertise: Medical Education (Teaching and Educational Leadership)

Academic Interests

Critical Care, Global Health, Public Policy

Awards and Recognition

Women in Science and Technology Societal Impact and Leadership Award (2012)

Draper Richard Kaplan Social Entrepreneur (2013)

Honorary Degree in Public Service – Northeastern University (2015)

U.S. Task Force for Non-Communicable Disease – Council on Foreign Relations (2014-2015)

Task Force on Woman and Family Health – Center for Strategic and International Studies (2015-2017)

World Economic Forum – Young Global Leader (2016 -)

40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators – Meditech Boston (2017)

Council on Foreign Relations – Elected member (2017- )

Associate Editor, Annals of Global Health (2018-)

More information can be found on Dr. Kerry’s Harvard Catalyst Profile.

Seed Global Health: Building health care capacity with a focus on training physicians and nurses in sub-Saharan Africa. Activities include pedagogical and clinical training including simulation training, ultrasound for example.
Global Health Security: Senior advisor to Inaugural joint program between Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School on global health security with attention to non-communicable disease, pandemics, climate change, and protecting health systems in crisis-affected and fragile states
Women in Global Health: Steering Committee member for 3rd annual Women in Global Health Conference
Discovery Fellowship: Direct the MGH-Discovery Health Fellowship for South African leading Clinician Scientists