February’s installment of the Public Health Speaker Series will feature Dr. Lindsay Stark and Ilana Seff. The International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD) is co-sponsoring this event.
Lindsay Stark is an internationally recognized expert on the protection and well-being of women and children in situations of extreme adversity. She has more than a decade of experience leading applied research with operational agencies that include UNICEF, UNHCR, Save the Children, the International Refugee Committee and Women's Refugee Commission. Stark's particular area of expertise is measuring sensitive social phenomenon and evaluating related interventions that seek to reduce violence, abuse and exploitation of women and children. She has conducted research in Africa, Asia, South America and the Middle East.
Ilana Seff is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, pursuing a DrPH in Leadership in Global Health and Humanitarian Systems. Her research focuses on the measurement of social norms around violence against women and gender dynamics. She has an MPH in Global Health from the George Washington University and a BA from the University of Florida in Mathematics.
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