Finding Your Path: Careers in Global Health

LSE Global Health Initiative, supported by LSE Careers, is pleased to host this careers panel for any and all LSE students interested in pursuing a professional pathway in global health.

Curious about the varied ways LSE alumni have pursued careers in global health, and/or looking for inspiration?

This panel will bring together speakers who will discuss how they transitioned from graduate school to their current professions, what they've learned along the way, and what they'd recommend and advise for future global health professionals. You'll gain insight into career pathways in global health and humanitarian work through personal narratives and anecdotes, and will have an opportunity through informal Q&A to relate panellists' experiences to your own.

The event will take place online. Please register here to access the Zoom link.

About the Panellists

Dr Arush Lal, PhD

Dr Arush Lal is a Visiting Fellow at LSE Health. He currently leads the Pandemics Programme at The Elders, advising a group of former heads of state and Nobel laureates on pandemic prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. Prior to this, he served as Senior Technical Advisor on USAID’s COVID-19 Response Team and as a Commissioner on the Chatham House Commission for Universal Health. Dr. Lal has also held leadership and advisory roles supporting Women in Global Health, PAHO Strategic Fund, the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, and the Primary Health Care Performance Initiative. Dr. Lal holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He also holds an MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Laure-Anais Zultak

Laure-Anaïs Zultak is Program Officer at the Gates Foundation, focusing on vaccinations fragile and humanitarian contexts. Laure has 10 years of experience in the global health space, with a focus on immunization. Prior to this role, Laure was a technical consultant on routine and HPV immunization programs in low- and middle-income countries. This included supporting Madagascar to develop its HPV vaccine introduction plan, and advising on communication campaigns with Girl Effect. She previously worked on immunization programs in East Africa through the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). Laure started her career working on health policy and advocacy programmes in the UK national and global levels for a range of pharmaceutical companies and charities. She holds a BA in Chinese Studies from Oxford, and a Masters in Population and Development Studies from LSE.

Dr Nancy Nyutsem Breton, PhD

Dr. Nancy Nyutsem Breton is a global public health researcher and evaluator. Through her work, she explores opportunities and limitations to collective healing and liberation within social and health initiatives, particularly how systems influence individual and community capacity to reimagine transformative futures. After completing her PhD in Social Research Methods, Dr Breton has been working at Lambeth Council and Healing Justice London.

About the Chair

Professor Ernestina Coast is Professor of Health and International Development in the Department of International Development at LSE. Her research is multidisciplinary and positioned at an intersection of social science approaches including health, gender and development.

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