User:CPerkinsMPP

Claire is a second year Masters student in Health Policy and Management (HPM), focusing on Health Policy and Public Health Leadership. In addition, she works as the Staff Assistant for the HSPH Center for Public Health Leadership and Chairs the Boston Global Heath Corps Alumni Committee. Claire also enjoys playing intramural sports, and attempts to attend as many as possible of the amazing speakers and events that Harvard and the surrounding community have to offer. This past summer Claire worked at USAID, at the Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact, as part of their Global Health Fellows Program-II. There she explored her interest in the way large funding agencies can use their resources to inspire and facilitate development and scale-up of high impact innovations in the reproductive and maternal health. Before HSPH Claire was part of the Global Health Corps Fellowship program, working as a Health Literacy Consultant at UMDNJ’s University Hospital in Newark, NJ. Prior to that she worked at UCSF’s AIDS Health Project, on their Trainings and Publications teams. She received a BA in Public Policy Analysis with a focus in Medical Anthropology from Pomona College in 2010. In her free time Claire enjoys word games, talking to strangers, and pretty much any kind of outdoor or athletic activity.