Deepali Patel Email & Phone Number

Switzerland

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Develop or review policies and strategies to guide Gavi's funding model, and facilitate translation from policy to programme implementation.Perform and/or oversee analysis of immunisation, health system, economic and demographic data relevant to Gavi programmes and policies.Monitor and shape global policy dialogues on vaccines, immunisation, global health and other areas relevant to Gavi’s operations (e.g. climate change).Design and lead process to collect constituency input to policy development and policy review processes to drive to consensus; manage stakeholder relationsCommunicate internally and externally on Gavi's funding model, policies, strategies and programmes.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Analyzed results and wrote technical reports and policy recommendations for CDC and UNICEF country surveys on violence against children in Malawi and Nigeria.Wrote syntheses for Institute of Medicine workshops on violence prevention, nursing/midwifery enterprise, and child development in the US, India, Brazil, and globally.Developed summary and edited academic papers for published reports of The World Bank on citizen security and co-existence in Latin America and the Caribbean.Produced discussion paper on tobacco control for African Union Health Ministers’ meeting and Ugandan National Academy of Sciences’ consultative process on non-communicable disease policy.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Convened stakeholders across industry, academia, government, and philanthropy, with the purpose of leveraging best practices, facilitating dialogue, and advancing evidence-based policy in violence prevention, biosurveillance, and global health research and development.Developed an "app challenge" for domestic violence prevention. Designed and led 2 annual public workshops with 15-20 high-level international speakers, created workshop agendas, and wrote and published proceedings and findings.Managed projects with budgets up to $1.5 million, including strategic planning, milestone mapping, proposal development, and ongoing communication to sponsors.Translated technical material for non-academic audiences into short briefs, website content, social media outreach, and infographic development.Represented the Forum at public events, conferences, and Congressional staff briefings. Managed a team of 3-4 staff.

Mongolia

Conducted independent research on commercialization of wheat sector and its potential impact on food security and international trade policy, and published research brief for OSF.Trained OSF Policy Fellows in policy analysis and research methodology, resulting in production of policy training manual.Consulted on design and analysis of impact assessment conducted on education policy and donor funding in underserved urban populations, for OSF publication and inclusion in United Nations collaborative report.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Directed a consensus study with a 13-person international committee on research needs for live variola virus, which resulted in the publication Live Variola Virus: Considerations for Ongoing Research.Supervised 2-3 junior staff on consensus study.Managed project funds and developed program goals and timeline.Prepared proposals and prospectuses for incoming studies on human rights, global violence, nutrition, and food security, HIV/AIDS, and medically unexplained symptoms for US government agencies and private foundations.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Edited and responded to peer review for Design Challenges for Evaluating the Impact of PEPFAR, for the US State Department.Wrote and edited sections of reports, including Gulf War and Health, Vols 4-6, and PTSD: Diagnosis and Assessment, for the Department of Veterans Affairs.Prepared background papers on environmental and occupational health, and conducted extensive bibliographic research in Medline, PsychInfo, and Embase in preparation for IOM studies.

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Bsfs, International Enviromental Policy

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