Elizabeth Radin
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Research and evidence

Elizabeth Radin

Senior Research Director

Elizabeth Radin has 23 years of experience leading global health and international development research, programs and policy. She has worked on HIV, nutrition, maternal and child health, health systems strengthening, human development and poverty reduction with over 20 countries in Africa and Asia. Elizabeth joined the IRC in 2019 on a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship, working closely with Airbel’s malnutrition team and the President’s office on pandemic preparedness and response Most recently, she served as IRC’s Director of Health Policy, where she worked to develop and scale solutions to public health challenges in humanitarian settings.

Prior to IRC, Elizabeth worked at ICAP at Columbia University where she was Technical Director for the largest population-level HIV study ever conducted, partnering with governments across 14 countries to understand the current status of the epidemic. Elizabeth has also led country programs for the Clinton Health Access Initiative and served as a consultant to The World Bank and Oxford University. In addition to academic publications, Elizabeth’s writing and comments have appeared in Time, The Atlantic, CNN, Voice of America, Vox and Devex. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School at Harvard University and a PhD in Public Health from Oxford.