Civilian-Military Humanitarian Response Program

• Develop and facilitate new educational programs to improve civilian-military coordination in humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) operations
• Develop and facilitate innovative experiential training through humanitarian response exercises and simulations for U.S. and international militaries, civilian universities, NGOs, and IGOs
• Conduct and disseminate evidence-based research on civilian-military coordination during complex emergencies, natural disasters, and exercises
• Deploy assistance and assessment teams to HA/DR operations to better understand challenges and opportunities for improving responses
• Convene and present at workshops and conferences that further civilian-military coordination during humanitarian crises
• Support the professionalization of the humanitarian civilian-military coordination community
• Provide the U.S. military and associated partners with improved disaster planning, execution, and assessment expertise in collaboration with a broad network of affiliated experts and skilled advisors

• Brown University Humanitarian Innovation Initiative
• Center for Excellence in Disaster Management
• Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
• Harvard School of Public Health
• MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• MIT Urban Risk Lab
• Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Center for Global Health Engagement
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health
• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Adam Levine, M.D, M.P.H.
Brown University

Agustin Pajaro, MBA, Capt.
Chilean Navy

Annie Shiel, M.A.
Center for Civilians in Conflict

Austin Becker, Ph.D.
University of Rhode Island

Beth Eggleston, M.A.
Humanitarian Advisory Group

Clara Decerbo, Ph.D.
Providence Emergency Management Agency

Dan Mahanty, M.A.
Center for Civilians in Conflict

Gordon Willard, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate
University of Rhode Island

James Brennan, M.A., Ph.D.
Lehigh University

Josiah Kaplan, M.Phil., Ph.D.
Oxford University

Kaveh Khoshnood, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Yale University

Lily Bui, Ph.D.
Pacific Disaster Center

Megan Rhodes, M.A., Sc.M.
U.S. Agency for International Development

Michael Marx
World Food Program

Miho Mazereeuw, M.Arch.
MIT Urban Risk Lab

Nate Knowles, Maj.
1st Combat Engineer Battalion

Naysan Adlparvar, Ph.D.
Yale University

Paul Reed, M.D, Rear Admiral, U.S.P.H.S
Health and Human Services

Paul Wise, M.D., M.P.H.
Stanford University

Robin Watters, MBA
Rear Admiral (Ret.), U.S. Navy

Rodrigo Arancibia, MBA, Capt. (Ret.)
Chilean Navy

Ronak Patel, M.D, M.P.H.
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Ronaldo Reario, MBA
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Saira Yamin, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair, Women, Peace, & Security, NWC

Stephanie Kayden, M.D., M.P.H
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Ziad Al Achkar, M.A., MBA, Ph.D. Candidate
George Mason University

*Naval War College education and research partnership agreements with academic institutions do not imply or constitute an endorsement of the non-Federal entities with whom an agreement is reached.