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
• 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

Adam Norige, M.S.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Agustin Pajaro, MBA., Cmdr.
Chilean Navy

Austin Becker, Ph.D.
University of Rhode Island

Birthe Anders, Ph.D.
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Brian McKenna, M.S.
RPS ASA Science

Colin Bucks, M.D.
Stanford University

David Slayton, M.A.
Stanford University

Eric Goralnick, M.D., M.S.
Harvard Medical School

Grant Dawson, M.A.
Global Support and Development LLC

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

Jonathan Gates, M.D., MBA., F.A.C.S.
Hartford Hospital

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

Julia Brooks, M.A.L.D.
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Karen Springford
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

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

Lily Bui, Ph.D. Candidate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mark Brennan, Ph.D. Candidate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michael Lappi, M.S, Ph.D, D.O., M.P.H.
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Michael Marx
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Miho Mazereeuw, M.Arch.
MIT Urban Risk Lab

Nate Knowles, Maj.
1st Combat Engineer Battalion

Paul Reed, M.D, Capt, U.S.P.H.S
Uniformed Services University

Prince Boateng, Ph.D. Candidate
University of Massachusetts, Boston & U.S. Agency for International Development

Richard Serino
Harvard National Preparedness Leadership Initiative

Rodrigo Arancibia, MBA., Cmdr.
Chilean Navy

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

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

Samar Malek, Ph.D.
US Naval Academy

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

Thomas Kirsch, M.D., MPH, F.A.C.E.P.
Uniformed Services University

Vincenzo Bollettino, Ph.D.
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

*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.