Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Program
MGH-BIDMC Harvard

Vanessa Kerry, MD MSc

Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Medicine

Area of Expertise: Medical Education (Teaching and Educational Leadership)

Academic Interests

Critical Care, Global Health, Public Policy

Awards and Recognition

  • Women in Science and Technology Societal Impact and Leadership Award (2012)

  • Draper Richard Kaplan Social Entrepreneur (2013)

  • Honorary Degree in Public Service – Northeastern University (2015)

  • U.S. Task Force for Non-Communicable Disease – Council on Foreign Relations (2014-2015)

  • Task Force on Woman and Family Health – Center for Strategic and International Studies (2015-2017)

  • World Economic Forum – Young Global Leader (2016 -)

  • 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators – Meditech Boston (2017)

  • Council on Foreign Relations – Elected member (2017- )

  • Associate Editor, Annals of Global Health (2018-)

More information can be found on Dr. Kerry’s Harvard Catalyst Profile.

+Current Projects

  • Seed Global Health: Building health care capacity with a focus on training physicians and nurses in sub-Saharan Africa. Activities include pedagogical and clinical training including simulation training, ultrasound for example.
  • Global Health Security: Senior advisor to Inaugural joint program between Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School on global health security with attention to non-communicable disease, pandemics, climate change, and protecting health systems in crisis-affected and fragile states
  • Women in Global Health: Steering Committee member for 3rd annual Women in Global Health Conference
  • Discovery Fellowship: Direct the MGH-Discovery Health Fellowship for South African leading Clinician Scientists