Faculty Expert Profile
Paul Spiegel
- Director of Center for Humanitarian Health
- Professor of the Practice, Department of International Health
Media Representatives
- Name
- Robin Scullin
- rsculli@jhu.edu
- Office phone
- (410) 955-7619
- Name
- Barbara Benham
- bbenham1@jhu.edu
- Office phone
- (410) 614-6029
Paul Spiegel
- Director of Center for Humanitarian Health
- Professor of the Practice, Department of International Health
Expertise
Affiliations
- Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Center for Humanitarian Health
Languages spoken
- English
Paul Spiegel, a physician by training, is internationally recognized for his research on preventing and responding to complex humanitarian emergencies, with a focus on refugee crises.
Before becoming Center for Humanitarian Health director, Spiegel was deputy director of the Division of Programme Management and Support Services for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
He previously worked as a medical epidemiologist in the International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He also worked as a medical coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde in refugee emergencies, as well as a consultant for numerous organizations.
