Consortium

Katerina is a research assistant with RIAH. She joined the consortium in 2020 as part of the University of California, Berkeley division led by Dr. Rohini Haar. Since then, she has worked with Dr. Haar on a mixed methods project investigating attacks on health in Colombia.

Katerina graduated with a BA in Molecular and Cell Biology with a concentration in Immunology and Pathogenesis- Infectious Disease and a minor in Spanish Language from UC Berkeley in 2021. In 2022, she achieved a Master of Medical Science with a Major in Global Health from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Her Master’s thesis focused on WASH interventions and cholera in healthcare facilities in Nigeria.

Katerina’s research interests include epidemiology, infectious disease prevention and outbreak control particularly in vulnerable areas/populations, human rights and healthcare in zones of conflict.