Do Nuclear Weapons Matter? (Nina Tannenwald featured)
December 4, 2018 Foreign Affairs Live
Nina Tannenwald joined a panel with Foreign Affairs for a discussion on nuclear weapons and prevention of their spread to other nations.
News Archive 2018
Clinical Trial of Investigational Ebola Treatments Begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
November 27, 2018 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
This randomized control trial will test multiple investigational Ebola therapies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The study is being run by WHO and NIH and taking place at treatment facilities managed by ALIMA, MSF, and IMC in DRC. The Humanitarian Innovation Initiative is supporting its implementation with technical and research expertise.
Brown Professor Awarded $2.8 Million NIH Grant to Develop Mobile Health App
September 25, 2018
Director of the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative, Adam Levine, has been awarded a $2.8 million, five year grant from the National Institute of Health to develop a mobile health app.
Naval War College, Brown and Harvard Conduct Third Civilian-Military Humanitarian Response Workshop (HI2 event spotlighted)
August 27, 2018 Naval War College
This past month, the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative (HI2) hosted over 100 experts and officers from across the globe for a two-day workshop "designed to support civilians and militaries working together to develop solutions to some of the world's most deadly crises."
Military and civilian experts partner at Brown to improve humanitarian response
August 20, 2018 News from Brown
“This is the perfect opportunity for people who are working on the ground to help us put together a research agenda that can advance knowledge and understanding on the issues that they’re working with,” Paxson said. “We have the potential here to really move forward and create the networks that let us do humanitarian response better than we have in the past.”
What we know about fighting Ebola (interview with Adam Levine)
May 25, 2018 International Medical Corps
Adam Levine, Director of the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative, speaks to International Medical Corps about the fight against Ebola.
Electronic Data Collection in Emergency Response
May 18, 2018 Humanitarian Innovation Initiative
With funding through the HI² Training Seed Grant Program and the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (CARE), three workshops on Electronic Data Collection (EDC) for Emergency Response were conducted in the Chiredzi and Mwenezi Districts of Zimbabwe as part of the larger capacity building initiative Enhancing Community Resilience and Sustainability (ECRAS).
Strengthening Partnerships and Capacities of National Actors North Darfur State
April 17, 2018 Humanitarian Innovation Initiative
Funded through the HI² Training Seed Grant Program, El Azhar Training Center in partnership with the Humanitarian Aid Commission in North Darfur organized a one-day roundtable discussion on strengthening partnerships and capacities of national actors in North Darfur State, Sudan.