Dr. Andrea Capachietti is a Humanitarian Aid consultant and university lecturer on global health and refugee resettlement issues with particular focus on women’s rights and child protection. She received her B.S. from Boston University and a Master of Science and a Doctorate from the University of Southern California.

Postdoctoral training includes an International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance from The Center of International Health and Cooperation in Geneva, Switzerland; a Certificate of Completion in Health and Human Rights from Harvard University; and a Certificate of Completion from the Refugee Studies Center located at Oxford University.

She is a graduate of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma’s Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery training program, as well as a participant in the Women and Power: Leadership in a New World executive education program at the Kennedy School of Government.

Dr. Capachietti began her international career working with the Olga Havel Foundation in the Czech Republic as that country emerged as a democratic society.

As an academic, she is involved in the education and professional development of students pursuing international humanitarian work. She mentors graduate students in the fields of  public policy,  law, and global health on managing the complexities of humanitarian emergencies.

She has also created a lecture series for students concentrating on the legal principles guiding humanitarian assistance, the need for creating strategic partnerships, and the importance of understanding the geopolitical climate for effective relief work.

Dr. Capachietti is a member of the Deans’ Advisory Board at Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, and serves as an adjunct professor. She is a member of  the Advisory Committee for the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.