Prof Karl Blanchet, Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva.

Professor Karl Blanchet is Professor in Humanitarian Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva and the Director of the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies.

Professor Blanchet’s research focuses on public health, migration, system resilience and health systems issues in global health, specifically in post-conflict and conflict-affected countries. He has developed innovative research approaches based on complexity science and system thinking and focuses on Women, adolescents and Child Health in humanitarian settings. Karl has also contributed to developing a priority package of essential health services for countries like Afghanistan and, more generally, for humanitarian crises.

Karl is also the co-Chair of the CHH-Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict and Forced Displacement and the co-Chair of the Lancet Migration Europe.