Research Assistant, Global Health Foresighting [W20]
Intern
Zarlasht is a Bachelor of Science candidate, specializing in Global Health Policy, at York University. She is passionate about exploring health challenges rooted in broader issues such as wealth disparity, environmental degradation, government policy and human rights. She has experience working at the community level as a Food Security Program Assistant and has worked with G20 Research Group as a Compliance Analyst. At the Dahdaleh Institute, she is excited to partake in research activities that investigates people's health in humanitarian emergencies and to learn from a very talented and dedicated team of scholars.
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism, Global Health Foresighting |
Status | Alum |
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Updates |
Trainee Program: 2019-2020 Year In Review | July 7, 2020
Eighteen Established and Emerging Scholars Joined Dahdaleh Institute in Six Months | January 31, 2020 |
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