LINDSAY STARK
Academic Advisor
Professor of Public Health and Dean of Global Strategy and Programs, Washington University in St. Louis
Dr. Lindsay Stark serves as an academic advisor to the RSRI. Alongside her colleague, Dr. Ilana Seff, she supports learning and evaluation related to refugee self-reliance and the Self-Reliance Index.
Dr. Stark is a Professor of Public Health and Associate Dean of Global Strategy and Programs at Washington University in St. Louis. Her work seeks to build the evidence base for effective policies and programs to protect women, children, and families in humanitarian and development contexts. She emphasizes the need to develop rigorous yet culturally sensitive measurement approaches in areas where there remains a dearth of knowledge. Her methodological contributions have been incorporated into global tools and best practice approaches for UNICEF and the World Health Organization.
Dr. Stark co-directs the Center on Violence and Injury Prevention and holds affiliate appointments with the department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Institute for Public Health at Washington University.
Previously, Dr. Stark was an associate professor at Columbia University, where she served as director of research for the Program on Forced Migration and Health and director of the CPC Learning Network.
