Nada Abukishk
Nada Abukishk is a Palestinian Jordanian American epidemiologist and global health scholar with over a decade of experience in humanitarian settings. She currently serves at the CDC Foundation in Boston and previously spent 10 years with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), supporting over 5.6 million Palestinian refugees. Her work spans critical areas including malnutrition, food insecurity, and non-communicable diseases, with field experience in Yemen and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nada holds a Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery from Harvard Medical School and a Master’s in Human Nutrition from the University of Jordan. Her research is published in top medical journals, including The Lancet and BMJ Open. With a deep commitment to equity, identity, and impact, Nada is dedicated to transforming lives through public health.