Dr Unni Karunakara is the former International President of Medécins Sans Frontièrs (2010-2013). He holds an MB, BS from Mangalore University in India, an MPH from Yale University and a doctorate in public health from Johns Hopkins University in the United States. He has been a humanitarian worker and a public health professional for more than two decades, with extensive experience in the delivery of health care to populations affected by conflict, disasters, epidemics, and neglect in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Karunakara serves on the Board of Directors of Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) India and MSF Holland. Karunakara was a Senior Fellow of the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University from 2014-2017. He served as the Deputy Director of Health of the Earth Institute, Millennium Villages Project (2008-2010), and was Assistant Clinical Professor at the Mailman School of Public Health (2008-2017), both at Columbia University. Karunakara is a Visiting Professor at Manipal University.

Events participated in:

Populism and the New World Disorder: Join Razia Iqbalas she talks to Valerie Plame, Jeffrey Feltman and Unni Karunakara about the global world order in the wake of major political upheaval and uncertainty. (2018)