Beth Holt, MD, MPH

Beth is a global health practitioner and health systems leader currently serving as the Associate Director of Health Systems at Harvard Medical School’s Program in Global Primary Health Care. In this role, she oversees global research, implementation, and education initiatives to advance people-centered primary health care. Her portfolio includes co-leading the Lancet Global Health Commission on People-Centered Care and partnering with governments and communities to co-design and scale innovative care models, such as hepatitis services in Vietnam and the Philippines and community-based prevention of chronic illness in Thailand. She also leads the Program’s scholar engagement, and is passionate about engaging and mentoring students and trainees from diverse disciplines in community engagement and global health delivery.

Beth brings to the Program a multi-disciplinary perspective gained over 8 years of work in the health and social impact sectors in the US, Australia and the Asia-Pacific. She applies knowledge and tools gained through experience as a physician, public health researcher, strategy consultant and philanthropic development partner. Prior to her medical degree, for which she earned First Class Honours and the University Medal, Beth studied international relations and economics. She graduated with an MPH in Global Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which she attended on Fulbright Scholarship, and subsequently a Post Doctoral Fellowship with the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her academic focus is on health systems strengthening through implementation science, community partnership and participatory methods.