Juliet Bedford

is the Founder and Director of Anthrologica.  Juliet is recognised as a global leader in the application of anthropology in global health and has extensive experience designing and managing complex qualitative and mixed-methods research and evaluations.  She has over 20 years technical experience in humanitarian and developing contexts, fragile states and emergency settings and has worked throughout Africa South and Southeast Asia.  Juliet is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Centre of International Health Protection at the Robert Koch Institute, and from 2018 to 2022 served on the Strategic Technical Advisory Group for Infectious Hazards (STAG-IH), advising the Health Emergency Programme at the WHO.  Juliet holds a Doctorate in Anthropology from the University of Oxford.  She is an Adjunct Professor at the College of Global Public Health at New York University and a Visiting Fellow at the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa at the London School of Economics.  In 2022, the Royal Anthropological Institute presented Juliet with the Marsh Award for ‘Anthropology of the World’ in recognition of her professional work to advance the use and integration of social science in the arena of global health and public health emergencies.