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Katherine Fritz
Director, Global Health
Bio:
Katherine Fritz is director of global health at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). In this role, Fritz oversees ICRW’s portfolio of research and program work in reproductive health, gender and HIV, and stigma.
Fritz brings to ICRW 10 years of international experience as a social scientist and public health researcher, with expertise in developing, implementing and evaluating behavior change interventions for HIV prevention. Prior to joining ICRW in 2008, Fritz was an assistant professor in the department of international health at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She also spent five years at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was a researcher and assistant professor in the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. Fritz is a former social worker and Peace Corps volunteer in Kigali, Rwanda. Her additional field experience includes work in the Gambia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand and Zimbabwe.
Expertise:
HIV and AIDS, Reproductive Health, Stigma
Languages Spoken:
English (native), French (proficient)
Education:
Fritz holds a doctorate in social and cultural anthropology from Yale University, a master's degree in epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor's in social and cultural anthropology from Bryn Mawr College.