Claude Bruderlein, Director of the Program, is a Lecturer on International Health and Co-Director of the Master’s Program in Global Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. In Winter 2004 he was appointed as Jeremiah Smith, Jr., Lecturer on Law at the Harvard Law School. He has been engaged in international humanitarian protection since 1985. After obtaining a B.A. in economics and political science at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, he was granted a law degree from the University of Geneva Law School. He then served with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as a delegate in Iran, Israel and the Occupied Territories, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Yemen. In 1996, Mr. Bruderlein received a Master's degree in Law from Harvard Law School and was admitted to the New York Bar. That same year, he joined the United Nations in New York as Special Advisor on Humanitarian Affairs.
Naz Modirzadeh is Associate Director at HPCR, where she manages the international humanitarian law and Middle East portfolios. Ms. Modirzadeh previously worked for Human Rights Watch, and later served as Assistant Professor and Director of the International Human Rights Law graduate program at the American University in Cairo. She has carried out field research and trainings in the Middle East and Afghanistan, focusing on the intersections between Islamic law, international human rights and humanitarian law, and post-conflict legal reform. Her publications include policy and monitoring reports on the use of torture, the application of IHL, and human rights in post-war Afghanistan. Ms. Modirzadeh received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Christina Blunt, Travel & Administrative Assistant, supports the day-to-day administrative and financial operations of the Program and is responsible for travel logistics of Program staff, as well as event planning for HPCR hosted events. Prior to joining HPCR, Ms. Blunt coordinated finance and development for a local non-profit and most recently conducted research for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and POLIS Media in the U.K. She holds a B.A. from Stonehill College in Sociology and Fine Arts as well as an MSc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics.
James Brockman, Distance Learning Coordinator, is involved with HPCR activities in the fields of distance learning and building communities of practice. Prior to joining HPCR, he worked for four years as the Web and Communications Coordinator at the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research, designing and maintaining their website and overseeing the planning of the center’s symposia and online lectures. Mr. Brockman received a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati.
Cecil Haverkamp is a Program Associate working within the team to initiate, coordinate, and advance innovative research initiatives, teaching and other academic program outputs. Before joining Harvard he was a senior lecturer at Northeastern University, following several years of work in global health and development, most recently with the World Health Organization in Cambodia and for 5 years at UN headquarters in New York. His professional experience and research interests are centered around new approaches to policy dialogue, innovation and governance in health and development at global and country level. Cecil is a graduate of the University of Konstanz, Germany with a Master's degree in Public Policy and Management, and of Sciences Po (IEP) in Paris. Prior to joining the UN he was involved in interdisciplinary genocide and Holocaust research.
Elizabeth Holland is a Program Associate and Head of Curriculum Development for the Program’s trainings and workshops on humanitarian law, policy and practice. Ms. Holland’s work focuses on tailoring the methodology and substantive focus of these events to the humanitarian professional community.
Ms. Holland has presented lectures to professionals and students in North America and Europe on various topics related to the interpretation and implementation of IHL. She is a J.D. candidate at Suffolk Law School and holds a M.A. in International Studies and Diplomacy from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies and a B.A from Providence College.
Angharad D. Laing, is a Program Associate for the Program. In this position, she is responsible for conducting research and supervising maintenance for the Program's Information Portals, including IHL, OPT, and Iraq; preparing briefing notes and information pages on a variety of subjects to be posted on the Portals; and assisting in the production of other Program projects and activities, including papers, training sessions, seminars, conferences, and working groups. Prior to taking the position of Junior Associate, Ms. Laing was a Research Assistant with HPCR's International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative. She has also been employed as a legal assistant for a Boston attorney, and as the Coordinator of the Visiting Scholars Program at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Ms. Laing received her A.B. in philosophy from Harvard University in 2002.
Dustin A. Lewis is a Junior Associate focusing on the Program's international law portfolio. Previously, Dustin served as a Visiting Professional in Chambers at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He received an LL.M. summa cum laude in International Law of Human Rights and Criminal Justice from Utrecht University and an A.B. cum laude in History from Harvard College. At Utrecht, Dustin drafted amicus curiae briefs submitted on behalf of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. His law journal article examines international law pertaining to sexual violence against men in conflict.
Anaïde Nahikian, Special Assistant to the Director, supports the diverse roles of the Director and manages the HPCR Executive Office, in addition to her role as Teaching Assistant to Professor Bruderlein. Prior to joining the HPCR team, Ms. Nahikian was a Research Assistant at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and at the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health. She was most recently a Faculty Assistant and Program Coordinator at the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at the Kennedy School of Government. Ms. Nahikian holds a BA degree in Sociology from Brandeis University and a MSc degree in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Catherine Sola, Program Administrator, is a member of the HPCR management team and is responsible for all aspects of the Program's financial, grants management, human resources and administrative operations. Prior to joining HPCR, Ms. Sola worked in the public sector as a Budget and Policy Analyst for both the Massachusetts House Committee on Ways and Means and the Dallas County Office of Budget and Evaluation. She gained additional experience working in a project coordination and financial management capacity with various legal firms and non-profit organizations. Ms. Sola received a B.S. in Political Science and B.A. in International Affairs from Northeastern University.
