Patrick Slavin joins the Gender Health Equity Unit with a record of producing high-quality content resulting in greater visibility for clients in the public and private sectors, including the United Nations, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard Medical School, and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. A former United Nations communications staff member specializing in public health, climate change, and humanitarian emergencies, he served in Pakistan, Jerusalem, New York, Haiti, and across Africa from 1995-2019. An author and former foreign correspondent, he is published in the Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Economist Intelligence Unit, among many others. A native of New York City, he is a graduate of the New School with a Master of Science in International Affairs and the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor’s in Rhetoric. At the New School, he was awarded a President’s Scholarship for Academic Merit. He and his wife, Kalumba Chisambisha, are the parents of Joshua, 10, and Cheswa, 8. He loves reading, cooking, and all sports.