Kuanysh A Yergaliyev, MD, MPH, DrPHc

Research Trainee, Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders program (STRIPED) at Boston Children’s Hospital and Doctoral candidate at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Prior to Harvard University, Kuanysh Yergaliyev worked at the Department of Integrated Academic Health Systems, Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan) and held various managerial positions at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Fields of interests are health policy and management in the Kazakhstani and Central Asia setting, health systems strengthening in middle income countries, evidence-based decision-making, health behavior change programs, health policy advocacy for children and adolescent health and using qualitative methods for health policy research.

Dr. Kuanysh Yergaliyev also is a cofounder and current President of MIRAS Boston Kazakh Cultural Foundation. The Miras Foundation aims to meet cultural and social needs of Kazakh people in Greater Boston Area.