Episode 4: Climate Change & Global Health, Global

Andrea Rezzonico is the Deputy to the CEO and the Deputy Director of the Converging Risks Lab. She has co-led the development and execution of CSR’s converging risks work since 2016, beginning with its inaugural project analyzing the nexus of climate change, nuclear trends, and security dynamics. Much of her work at CSR centers on issues such as climate change impacts, shifts in international order, nuclear developments, ecological degradation risks, and weapons of mass destruction. She has written various reports spotlighting many of these intersections around the world. She is particularly interested in navigating and preparing for complex and/or simultaneous emergencies centered on the aforementioned issues. Andrea holds an M.A. in global security with a concentration in energy and environmental security from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in international affairs from Florida State University.

Dr. Nino Kharaishvili is a healthcare expert with a working knowledge of 40 different countries across the former Soviet Union, Africa, South East Asia, and Middle East. She has over 17 years of international health consulting experience and has managed teams specializing in global health security, health system preparedness, disease surveillance, biosafety and biosecurity, program metrics and evaluation.

Dr. Kharaishvili now serves as a Global Solutions Director for Health Governance and focuses on health system resilience and preparedness. As health systems are adapting and transforming to become more effective and resilient, they require the support of advanced governance frameworks and alignment of functional responsibilities, reporting hierarchies and funding mechanisms. Jacobs advises governments, healthcare agencies, organizations and communities on creating and implementing new pathways for effective decision-making, resource management and operational environments. We focus on system structure, policy frameworks, oversight mechanisms, financial models, healthcare coalitions and accountability.