Professional History: Sali Hafez is a health systems researcher and global health specialist with fifteen years of experience working on health systems in fragile states and low- and middle-income countries, focusing on the intersection of health, gender, sexual violence and protection.

She has led multi-country humanitarian response and research in Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Iraq and beyond, working with United Nations agencies, international NGOs, and Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.

She is currently a doctoral candidate and research fellow in decolonising global health methods at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a visiting researcher at Hawler Medical University in Kurdistan, Iraq.

She sits on the leadership team of Women in Global Health Egypt and serves on the board of LSHTM's Fighting Against Institutional Racism initiative.

Academic and professional credentials: DrPH candidate, Evidence-based public health policy — London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2021–present)
MHS, International Health/Public Health — University of Tampere, Finland (2011–2017)
BDS, Dentistry and Oral Surgery — Alexandria University, Egypt (2004–2009)

Programs: GIBACHT Fellow, Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (2019)
Adjunct fellow, UNESCO Chair, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization, Deakin University, Australia (2018–present)
Cumberland fellow, United Kingdom