Lee Wilkers
About
Hi, I’m Lee. I live in Atlanta, by way of the DC area. I’m interested in how people work together and solve problems.
I started out in biology and ecology, then moved into public health and population ethics. I’m a generalist by specialty and a social scientist by training. I do research, strategy and design work through goodneighbor, llc.
For useful references and rabbit holes, see Stacks. Updated irregularly.
Some things I’ve worked on or contributed to
- Community engagement and participatory designI led research with community members and program staff in Haiti to improve treatment-campaign design.I contributed communication guidance to WHO’s toolkit on reaching people missed by treatment campaigns.
- Program design and organizational learningI developed decision tools for campaign planning and worked with UNICEF colleagues on a framework for evaluating health campaigns. I also coauthored research on campaign delivery in Haiti.
- Product design I contributed to product design for EU DECIDO for safety planning and support for women experiencing abuse in Brazil. I also contributed to WoW: World of Women for multilingual health education for women and families.
- Brokered DialogueI co-produced a filmed dialogue about who should govern gene-drive technologies for malaria control in Africa. My work included interviewing, qualitative analysis, and coordinating remote production.
Places I’ve worked
- Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics (FACE) The Task Force for Global Health · 2024–2026
- Evans Research Group Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University · 2023–2024
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Center for Humanitarian Emergencies
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University · 2023–2024
Assistant Program Coordinator for Emory’s graduate certificate in complex humanitarian emergencies. - Human Engagement Learning Platform (HELP) Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University · 2019–2023
- Franklin Microbial Ecology Lab Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA · 2013–2014