Louise Ivers, MD, MPH, DTH&M is an Associate Physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is also an Associate Physician in The Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and an Assistant in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Ivers received her MB, BCh, and BAO (with honors) in 1997 from University College in Dublin, Ireland. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at MGH and a fellowship in
Infectious Diseases at the combined MGH/BWH program. Dr. Ivers also received a diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in 2002, and a Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2005.
Dr. Ivers is the Director of the Partners In Health HIV Equity Initiative in Haiti. The HIV Equity Initiative in Haiti cares for over 12,000 people living with HIV by providing comprehensive HIV/TB and primary health care services. Dr. Ivers' current research is focused on the impact of targeted food assistance among patients with HIV infection, Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programs, and on addressing the human resources for health crisis facing many similarly poor countries globally.