Helen Petach

Dr. Helen Petach’s work has focused on using quantitative information to design and evaluate health interventions, particularly those that influence child health outcomes. Helen is a chemist with strong interests in measurement and diagnostics, starting as an assistant professor at the University of Waikato, continuing with leadership roles at Hewlett‐Packard and SomaLogic, and then moving to the public sector. For the past 9 years, Helen served as USAID’s Bureau

of Global Health scientific lead for air pollution, developing grant programs in household energy and collaborating on air pollution exposure mitigation programs in South Asia and sub‐Saharan Africa. She has authored a wide variety of research publications in air pollution, health, and analytic methods. Helen has a PhD in chemistry from Cornell

University.