Debarati Guha Sapir
Debarati Guha-Sapir is Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) and Professor at University of Louvain School of Public Health, in Brussels, Belgium. She holds an Adjunct Professorship at Tulane University Medical Centre (New Orleans) for Health and Humanitarian Aid. Trained in Calcutta University, Johns Hopkins University and University of Louvain she holds a Ph.D in epidemiology.
David Hargitt
David Hargitt is the Data Manager for the Complex Emergency Database. He is in charge of data collection for CE-DAT, NGO and intergovernmental contacts, and also coordinates workshops and conferences. He did his Bachelor's degree in Biology at Hartwick College, New York, a Master's in Human Ecology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), and a Master's in Cartography and Remote Sensing at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
Manuel Albela Miranda
Manuel is an IT Specialist at CRED. In 2008, he worked for the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID) in Guatemala on their GIS system and assisting local communities on how to use technologies in a productive and sustainable way. He also worked on the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of different development and emergency projects and programs.
Olivia D'Aoust
Olivia D’Aoust is a Research Fellow at CRED. She holds a Master's in Economics from the University of Louvain (UCL) and is currently enrolled in a Master's in Demography at the UCL. During her studies, she worked on the impact of epidemics on economic behaviours and is particularly interested in econometrics, public health and development economics.
