St. Jude People

Shaloo Puri, MBBS, DTCD, MPH, MPA

Senior Director, Global Scholars Program, Department of Global Pediatric Medicine

Associate Dean, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Professor of Instruction, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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Contact Information

Shaloo Puri, MBBS, DTCD, MPH, MPA

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

Affiliations

Department of Global Pediatric Medicine

St. Jude Global

St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Global Scholars

Education

MBBS - University of Delhi, India DTCD (Postgraduate) - University of Delhi, India MPH (Global Health) - Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, USA MPA - Harvard Kennedy School, USA Fellowships - Edward S. Mason Program in Public Policy and Management Galbraith Fellowship - Harvard Kennedy School Research Fellowship - Mossavar Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School

Short Biography

Shaloo Puri received her MBBS and postgraduate training in respiratory diseases from Delhi University in India. She went on to earn her MPH from Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health followed by an MPA and the Mason Fellowship in Public Policy and Management from Harvard University’s Kennedy School. She is a global health leader with over 28 years of experience of transformational impact in complex multi- sectoral settings at country and global levels. She has held leadership positions in premier organizations including Harvard University, World Economic Forum and World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with USAID, Global Fund, Gates Foundation, World Bank, UN and other international public and private institutes. She is a distinguished thought leader and strategist with expertise in policy research, health systems strengthening, health sector reform, and in leading innovative multi-stakeholder partnerships and educational programs across the spectrum of global health and health systems.

Shaloo directed and taught in the Doctor of Public Health Program at Harvard University prior to her move to St. Jude in July 2018. Passionate about education, she is dedicated to teaching and mentoring the next generation of change agents and leaders in child health. She leads the Master of Science in Global Child Health Program at the Graduate School and is also a Professor of Instruction. She also serves as the Senior Director of the Global Scholars Program of the Department of Global Pediatric Medicine at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital fostering and enabling systems-level change in global child health programs to enhance equity, access and quality of treatment and care for children worldwide. 

Key Policy Papers, Technical Reports and Other Publications

  • Case studies on Health Systems of Austria, Canada, Chile, Singapore and Taiwan and Framework for Comparative Policy Analysis of Health systems, Malaysia Health Systems Reform Project, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, 2015
  • Policy Paper on Health Policy for Migrant Workers in Qatar: Policy Considerations, Puri S, Atun, R. Harvard University, 2015.
  • Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Health Policy for Migrant Workers in the State of Qatar, Puri S, Atun R, Harvard University, 2015. Submitted to the Qatar Government
  • Report on Coverage, Utilization and Health Status of Migrant Workers globally and in Qatar, Ahmed S, Koussa M, Chai J, Puri S, Atun R, Harvard University, 2015. Submitted to the Qatar Government
  • Qatar Health Care Package of Benefits for Immigrant Laborers - benchmarking package of benefits, Atun R, Puri S, et al. Harvard University, 2015. Submitted to the Qatar Government
  • Opinion piece on Critical Analysis of Proposed Legislation on Risk Pooling for a New Social Security Program for >65 Years in India, 2014. Presented at Harvard Kennedy School
  • Strategy paper on Addressing Accountability Challenges of Global Partnerships, 2013. Presented at Harvard Kennedy School
  • Evaluation report and organizational strategy paper, Review of Stop TB Partnership, Canada, 2013. Submitted to Stop TB Partnership, Canada
  • Initial draft of Working Together With Businesses- Guidance on TB And TB/ HIV Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Care in the Workplace. UNAIDS, ILO and WHO, 2012. Retrieved from http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/44833/9789241503228_eng.pdf;jsessionid=78DD871BE87 EC1CD3F13024CAD918EAD?sequence=1
  • Policy paper on Reducing Out- Of- Pocket Health Expenditures in an Emerging Economy- India, Political and Policy Analysis, 2012. Presented at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Report on Tackling Tuberculosis: The Business Response, World Economic Forum in cooperation with Harvard School of Public Health, 2008. Retrieved from http://datafordecisions.net/wp- content/uploads/2014/05/TBandBusinessMarch-2008.pdf
  • Protecting Your Workforce From Tuberculosis: A Toolkit for an Integrated Approach to TB and HIV for Businesses in South Africa, World Economic Forum in cooperation with the Lilly MDR TB Partnership, 2008; adapted to the Indian and Chinese contexts. Retrieved from http://www.justice.gov.za/vg/hiv/docs/tb/TB_Protecting_workforce.pdf