Akshay Narayanan
Researcher, consultant, and writer.
I'm a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital, a consultant at Raising Voices, and a freelance writer. I lead research, program design, and writing projects in global mental health, child protection, and scientific progress.
I hold a master's in public health from Harvard and am a fellow at the Mercatus Center. Before this, I managed a non-profit accelerator at Guardians of Dreams in Bengaluru, India. I'm currently based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Projects
- Research on psychoeducation interventions to keep young people engaged in treatment for opioid use disorders @ Massachusetts General Hospital
- Designing a fellowship for young leaders building violence prevention programs in schools in the Global South @ Raising Voices & Coalition for Good Schools
- Teaching Assistant for How to Tell A Story: Visions & Explorations in Ethnography @ Harvard College
- Writing for In Development on reimagining treatment for opioid use disorders in India
- Writing for HKS Policy Review on why we must focus our violence prevention efforts on boys in classrooms in India
Recent writing
- Opioid Substitution Therapy Works. India Isn’t Doing Enough
- At Harvard Chan, We Need To Talk About Hard Things
- We are all just animals. Why animal health is public health too
- Breaking rules in hospitals - some advice
Contact
Email: akshaygn@hsph.harvard.edu
Twitter: @akshaygn01
LinkedIn: akshaygrn