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Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch

Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch

Associate Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies, Suffolk University

Associate Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies, Suffolk University Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch is an Associate Professor in the Political Science & Legal Studies Department, at Suffolk University. Michal holds a B.A. in Political Science from Tel Aviv University and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, 2009). Her research and teaching interests include international relations theory with a focus on the role of international norms and ideas, transitional and historical justice, and the contested narrative of the conflict in Israel / Palestine. She is currently working on a book manuscript (co-authored with Jennifer M. Dixon, Villanova University) about the development trajectory of international norms with a focus on human rights norms since WWII. Previously, Michal was a Senior Fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University (2021–2022). She was also an International Security Program Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School (2007–2009; 2012–2014; 2023-2024) and a Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer at the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University (2009–2012). Michal’s work has been published in European Journal of International Relations, Perspective on Politics, Cooperation and Conflict, Negotiation Journal, and Foreign Affairs.

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Myra Hardy

Myra Hardy

Postdoctoral Researcher, Infection, Immunity and Global Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Postdoctoral Researcher, Infection, Immunity and Global Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute Dr Myra Hardy is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician with a strong interest in global health that stems from her early research evaluating the burden of rheumatic heart disease in school children in Tonga. During her paediatric training, she has worked in Melbourne, Darwin, Solomon Islands and Canada. She has recently completed her PhD based in Fiji investigating the safety and efficacy of Ivermectin, Diethylcarbamazine, and Albendazole for lymphatic filariasis control and the non-inferiority of one-dose versus two-dose Ivermectin-based Mass drug administration (MDA) for the community control of scabies. Myra is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Tropical Diseases group, Infection, Immunity and Global Health research area at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Her ongoing research focuses on the acceptability of ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine and albendazole, the impact on soil-transmitted helminths and further evaluation of the efficacy of treatments for lymphatic filariasis in Fiji.

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