Senior Associate of Global Health
Kate Seneshen is a Senior Associate of Global Health at the United Nations Foundation. Based in Washington, DC, she contributes to the development and implementation of the Pandemic Risk Assessment (PRA) initiative, collaborating closely with governments, multilateral organizations, academic institutions, philanthropic partners, and civil society organizations to advance pandemic preparedness and risk mitigation. Kate also supports the Foundation’s malaria portfolio, contributing to research, advocacy, and communications to accelerate disease elimination efforts. Prior to joining the United Nations Foundation, Kate was a research associate at Weill Cornell Medicine studying infectious disease and women’s health in Tanzania. She holds a B.A. in global health and public policy from Duke University, where she led studies in Cusco, Peru on adolescent pregnancy and HPV prevention, interned at the Ministry of Health in Mendoza, Argentina, and conducted research on chronic disease management in rural North Carolina.