Rohini J. Haar

Dr. Rohini J. Haar, MD, MPH, is a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley, with expertise in health and human rights. Her research focuses on the health impacts of human rights violations, including torture, war crimes, and violence against healthcare workers in conflict zones.

• MPH in Forced Migration, Population and Family Health, Columbia University
• MD from The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine

Her work spans global health ethics, health in complex humanitarian crises, and the health consequences of international human rights violations. She has led studies on crowd control weapons in Colombia, Syria, and Myanmar, and contributed to the 2022 Istanbul Protocol revision.

Key trends in her recent publications include:

• Protection of healthcare workers in Gaza and occupied Palestine
• Maternal health challenges in humanitarian settings
• Quantifying health impacts of attacks on Syria’s medical infrastructure
• Gender-specific risks for healthcare workers in Colombia
• Health effects of less lethal weapons in global protests