Bio:

I am a Senior Program Officer at Coefficient Giving where I lead grantmaking for the Lead Exposure Action Fund (LEAF).

LEAF supports partners working to identify and eliminate major sources of lead exposure in low- and middle-income countries. In its first year, LEAF’s grants more than tripled total annual global philanthropic funding for lead mitigation. These efforts helped catalyze new government action and major multilateral initiatives like the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future. 

Previously, I was co-lead on the Global Health and Development team at Rethink Priorities, senior partner lead for the Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP) Partnership, a Research Fellow at the University of Bath, and a postdoctoral fellow at Monash University. My academic work focused on epidemiology, policy research, and advocacy around the commercial and structural determinants of health. 


I have an MPhil and PhD in Global Public Health from the University of Cambridge and a BSc in Biology from Imperial College London.


Links:

Lead Exposure Action Fund (LEAF)

Academic publications


Contact:

tomrhird@gmail.com

@drtomhird

linkedin.com/tomhird