Alma Adler, PhD, MSc, MA, is the Research and Monitoring and Evaluation Director for the Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Adler began her career as a bioanthropologist, receiving her PhD in 2005 before earning an MSc in Public Health/Developing Countries, Epidemiology Stream from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Before joining what is now the Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity in 2018, Dr. Adler was an Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she was a member of the Centre for Chronic Diseases and the Centre for Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive, and Child Health. Other positions she has held include Systematic Review Specialist at the Cochrane Heart Group and Science Officer at the World Heart Federation.

Dr. Adler’s research focuses on three areas: implementation science, mixed methods evaluations of complex interventions, and evidence synthesis. She has led implementation research projects in nine countries on three continents. Dr. Adler has had more than 50 publications and numerous media appearances.