Dr. Lindsay Stark is a social epidemiologist and associate professor of public health and social work at Washington University in St. Louis. Her work seeks to build the evidence base for effective policies and programs to protect women, children, and families in humanitarian and development contexts. She emphasizes the need to develop rigorous yet culturally sensitive measurement approaches in areas where there remains a dearth of knowledge. Her methodological contributions have been incorporated into global tools and best practice approaches for UNICEF, the World Health Organization and others. Dr. Stark co-directs the Center on Violence and Injury Prevention and the International Center for Child Health and Development, and holds affiliate appointments with the department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Institute for Public Health at Washington University. Previously, Dr. Stark was an associate professor at Columbia University, where she served as director of research for the Program on Forced Migration and Health and director of the CPC Learning Network.