Staff
The diversity of experience and expertise of CERAH’s staff reflects CERAH's multidisciplinary programme.
CERAH’s teachers and researchers have wide experience in the humanitarian field, and together accumulate many years of work experience with a range of institutions and multidisciplinary environments.
Teachers and researchers from other universities and institutions regularly join the CERAH team according to specific teaching and research needs.
Director
 Prof. Doris Schopper Director
|  | Doris Schopper is Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva and has been Director of CERAH since July 2011. Following her medical studies at the University of Geneva (qualified in 1978; Doctorate in 1982) she qualified as a specialist for internal medicine in 1987. Fields of interest : • Public health in humanitarian contexts • Development and analysis of health policy • Research ethics in humanitarian contexts • Ethics of humanitarian medical intervention • HIV-Aids, Cancer |
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Teachers and Researchers
 Edith Kolo Favoreu Training coordinator
| Edith Kolo Favoreu leads the MAS in Humanitarian Action on which she has taught since 2010. She also coordinates training and research projects in Haïti More...Fields of interest : • Humanitarian dilemmas • Local participation in development • Conflicts and their prevention • Human rights and international humanitarian law
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 Valérie Gorin Responsable pédagogique
| Valérie Gorin contributed to CERAH courses as an external specialist, before joining as a lecturer in January 2011. She coordinates several modules and two thematic seminars on the history of humanitarianism and on the relationship between humanitarian work and the media. More... • History of war in the 20th Century • History of photography, photojournalism and the press • History of humanitarian action • The media and humanitarian action • Sociology of journalism
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 Dr Amadou Diop
| Amadou Diop has taught at CERAH for four years, following posts as Research
Associate in the Social Finance Department at the ILO and with the Swiss Agency
for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
• Urban poverty • Inclusive finance/Microfinance • Cash transfer • Youth employment | |
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 Dr Fidel Font
| Fidel Font has taught at CERAH since 2009. He is a medical doctor and holds a PhD in Public Health. He worked for many years with Médecins Sans Frontières and the IFRC More... • Public health in humanitarian contexts • Maternal and child health • HIV-Aids campaigns at community level • Health management information systems | |
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 Dr Corine Frischknecht
| Corine Frischknecht is Scientific Coordinator at the Faculty of Sciences and has been a teacher at CERAH since 2010. She was part of the original 1995 multidisciplinary team (medicine, sociology, history, law, philosophy, economics, political science and earth sciences) on the course that evolved into the current CERAH programme. More... • Understanding the mechanisms of sudden natural phenomena, particularly earthquakes • Spatial analysis of vulnerabilities and multiple risk analysis • NATECH disasters • Forensic investigation of disasters • disaster risk reduction linked to humanitarian intervention
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 Sophia Hoffmann
| Sophia Hoffmann joined CERAH in September 2011 as a teaching fellow. She is a final-year PhD student in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS, London. Fields of interest : • International relations and politics • Contemporary politics of the Middle East • Politics of humanitarian intervention • Migration
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 Dr Christophe Golay
| Christophe Golay teaches human rights and food security. He is also the Joint Coordinator of the Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Right. • Human rights • International humanitarian law • UN • Food security • Right to food | |
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 Dr Nathalie Herlemont
| Nathalie Herlemont – Zoritchak has been teaching at CERAH since January 2011. She is also head of Handicap International's Strategic Policy Group. • Ethics and humanitarian law • Stakeholder and context analysis • Conflict and crisis dynamics • Humanitarian and development strategies • Protection of vulnerable groups | |
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 Dr Ghislain Patrick Lessène
| Ghislain Patrick Lessène has been a teacher and researcher at CERAH since October 2007. He also leads courses within the Master 2 programme on litigation and the practice of basic rights in the Law Faculty, University of Caen Basse-Normandie (France) since 2009. More... • International human rights law and international humanitarian law • International justice • Prevention of torture • Protection of people deprived of liberty • Rights of the child
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Administration
 Marianne Boddèle Communications Teaching programme administrator
| Marianne Boddèle has been responsible for communications and administration of the teaching programme since 2011. She has professional experience in both the private and humanitarian sector. More... | |
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 Joëlle Gentile Human resources and accounts. Management of admissions
| Joëlle Gentile joined CERAH in October 2007 (then known as PIAH). She is responsible for accounts and human resources management and assists the director. | |
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