Nidhi Bouri, MPH

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health
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Overview

Nidhi Bouri is an executive leader with nearly two decades of experience in global health, global development, and emergency preparedness and response. Currently, she provides independent strategic consulting services to private companies and nonprofits. She previously served as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). She led the strategic planning, implementation, and coordination of $2.5 billion in foreign assistance resources across infectious diseases, health systems strengthening and primary health care, and global health security and health emergencies. She also oversaw the bureau’s communications, policy, and partnership engagements, strengthening relationships with governments, philanthropic, and multilateral organizations. Nidhi held senior positions at the White House, as Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the First Lady, and as the Senior Director for Development, Global Health and Humanitarian Response and Director for Global Health at the National Security Council. In 2020, she led USAID's COVID-19 response and, prior, had a long history of supporting and implementing health and humanitarian programs in government and the NGO sector. Nidhi has worked on the frontlines in some of the most pressing crises, including Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, and Ukraine. She holds an MPH from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and a B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland.

Academic Appointments

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • MPH, Health and Humanitarian Assistance, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • BA, Government and Politics, International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland College Park

Committees, Societies, Councils

  • Board Member, Impact100 DC

Research

Research Interests

  • Emergency response and preparedness
  • Global Health
  • Health and Human Rights
  • Public health systems and services research

Selected Publications

Bouri N. Putting America first by stopping outbreaks at their source. Foreign Service Jour. 2025 July-Aug;26-30. [Link: https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/flipping_book/070825/30/index.html]

Adalja AA, Sell TK, Bouri N, Franco C. Lessons learned during dengue outbreaks in the United States, 2001-2011. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Apr;18(4):608-14. doi: 10.3201/eid1804.110968. PMID: 22469195; PMCID: PMC3309700. [Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22469195/]

Bouri N, Sell TK, Franco C, Adalja AA, Henderson DA, Hynes NA. Return of epidemic dengue in the United States: implications for the public health practitioner. Public Health Rep. 2012 May-Jun;127(3):259-66. doi: 10.1177/003335491212700305. PMID: 22547856; PMCID: PMC3314069. [Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22547856/]

Hanfling D, Bouri N. Foreign medical teams: what role can they play in response to a catastrophic disaster in the US? Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2013 Dec;7(6):555-62. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2013.95. Epub 2013 Oct 11. PMID: 24112384. [Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24112384/]

Adalja AA, Watson M, Bouri N, Minton K, Morhard RC, Toner ES. Absorbing citywide patient surge during Hurricane Sandy: a case study in accommodating multiple hospital evacuations. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Jul;64(1):66-73.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.12.010. Epub 2014 Jan 10. PMID: 24412666. [Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24412666/]

Franco C, Hynes NA, Bouri N, Henderson DA. The dengue threat to the United States. Biosecur Bioterror. 2010 Sep;8(3):273-6. doi: 10.1089/bsp.2010.0032. PMID: 20718665. [Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20718665/]

Bouri N, Ravi S. Going mobile: how mobile personal health records can improve health care during emergencies. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2014 Mar 5;2(1):e8. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.3017. PMID: 25098942; PMCID: PMC4114425. [Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25098942/]