Institute for International Health and Development - Staff Profiles

Suzanne Fustukian

Areas of interest

• health and social policy in fragile states with a particular focus on ‘post’-conflict’ environments;
• links between health and peace building;
• health system development and health governance in fragile states, particularly non-state and state interactions;
• livelihoods and health in poverty reduction

Biographical statement

Suzanne Fustukian is a social scientist specialising in governance and health systems development in fragile states. She has 26 years experience in health and development issues, and has worked with state and academic institutions and NGOs in a variety of countries. She has held positions in three academic institutions in the UK- the IIHD at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh; the Health Policy Unit at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; and the School of Education at the University of Bristol. Prior to this, she was a co-Director of the Appropriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group (AHRTAG). She has extensive experience in research degree supervision and is programme leader of the IIHD’s teaching programme on international health and social development. She is the module co-ordinator for Introduction to Social Development and International Health; Social Development Policy and Practice; Research Design and Planning; Policy and Practice in Complex Emergencies; and the Dissertation.

Recent publications

Fustukian, S. 2004. Improving the delivery of health and education services in difficult environments: ‘Case study 2: Review of health service delivery in Angola’. DFID Health Systems Resource Centre, UK.
Carlson, C., de Lamalle, JP., Fustukian, S., Newell-Jones, K., Sibbons, M., Sondorp, E. 2004. Improving the delivery of health and education services in difficult environments: lessons from case studies. DFID Health Systems Resource Centre, UK.
Fustukian, S., Keith, R., Penrose, A. 2003. 80 Million Lives; Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Child and Maternal Survival. London, Grow Up Free from Poverty Coalition.
Lee, K., K. Buse, and S. Fustukian (editors). (2002). Health Policy in a Globalising World; Crossing Boundaries. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Fustukian, S, Dinesh, S., Zwi, A. (2002) “Workers’ health and safety in a globalising world,“ in K. Lee, K. Buse, and S. Fustukian (editors). Health Policy in a Globalising World; Crossing Boundaries. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Lee, K., Fustukian, S., Buse, K. (2002). “An introduction to global health policy,” in K. Lee, K. Buse, and S. Fustukian (editors). Health Policy in a Globalising World; Crossing Boundaries. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Zwi, A., Fustukian, S., Sethi, D.. (2002). “Globalisation, conflict and the humanitarian response,” in K. Lee, K. Buse, and S. Fustukian (editors). Health Policy in a Globalising World; Crossing Boundaries. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Fustukian, S. and A. Zwi. 2001. “Balancing imbalances: facilitating community perspectives in times of adversity,” in Holly Ann Williams (editor) Special issue on Caring for those in crisis: integrating anthropology and public health in complex humanitarian emergencies. NAPA (National Association of Practising Anthropologists) Bulletin 21,17-35.
A. Zwi, S. Fustukian and D. Sethi. 1999. “Never again, once again. Learning public health lessons from the Kosovo crisis,” (Editorial). European Journal of Public Health.

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