Olivia Wilkinson

Senior Fellow, Faith and Global Health Initiative, Georgetown University Global Health Institute

Olivia Wilkinson is a senior fellow with the Faith and Global Health Initiative at the Georgetown University Global Health Institute, particularly working on the Georgetown Commission on Faith, Trust, and Health and collaborating closely with the World Faiths Development Dialogue, a non-for-profit organization housed at Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Wilkinson is a researcher and adviser specializing in the roles of religions in the humanitarian and development sectors. She has led research around the world and developed research, strategies, and guidance for some of the most well-known humanitarian and development actors (such as the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, World Bank Group, World Health Organization, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation). She has a Ph.D. and master’s degree in humanitarian action from Trinity College Dublin and Université catholique de Louvain, respectively, along with an undergraduate degree in theology and religious studies from the University of Cambridge.