Harvard Catalyst Profiles

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston		01/2025	Postdoctoral Studies: Translational Microbiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston		02/2024	Point of Care Ultrasound Fellowship
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston		06/2023	Chief Resident: Global Health Equities
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston	MPH	07/2023	Clinical Effectiveness
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston		06/2023	Pediatrics Residency
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston		06/2023	Internal Medicine Residency
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, California	MD	06/2018	Medicine
New York University, New York	BA	06/2012	Happiness

Dr. Allan-Blitz is clinician scientist focused on addressing disparities in sexual health care globally. Dr. Allan-Blitz has led work characterizing the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections across numerous low-resource settings, as well as the genomic epidemiology of genes conferring antimicrobial resistance. His expertise also includes the development, validation, and field-implementation of novel diagnostic technology including CRISPR-based lateral flow assays for pathogens of public health importance. Dr. Allan-Blitz's mission is to work in solidarity with low-resource communities towards establishing sexual health equity through a multidisciplinary combination of epidemiology, public health, technologic innovation, and implementation science. Dr. Allan-Blitz is also passionate about mentorship and has served as a mentor for numerous residents, medical students, and public health students, both in the United States and abroad. Dr. Allan-Blitz has been funded by the NIH and and private technology companies, and has conducted work across Peru, South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Rwanda, Lesotho, Madagascar, and rural Australia.