Katherine E. Bliss

Katherine E. Bliss brings her expertise in the social sciences, Latin American studies, and international relations to her work analyzing U.S. government support for health programs in low- and middle-income countries. She is particularly interested in how political and cultural perspectives shape approaches to such global health challenges as HIV/AIDS; vaccine-preventable diseases; and access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Trained as a historian, Katherine spent the early part of her career teaching at the university level and publishing books and articles on gender relations and public health in twentieth-century Mexico. A Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship enabled her to shift her focus to global health policy, placing her at the U.S. Department of State, where she worked on environmental health issues and the development of foreign policy approaches to pandemic preparedness. At CSIS, Katherine has previously served as deputy director and senior fellow within both the Americas Program and Global Health Policy Center, where she oversaw a multi-program project on the influence of the BRICS countries on the global health agenda and directed the Project on Global Water Policy. Her recent work has examined the health situation in the context of the Venezuelan political crisis and the challenges facing immunization programs within fragile or disordered settings. Katherine received her A.B. in history and literature, magna cum laude, from Harvard College and her Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago. She completed a David E. Bell Fellowship at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Ava Rose
- Communications Manager, External Relations
- 202-644-5618
- ARose@csis.org
In the News 8 of 43 results
Elizabeth O’Brien, Surgery and Salvation: The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770–1940
Katherine E. Bliss in Oxford University Press — February 18, 2025
What More Must Be Done to Fight the Spread of Dengue?
Katherine E. Bliss in Latin America Advisor — December 18, 2024
What Would Fiscal Reform Mean for Brazil’s Economy?
Katherine E. Bliss in The Dialogue — November 25, 2024
How Effectively Is Brazil Tackling the Dengue Outbreak?
Katherine E. Bliss in The Dialogue — February 20, 2024
Republicans stall on renewing Bush-era program to fight AIDS
Katherine E. Bliss in Houston Chronicle — October 26, 2023
Closing Kids’ Vaccination Gaps Before They Say ‘Mama’
Katherine E. Bliss in Bloomberg — August 7, 2023
Conservative fight against PEPFAR in Africa condemned as a ‘war on Black bodies’
Katherine E. Bliss in The Grio — August 2, 2023
Will Long Covid Be a Major Problem for Latin America?
Katherine E. Bliss in Latin America Advisor — July 28, 2023
All Katherine E. Bliss Content
Filter by
Dr. Kate O’Brien, WHO: “The success of vaccines is that, basically, nothing happens.”
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — May 21, 2025

Vaccine Exemptions for Kids are on the Rise
Analysis by Priya Chainani and Katherine E. Bliss — May 20, 2025
PEPFAR’s Golden Era Is Over. It Urgently Needs a Five-Year Transition Plan
Critical Questions by Jirair Ratevosian, J. Stephen Morrison, and Katherine E. Bliss — May 16, 2025
PEPFAR’s Golden Era Is Over. It Urgently Needs a Five-Year Transition Plan
Podcast Episode by Jirair Ratevosian, J. Stephen Morrison, and Katherine E. Bliss — May 16, 2025

CommonHealth Live! with Republic of Indonesia Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — May 1, 2025

Measles Outbreaks in 2025 with Dr. Adam Ratner and Dr. Ephrem T. Lemango | The CommonHealth Live!
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — May 1, 2025

Measles Outbreaks in 2025 with Dr. Ephrem T. Lemango and Dr. Adam Ratner | The CommonHealth Live!
Event — April 30, 2025
CommonHealth Live! with Republic of Indonesia Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin
Event — April 23, 2025
A Quarter-Century of Disease Prevention Efforts at Risk
Commentary by Katherine E. Bliss — April 2, 2025
A Quarter-Century of Disease Prevention Efforts at Risk
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — April 2, 2025
