David Beran MSc, PhD

David Henri Beran is a Researcher and Lecturer at the Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva within the Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine. Before this David was the Project Coordinator of the International Insulin Foundation based at University College London (UCL) where he developed and implemented a health systems tool to assess access to diabetes care. This work was carried out in Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Vietnam, and Zambia and led to the development of specific policies and projects to address the barriers identified.

David is a Swiss national who grew up in Geneva. He holds a BSc in Management with an Emphasis in Marketing. Following his first degree, he worked for a leading Swiss Biotech Company in both Health Policy and Government Relations and Public Relations. He then obtained his MSc in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. David’s PhD at UCL researched the needs of people with Type 1.