Catherine (“Cat”) Kirk is the Director of Maternal and Child Health at Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima in Rwanda where she works closely with the Ministry of Health on programs and research that aim to improve the quality of facility-based care for mothers and newborns as well as advises on child development and nutrition research and programming. Ms. Kirk is also a Visiting Scholar at the Boston College School of Social Work. Prior to joining Partners In Health, she worked with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the World Bank, UNICEF, and other organizations on the design, implementation, and evaluation of health, child development, and education programs in sub-Saharan Africa and the United States.