In this presentation Dr. Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, MPH will share his experience and insights on the role and contributions of public health academicians in response to humanitarian crises.  He will begin with a brief overview of humanitarian crises, in particular armed conflict.  Then discuss the direct and indirect health impacts of humanitarian crises. Next, he will describe his Humanitarian Research Lab and its work in multiple countries experiencing armed conflict, in particular Ukraine and Sudan. He will end with discussing how research in humanitarian settings can be translatable to proper humanitarian action and policy decision in humanitarian crises as well as the ethical issues regarding conducting research in humanitarian settings.  We will then open it up for questions and discussion with the audience.