Dr. Sumi Gupta Ariely serves as an Associate Professor of the Practice in Global Health and teaches a variety of courses, including global health research methods and global health ethics. Dr. Ariely holds a PhD in Psychology with a focus on cognitive development and culture. She has international experience with health work in a variety of contexts (US, West and East Africa, South and East Asia) and has particular interest in maternal, child, and adolescent health, mental health, and grass-roots community health development. As a developmental psychologist she is interested in the relations between cultural, social, and biological factors on health behaviors and outcomes. She is also the current faculty lead for DGHI’s local engagement, which connects to her and other faculty’s long-standing interest in prioritizing the ‘Local-is-Global’ approach to health work.