Sara Bleich

Sara Naomi Bleich is the inaugural Vice Provost for Special Projects at Harvard University, a Professor of Public Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a faculty member at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. With more than 190 peer-reviewed publications, she is a nationally and internationally recognized policy expert and researcher who specializes in diet-related diseases, food and nutrition security, and racial inequality. She previously served in the Biden and Obama Administrations. She was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine in 2023 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2025.