David E. Bell, PhD, MPH, EMT-B, is a medical anthropologist who specializes in the role of social science in emergency preparedness, global health, syndromic epidemiology, risk and hazard analysis, environmental contamination, and politics of health.  He has 20 years of experience related to diverse aspects of emergency preparedness and disaster relief, combining public health practice with research and teaching courses throughout public health, global health, and sociocultural anthropology.  His experience with risk reduction and program intervention spans local health departments in both western New York and Ohio, including management of COVID-19 public health response for two counties and emergency response operations for mass sheltering, mass casualty assistance, extreme weather needs, and emergency volunteer deployment.  Wider approaches to global health include building hurricane resiliency in Puerto Rico, tsunami preparedness and long-term recovery in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, and healthcare access with water sanitation and communicable disease control in Ethiopia.  Both locally and globally, David’s work also emphasizes public health vulnerabilities produced through conflict, displacement, and social inequalities, as well as the need for intercultural competencies to better address health equity through access and functional needs.