Under Development

Hi, I’m Deena! I’m a researcher, grantmaker, and the Chief of Staff on Open Philanthropy’s Global Health & Wellbeing portfolio.

I’m also a journalist - I write about things like:

• The Rwandan government’s efforts to degas the potentially-deadly Lake Kivu

• How a philosopher’s ‘experience machine’ thought experiment can shed light on how we interact with technology

• Why we have a propensity to search for silver linings

Under Development is a monthly newsletter on global health and economic development. It operates as a regular digest of interesting work in the space, along with my own writing outside of mainstream outlets. With that said, subscribe for a bit about what I’ve written, what I’ve been reading, and what I’ve been thinking about each month, and reach out if any of it sparks thoughts for you!