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André Nogueira

André Nogueira

Deputy Director and Co-founder of the D-Lab, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

André Nogueira, Ph.D., is the Co-Founder and Deputy Director of the Design Laboratory at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he also serves as a Research Scientist and Instructor for the Department of Health Policy and Management. André investigates how design frameworks and methods can help improve the well-being of people, organizations, and the ecosystems within which they live. André was awarded in the first 40 under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards by the Boston Public Health Congress. His work has been funded by diverse organizations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, US Fish and Wildlife Services, Chicago Community Trust, USAID, and awarded by Fast Company and Core 77. Throughout his journey, André has led intrapreneurial initiatives in the corporate world, helping them build their sustainability competence, and in academic institutions in the US and Brazil, building design laboratories that expand their capacity to bridge theory and practice through cross-sectorial partnerships. In parallel to his work at Harvard, André also advises senior executives and leaders in the public sectors interested in building design capacity within their organizations.