
Teresa Chahine
Sheila and Ron ’92 B.A. Marcelo Senior Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship
Teresa Chahine is the inaugural Sheila and Ron ’92 B.A. Marcelo Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship. She is the author of Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship, a twelve-step framework for building impactful ventures in new and existing organizations. Dr. Chahine’s research focuses on developing tools to characterize and advance social and environmental determinants of health. She launched the first social entrepreneurship program in the context of public health, at Harvard University. She was also responsible for launching the first venture philanthropy organization in her home country of Lebanon, providing tailored financing and critical management support to social enterprises serving marginalized populations through education and job creation for youth and women.
Dr. Chahine has published widely on financing, measuring, and scaling social impact. She has worked on social innovation and sustainable development within corporate, governmental, academic and non-profit organizations. Among these are the United States Environmental Protection Agency, United Nations Populations Fund, Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs, Malaysian Directors Academy, Sichuan University, Kazakhstan School of Public Health, and Amani Institute in Brazil. She was the recipient of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative's inaugural Elizabeth T. Weintz humanitarian research award in 2016 and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's emerging leader in public health award in 2017.
Education
- ScD, Harvard School of Public Health, 2010
- MSc, University College London, 2002
- BS, American University of Beirut, 2000
Selected Works
Articles
- Toward an Understanding of Public Health Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship
T. Chahine
Frontiers in Public Health
Volume 9, Issue 298
2021
- Business Models for Primary Health Care Delivery in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Scoping Study of Nine Social Entrepreneurs
L. Lokman and T. Chahine
BMC Health Services Research
Volume 21, Issue 211
2021
- The Evolution of Trust Within a Global Health Partnership With the Private Sector: An Inductive Framework. International Journal of Health Policy and Management
S. Christie, T. Chahine, L. Curry, E. Cherlin, and E. Linnander
An Inductive Framework. International Journal of Health Policy and Management
2021
- Applied Systems Thinking: A Viable Approach to Identify Leverage Points for Accelerating Progress Towards Ending Neglected Tropical Diseases
J. Glenn, K. Kamara, Z. Abubaka Umar, T. Chahine, N. Daulaire, and T. Bosser
Health Research Policy and Systems
Volume 18, Issue 1, pp 1-15
2020
- Public Health Entrepreneurship: A Novel Path for Training Future Public Health Professionals
E. Becker, T. Chahine, and R. Shegog
Public Health Frontiers
Volume 7, Issue 89
2019
- Leadership and governance frameworks driving transformational change in an entrepreneurial UK university
W. Purcell and T. Chahine
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
Volume 40, Issue 5, pp 612-623
2019
- Towards smart cities by Internet of Things (IoT) – a Silent Revolution in China
T. Song, J. Cai, and T. Chahine
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
2017
- Social Franchising: A review of resources and best practices
J. Asemota and T. Chahine
International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
2016
Books
- Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
T. Chahine
2016