Yara M. Asi, PhD, is an assistant professor at the School of Global Health Management and Informatics at the University of Central Florida. She is a visiting scholar at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, a Senior Fellow in the Raphaël Lemkin Genocide Prevention Program at George Mason University, a Non-Resident Fellow at the Arab Center Washington, DC, a Non-Resident Fellow at DAWN MENA, and a 2020–2021 U.S. Fulbright Scholar to the West Bank. Her research agenda focuses on health, human rights, and development in conflict-affected and fragile settings. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including The Lancet, Conflict and Health, and BMJ Global Health, along with media outlets like The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Nation. Her first book, How War Kills: The Overlooked Threats to Our Health, was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in January 2024.