Paula Gutlove

Paula Gutlove, D.M.D., is Deputy Director at the Institute for Resource and Security Studies. She has over 25 years of experience working with people of diverse perspectives and interests, to improve communication, build understanding, resolve conflicts, and promote cooperation. In 1996, she founded the Health Bridges for Peace project, which links health care with the prevention and resolution of inter-communal conflict in the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Dr. Gutlove is a founding board member and board chair of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, an Associate of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, and consultant to numerous international organizations. She holds a D.M.D. from Boston University and a B.S. from Cornell University, and has had post-doctoral fellowships in peace and conflict studies at Harvard University and the Australian National University.