christian suharlim, md, mph merupakan seorang peneliti dan praktisi di bidang kesehatan masyarakat (public health), dengan fokus penguatan sistem kesehatan di negara berkembang.
saat ini suharlim merupakan seorang post-doctoral fellow, peneliti, dan pengajar di harvard university.
masa kecil dan pendidikan
lahir di jakarta, indonesia, dan bersuku tionghoa, christian suharlim merupakan putra sulung pasangan ricky suharlim dan ng lusiana.
suharlim memiliki seorang adik, edwin suharlim.
christian suharlim menerima gelar dokter umum pada tahun 2011 dari universitas indonesia, dan menerima gelar lanjutan master of public health pada tahun 2014 dari harvard university
in 2012, he served as an officer for the directorate of health care, ministry of health (indonesia), where he gained a deeper understanding of indonesias healthcare system.
during his work, he co-authored eight national guidelines, and was a member of pokja bpjs, the ministerial task force in charge of designing referral system for sjsn, indonesias single payer system launched in 2014.
dr. suharlim also served as a research manager at reiki &
ling-chi foundation, indonesia; evaluating the effectiveness of the reiki method of alternative healing.
dr. suharlim teaches the public health nanocourse program at the harvard medical school, a condensed short-course to introduce the communities to the field and subfields of public health.
to date, the public health nanocourse program has delivered 20 courses and served more than 1070 students.
dr. suharlim is also a frequent contributor to jakarta post in the field of immunization, tuberculosis, tobacco consumption, water and sanitation, health insurance and care delivery,
organization and leadership
in 2013, suharlim co-founded the harvard t.h.
chan school of public health media communication forum, that helps public health professionals write for the media - an initiative that he continued in indonesia under his organization, the suharlim foundation for public health research and implementation.
the suharlim foundation's mission to improve health policy by information dissemination through the media; strengthen public health programs particularly in the areas of maternal and child health, infectious disease, and access to water and sanitation, and improve access to care for the socio-economically disadvantaged.
with a team of 3 physician-researchers, suharlim has assisted indonesian physicians in the creation of more than 50 op-eds / media articles.
his foundation has also published 11 in-house articles to the media, and supported suharlim's research interest in using diagnosis decision support system to shift medical delivery tasks to nurses.
since 2014, suharlim serve as the medical advisor on the board of konsula, indonesia's #1 doctors' directory where patients can book doctors online, assisting the reform of indonesian primary care delivery system post-bpjs.
harvard public health case-based teaching and learning initiative, 2015.
jackson society white coat fund grant initiative, 2015.
most innovative educational intervention, education hack-ed, 2015.
finalist, harvard innovation and ventures in education, 2015.
best post-doctoral scientific poster, harvard chan school poster day, 2014.
bosowa maros fellowship award, 2013.
harvard ash center for democratic governance and innovation research grant harvard club indonesia fellowship award, 2013.
eka tjipta foundation fellowship award, 2013.
finalist, records for life vaccination records contest bill &
melinda gates foundation 2013.
student performance award  community medicine module fmui, 2011.
head presidium status  amsa-indonesia national meeting xxiv, 2008.
representative of indonesia  asian science camp, 2008.