Andrew Schroeder

Andrew Schroeder

Director of Research and Analysis, Direct Relief

Andrew Schroeder is the Director of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief. He specializes in geographic information systems (GIS) for humanitarian operations and global public health. In 2013 Andrew and Direct Relief were recognized for this work with the President’s award from Esri. Andrew is currently engaged in projects ranging from the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for disaster response and development to the deployment of GIS tools for monitoring the UN’s 1 Million Community Health Worker Campaign to the implementation of spatial analysis in the national laboratory system of Ethiopia. He has worked on analytics for disaster relief in crises ranging from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines to Hurricane Sandy in New York and the Haiti earthquake. Andrew received his PhD from New York University’s Department of Social and Cultural Analysis and his Masters in Public Policy from the Ford School at the University of Michigan.