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Leah Ratner, MD, MS, DTM&H

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Global Health Equity and Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Leah Ratner, MD, MS, DTM&H (she/her/hers) is a physician-scientist in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, where her research is focused on improved CF screening through implementation science in Ghana. Her clinical work focuses on adult cystic fibrosis, and she is currently working with Drs. Brian Cuneo and Emil Oweis to help establish an independent adult CF center in Washington, DC, where she lives.

Leah is also a co-founder of the Pan-African Cystic Fibrosis Research Network, alongside Drs. Marco Zampoli and Hugues Abriel. This growing network brings together clinicians, researchers, and advocates from across the African continent to advance collective understanding and care of CF in underrecognized settings. (www.CysticFibrosisAfrica.org)

She is deeply grateful to be a 2025 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Harry Schwachman Young Investigator Awardee and a 2024 PACE Awardee, and to learn from the global CF community every day.

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