Dr. Bhutta leads large research groups in Toronto, Karachi and Nairobi with special interests in scaling up evidence-based, community setting interventions and implementation of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition interventions in humanitarian contexts. His work with community health workers influenced maternal and newborn outreach programs for marginalized populations internationally and his group’s work with the WHO and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health is guiding essential global intervention policies for women, children and adolescents.