Heloisa Jardim is a Research Manager for the Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise (SHINE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In her role, she leads the strategic planning and implementation of SHINE’s initiatives, by promoting business strategies to foster the well-being of populations. She believes in the catalytic power of evidence-based research as a basis for business action. Through her extensive experience in the private sector, Heloisa brings a passion for transforming corporations into strong social actors that nurture people’s well-being through its business culture and systemic approaches.

Prior to joining SHINE, Heloisa worked in the financial market, business consulting, and extractive industry private sector in Brazil, Mozambique, and Malawi. Through her diverse background and strategic, systemic, and integrative mindset, Heloisa establishes connections between subject areas and cultures to design well-rounded solutions for public health in the United States, China, Mexico, Cambodia, Sri Lanka.

Heloisa holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), where she concentrated in Economics and Sustainability Management, and a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) from Harvard University with a concentration in Health, Sustainability, and the Global Environment.

What I love about SHINE is the opportunity to work with different organizations in their quest for transforming workplaces into spaces where people can grow, connect, and feel a sense of belonging.

When I am not working, I am living my well-being through my runs (I am a half and full-marathoner), my yoga and meditation practice, time in nature, my deep connections with friends and family, my passion to learn from books, podcasts, coffee chats with “strangers”, wine with friends, and of course through dancing like no one is watching!