Nate Nessle, DO

Nate Nessle is Global Cancer Lead of the Center for Global Health Equity, where he launched the Global Cancer Community of Practice. His global health focus centers on addressing gaps in sickle cell disease and childhood cancer care delivery, guidelines, and supportive care in sub-Saharan Africa and among displaced populations. Based in Eldoret, Kenya, since 2022, he works alongside colleagues at Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. His interests in global health equity align with the Center’s theme of strengthening systems for health. Nessle’s research uses mixed methods and implementation science to investigate risk stratification and adaptive fever guidelines for children with cancer in North America and Kenya. His work includes a locally adapted fever treatment guideline that reduced median time to antibiotics from nine hours to just over one hour. He leads wearable temperature-sensor trials for children with cancer in Africa and collaborates on sickle cell care improvement and adolescent and young adult cancer care needs. He also mentors Kenyan clinician-researchers and co-founded the Kenyan Childhood Cancer Fund with partners to support children with cancer and their families.