US-Ireland Alliance

Mitchell Scholar Brendan Hayes

Lilongwe, Malawi

February 2012 

• As a Mitchell Scholar, Brendan earned an MSc in Development Studies from University College Dublin.  His dissertation focused on HIV prevention policy in Swaziland.

• After completing his Mitchell year in Ireland, Brendan moved to Malawi to work on an HIV prevention project with a local non-governmental organization.

• In 2009, he married Carrie Golitko, an American pediatrician working on an HIV treatment program in Malawi.  Their son, Kellan Everett Hayes, was born on January 22, 2011.

• Brendan is now working with Banja La Mtsogolo  (BLM), a reproductive health organization and partner of Marie Stopes International, as projects director.   He oversees the implementation of an integrated reproductive health program that focuses on family planning and HIV prevention.  BLM’s program reaches over 700,000 people annually with healthcare services.