Kajal Khanna MD, JD, MSc is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford University, where she directs the Global Pediatric Emergency Equity Lab (GPEEL). Her research examines the application of international human rights to advance equity in pediatric emergency medicine, with particular focus on health systems strengthening. She primarily investigates how the right to health can promote pediatric health equity and center local knowledge in climate-related disaster response. She chairs the American Academy of Pediatrics Global Pediatric Emergency Care Committee and serves on the International Pediatrics Association’s Committee on Social Pediatrics, Child Rights and Humanitarian Action.