Manushi Sharma served as an Effective Multilateralism Research Assistant (Co-op) at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, where she supported the development and launch of the Global Governance Innovation (GGI) Platform.

Manushi is a trained pharmacist and health economist with over a decade of experience in international cooperation, specializing in health systems, environmental management, and mixed-methods policy evaluation. Her work spans the Asia-Pacific, sub-Saharan Africa, and North America.

She has worked with prominent organizations, including the US Partnership for Education and Sustainable Development, the Thai Ministry of Public Health, The George Institute for Global Health, Collaborating for Resilience, and the Public Health Foundation of India. In these roles, she has managed and led multistakeholder projects collaborating with academia, UN bodies, governments, civil society, and the private sector.

In 2022, Manushi was awarded the Atlas Corps Fellowship, where she employed participatory action research and adaptive learning approaches to mitigate conflict in environmental resource management and climate justice in resource-constrained settings. She holds a Master of Public Policy from Northeastern University.