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The Global Health Institute serves as a university-wide platform for supporting research, teaching, and service in global health and for developing concrete solutions to the health challenges facing families and communities throughout the world.

Deus Bazira joined the institute as its director in 2023. The institute is a successor to Georgetown's university-wide Global Health Initiative, which was coordinated by a faculty committee drawn from across campuses.

Leadership

Staff

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Weijun Yu

Global Health Institute

Senior Research Officer

Senior Advisors

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Jack Leslie

School of Health

Distinguished Professor on the Adjunct Track

Global Health Initiative Faculty Committee

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Jishnu Das

McCourt School of Public Policy; School of Foreign Service

Professor

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Deborah Phillips

Department of Psychology; College of Arts and Sciences

Professor; Vice Dean of Faculty

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Steven Singer

Department of Biology; School of Medicine

Professor

Student Fellows

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Ritu Agarwal

Medical Student in the School of Medicine

"Systematic Review: Impact of Continuous Improvement"; Faculty Mentor: Martine Etienne-Mesubi, assistant professor at the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact

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Winifred Asigri

Undergraduate Student in the College of Arts & Sciences

"Developing Solutions for Global Health Through Research"; Faculty Mentor: Martine Etienne-Mesubi, assistant professor at the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact

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Phoebe Ato

Medical Student in the School of Medicine

"Early Childhood Mental Health in Latin America and the Caribbean"; Faculty Mentor: Neal Horen, associate professor at the Center for Child and Human Development

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Saara Bidiwala

Undergraduate Student in the College of Arts & Sciences

"Artificial Intelligence in Public Health"; Faculty Mentor: Katherine Robsky, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine

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Sydney Blackston

Undergraduate Student in the School of Nursing

"Effects of Climate Change in Ghana"; Faculty Mentor: Jessica Kritz, assistant professor in the Department of Global Health

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Aleena Dawer

Undergraduate Student in the School of Health

"Migrants' Access to Healthcare Within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Region"; Faculty Mentor: Weijun Yu, senior research officer in the Global Health Institute

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Sokhna Gueye

Undergraduate Student in the School of Health

"Holy Family Health Center in Caldwell, Liberia"; Faculty Mentor: Rosemary Sokas, professor in the Department of Human Science

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Erica Kim

Undergraduate Student in the School of Foreign Service

"Faith, Trust, and Global Health"; Faculty Mentor: Oliver Johnson, managing director of the Global Health Institute

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Ginger Minahan

Undergraduate Student in the School of Health

"Access to Infectious Disease Interventions for People Living in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings"; Faculty Mentor: Margaret Baker, associate professor in the Department of Global Health

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Leila Pagel

Undergraduate Student in the College of Arts & Sciences

"Epithelial Barrier Dysfunctions in Humans"; Faculty Mentor: Steven Singer, professor in the Department of Biology

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Erica Patterson

LL.M Student at Georgetown Law

"Health Misinformation"; Faculty Mentor: Leticia Bode, professor in the Communication, Culture, and Technology Program

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Naisa Rahman

Medical Student at the School of Medicine

"International Medical Graduates Residency Training"; Faculty Mentor: Ming-Jung Ho, professor in the Department of Family Medicine

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Bryce Robinson

LL.M. Student at Georgetown Law

"Notifiable Diseases"; Faculty Mentor: Colin Carlson, assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology

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Patrick Roney

Master's Student in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

"Using the WHO Health Equity Assessment Toolkit for the Health Inequality Data Repository"; Faculty Mentors: Anca Dragomir and George Luta, associate professor and professor in the Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Biomathematics

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Gracya Rudiman

Master's Student in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

"Mental Health Intervention in Senegal"; Faculty Mentor: Shabab Wahid, assistant professor in the Department of Global Health

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Harnoor Sachar

Undergraduate Student in the School of Foreign Service

"Disease Surveillance, International Law, and Migrants"; Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Katz, professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology

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Xiang Xiang

Graduate Student in the McCourt School of Public Policy

"Impact Investing in Health and Elderly Care"; Faculty Mentor: Jun Han, adjunct professor in the McCourt School of Public Policy