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Advisory boards

CGHE's commitment to partnership and equity shapes more than our programming. It shapes how we govern ourselves. The groups below bring perspective, counsel and accountability from across Michigan and around the world, ensuring that our direction reflects the people closest to this work.

External advisory board

A group of distinguished global health leaders from around the world who provide strategic counsel and outside perspective on CGHE's direction.

Chair, External Advisory Board, Center for Global Health Equity;
Chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles

Rector, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons; Professor of Women's Reproductive Health, University of Ghana

Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health;
Dean Emeritus, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Chair, Health Systems Science, George Institute UK

Founder, Past President and Honorary Distinguished Professor of Public Health, Public Health Foundation of India

Professor Emeritus and former Dean of Makerere Medical School, Uganda

Chair and Founder of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF);
Senior advisor to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS);
Senior Fellow, Africa Growth Initiative, Brookings Institution

Professor of the Practice of Public Health Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health;
Executive Director, Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program;
Former Minister of Health of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Linkage committee

The Linkage Committee strengthens connections between CGHE and schools, colleges and units across the university. Members serve as liaisons and advocates to expand awareness, foster collaboration and share opportunities in global health.

Transnational actors and politics of the environment, climate change and sustainable development
Environmental justice, sustainability, health and development, epizootics

Director of Global Initiatives, University of Michigan School of Dentistry

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Professor, School of Social Work

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School; Research Associate Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research

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Dean and John Gideon Searle Professor of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy; Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School

Understanding and responding to systemic trauma through education
Climate and health impacts, prevention, and preparedness

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, School of Public Health

Assistant Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and School of Information

Gender, empowerment, and health outcomes across the life course
Social epidemiology and cognitive aging
Childhood cancer and sickle cell care, adaptive guidelines, and implementation science

Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, School of Information

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Maternal and newborn health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa

Interim Dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Michigan-Flint; Professor of Public Health, College of Health Sciences

Director, Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science and the Arts

Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Director, Academic Program, College of Engineering

Associate Dean, Global Affairs and Community Engagement; Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing

Lead, Data Harmonization for Data Collaborative, Center for Global Health Equity; Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Social Research

Assistant Professor, School of Public Health

Leslie D. Yamada and Tachi Yamada M.D. Director, University of Michigan Center for Global Health Equity
Fundamental biological processes and data science

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