Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health holds virtual open house
The Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health held a virtual open house to introduce the institute and discuss its background, mission, and goals Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021.
Improving the overall health and functional well-being and promoting equity in health outcomes among people around the world
The overarching goal of the Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health within the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine is to improve overall health and functional well-being and promote equity in health outcomes among people around the world. The institute aims to present a coordinated, comprehensive and sustainable infrastructure for the Heersink School of Medicine, UAB and international partners, to foster educational opportunities, conduct high-quality biomedical research, and provide multidirectional services, capacity building and mutual support toward mitigating the most pressing and complex global health challenges. Transdisciplinary collaboration with other schools/disciplines engaged in global health is essential for success.
Today, we face a global health paradox: In a world where technological advances, ranging from cell phones, inter-continental travel to cell biology, have touched lives everywhere, there has never been as broad a divide in health status and outcomes across the world.
The health challenges of our world are enormous and perspectives on these inter-connected challenges are often confined to discrete categories of geographic location, diseases, and disciplines. The complex problems linked to inequity and the health disparities among the world’s most vulnerable populations require new and comprehensive approaches–a comprehensive health strategy that is integrative and embraces a multidimensional vision of global health.
We're promoting global health scholarship and developing scholars in global health, along with leveraging donor funding and partnerships with the Sparkman Center for Global Health and other global health initiatives
We're promoting and enabling multi-directional multinational research, service and capacity building grounded in equity and mutual respect to identify and implement innovative global health solutions
We're nucleating global health research, education, and service
World Health Day 2022: An interview with Alan Tita, director of the Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health
World Health Day commemorates the World Health Organization’s April 7, 1948 founding and is celebrated to raise global health awareness. Across UAB, faculty address local and worldwide health challenges including issues of equity and access.
The Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health announces its Pilot Project grantees
The Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health is excited to announce the first cohort of Pilot Project grantees.
Introduction to the Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health
The newly established Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health aims to improve overall health while promoting equity in health outcomes worldwide thanks to the Heersink gift.
Where We Work
Meet the Team
Alan Tita, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Global and Women’s Health Director, Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health
Lynn Matthews, M.D., MPH
Associate Director for Research and Partnerships, Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health
Michelle Feese, MPH
Administrative Director
Patricia M. Smith, MSc
Program Associate
Michelle Lee, A.A., B.S.
Administrative Assistant
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Megann Bates Cain, MPPM Chief Development Officer UAB Heersink School of Medicine P: 205.934.7408 M: 205.613.1985 meganncain@uabmc.edu