RFA: Global Health Pilot Projects The mission of the Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health (MHIGH) is to alleviate the most pressing global health challenges and promote healthy lives through training and mentorship of global health scholars, innovative scientific research,[…]
Alan T. Tita, M.D., Ph.D., Mary Heersink Endowed Chair of Global Health and associate dean for Global and Women's Health, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. The Academy specifically praised Tita as “an innovative and impactful perinatal epidemiologist[…]
The Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health hosted guest seminar speaker, Mansoor Saleh, M.D., professor and founding chair of the Department of Hematology and Oncology and founding director of the Cancer Centre at Aga Khan University on Oct. 5, 2022.
Anupam Agarwal, M.D., interim dean of the Heersink School of Medicine, welcomed faculty members and their families to the Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception on Sept. 29.
The Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health and the Sparkman Center for Global Health hosted a joint seminar given by Benjamin Chi, M.D., MSc on July 1.
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.
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 is excited to announce the first cohort of Pilot Project grantees.
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.
