Empowering global health leaders
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Opportunities
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Our History
The CGHE is a pan-university center at the University of Virginia fostering interdisciplinary collaboration to advance health for all.
Featured Events
2025 CGHE Scholar Poster Presentations
Join us to learn about the 2025 CGHE University Scholars who worked with collaborative global partners in Tanzania, Ghana, Nepal, Ecuador and beyond.
Friday, November 7, 4PM - 6PM
Lower West Oval Room, UVA Rotunda
Global Partnership Essentials
Preparing students for effective engagement in global health by providing a background in global health theory, key issues, and culturally appropriate practices.
In the News
Shaping a Healthy Future
Ram Family Scholarships advance global health through a longstanding international partnership in India.
NIH Fogarty International Center:
Nutritional research in Tanzania may help coal miners in the U.S. Dr. Scott Heysell, director of the Center for Global Health Equity at University of Virginia (UVA), and Dr. Stellah Mpagama, a physician-scientist at Kibong’oto Infectious Diseases Institute in Tanzania are co-principal investigators of a critical Fogarty Global Infectious Diseases Research Training Program project.
Decades-Long Global Health Collaboration in Tanzania Bears New Fruit
This summer, four University of Virginia student scholars will travel to Tanzania to continue their work with post-doctoral fellows at the Kibong’oto Infectious Diseases Hospital (KIDH), at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. The opportunity is the result of a 2023 National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Fogarty International Center grant awarded to Dr. Scott Heysell, director of UVA’s Center for Global Health Equity (CGHE), and Dr. Stellah Mpagama, head of research, training and innovation at KIDH, for the project “Developing research leaders at the intersection of malnutrition and tuberculosis in Tanzania."
Innovation and Empathy: How These Alumnae Are Leveraging Commerce for Global Health Equity
After a summer in Tanzania and a year at their respective positions, Carolin Fabian and Liza Khutsishvili clearly see commerce’s potential for enabling better outcomes.
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