Mission
The Global Health Center aims to improve global health through transdisciplinary programs and partnerships across Washington University in St. Louis and around the world.
The Global Health Center includes the Center for Global Health & Infectious Disease (CGHID), which was founded in 2012 by the departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, and Pathology and Immunology in the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. CGHID works to enhance collaborations and strategic partnerships at Washington University in St. Louis to eradicate global infectious diseases.
Strategies
- Encourage innovation and cross-disciplinary research in global health that focus on key areas: infectious diseases, nutritional deficiency, maternal and child health, productive aging, and cancer and chronic disease
- Bring the campus community and our partners together to focus on global health issues through events and programs
- Develop a comprehensive global health curriculum and other educational tools and training for students to foster the next generation of leaders
Center for Global Health & Infectious Disease
Founded in 2012 by the departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, and Pathology and Immunology in the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Center for Global Health & Infectious Disease (CGHID), part of the Institute for Public Health’s Global Health Center, works to enhance collaborations and strategic partnerships at Washington University in St. Louis to eradicate global infectious diseases. Today, CGHID is supported by the departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology and Pediatrics.
Our Team
Center Director: William G. Powderly, MD
Larry J. Shapiro Director, Institute for Public Health,
Dr. J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine and Co-Director, Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine
314-454-8215 | wpowderly@wustl.edu
Faculty scholar profile
Center Manager: Jacaranda van Rheenen, PhD
314-273-3815 | jvanrheenen@wustl.edu
CGHID Committee
Gaya Amarasinghe, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Immunology, School of Medicine
314-286-0619 | gamarasinghe@wustl.edu
Faculty scholar profile
Audrey R. Odom John, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
314-747-2370 | odom_a@WUSTL.EDU
Faculty scholar profile
David Sibley, PhD
Professor, Molecular Microbiology, School of Medicine
314-362-8873 | sibley@wustl.edu
The Global Health Center is a member of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH). All who attend, or work for, Washington University in St. Louis (with a .edu email) are considered a member and are eligible to enjoy the benefits of membership.