Research
The Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH) supports a wide range of public health research through collaborations with our international partners. As part of a major research university, CIGH fosters faculty and student engagement in projects that explore evolving trends and engage partners in shared inquiry.
CIGH’s research priorities include:
- Health, environment, and vulnerable populations
- Genomics and chronic non-communicable diseases
- Urban health services and systems delivery
- Women’s and children’s health and well-being
Newly published study from the research team of Dr. C. 'Sola' Olopade
Duncan S, et al. (2025) “Impact of fine particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) on Nigerian children’s performance on tests of cognitive and neurobehavioral development at age seven years”
Expanding global access to cancer genetics services
A colloquium in Paris brought together cancer genetics experts from the US, UK, Europe and Africa to develop real-world solutions to implement genetics services in more countries.
Education
The Center for Innovation in Global Health connects students and faculty at the University of Chicago to a variety of global health-related opportunities. CIGH sponsors seminars, workshops, and lectures that relate to global health topics, and advocates for increased course offerings on related subject matter. CIGH also has increased global health education programs to include undergraduates and graduate students.
Learn more about CIGH's education opportunities
Affiliated Faculty
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Habibul Ahsan, MD
Associate Director, Research, Center for Global Health
Professor, Epidemiology
Director, Center for Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention -
Christine Babcock, MD, MSc, FACEP, FAAEM
Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Associate Professor of Medicine -
David Beiser, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Laura Botwinick
Director of GPHAP
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Brian Callender, MD
Assistant Director, Clinical and Education Programs, Center for Global Health
Assistant Professor, Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine -
Keegan Checkett, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, International Emergency Medicine Medical Education Fellowship
Director, International Emergency Medicine -
Oeindrila Dube, PhD
Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies
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Robert Gibbons, PhD
Blum-Riese Professor of Biostatistics, Departments of Medicine, Public Health Sciences, and Psychiatry
Director, Center for Health Statistics -
Michael Greenstone, PhD
The Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, the College, and the Harris School
Director of the Becker Friedman Institute
Director of the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC) -
Colleen Grogan, PhD
Professor in Social Service Administration
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Elbert Huang, MD
Professor of Medicine
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Dezheng Huo, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
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Leyla Ismayilova, PhD
Assistant Professor in Social Service Administration
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Briseis Aschebrook-Kilfoy, PhD
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Diane Lauderdale, PhD
Chair and Professor of Public Health Sciences
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David O. Meltzer, MD, PhD
Chief of the Section of Hospital Medicine
Director of the Center for Health and the Social Sciences
Chair of the Committee on Clinical and Translational Science
Professor of Medicine -
Alicia Menendez, PhD
Research Associate, Associate Professor
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J. Michael Millis, MD
Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair, Global Surgery -
Dominique Missiakas, PhD
Professor of Committee on Microbiology
Professor of Microbiology -
Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD, FACP
Director, Center for Global Health
Associate Dean for Global Health
Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics -
Sola Olopade, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Clinical Programs, Center for Global Health
Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care -
Louis Philipson, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Kovler Diabetes Center -
Brandon Pierce, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
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Sarosh Rana, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Section Chief, Maternal-Fetal Medicine -
Steffen Sammet, MD, PhD, DABR
Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical Physics
Director of Clinical MR Physics
Physician and Medical Physicist, DABR, FAMP -
John Schneider, MD, MPH
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Renslow Sherer, MD
Professor of Medicine
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Mark Siegler, MD, FACP
Lindy Bergman Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine
Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
Executive Director of the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence -
Theodore L. Steck, MD
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Jenny Trinitapoli, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociology
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Alan Zarychta, PhD
Assistant Professor in Social Service Administration
