Better health for everyone, everywhere requires investment in people, in partnerships, and in the technologies that extend the reach of great research. We built our three priority areas around that conviction.
Early- and mid-career faculty are essential to the future of global health, but building a sustained career in this work can be difficult.
CGHE provides funding, mentorship, connections, and opportunities that help promising ideas and researchers grow. Our goal is to support faculty not just at the start, but throughout their careers.
What we learn in Karachi matters in Kalamazoo. What works on the south side of Chicago has something to teach Kampala. CGHE’s local-global integration pillar is grounded in one core belief: health equity is not a problem of geography and solutions travel in both directions.
We build partnerships with global institutions that are based on mutual respect and co-leadership. Michigan brings a platform, funding infrastructure and research capacity. Our partners bring expertise, community relationships and knowledge of local context that no Michigan researcher could replicate. The exchange is reciprocal, by design.
Our local-global integration work spans clinical systems, community health infrastructure, environmental health, maternal and child health, and more. In every partnership, the question is the same: what can we build together that neither of us could build alone?
AI, digital health, and other emerging technologies have enormous potential, but without intentional design, their benefits will not reach everyone equally.
CGHE works with partners to co-develop technologies that respond to local needs, work in resource-limited settings, and can be sustained over time. We ask a simple question: Will this improve health for the people and communities who need it most?
