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Find your people in a growing interdisciplinary community of over 300 faculty members at the University of Michigan and beyond shaping equitable partnerships to explore critical challenges in global health and co-design projects that advance health equity.
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Membership benefits

  • Eligibility for center funding 
  • Access to seminars, educational events, and professional development opportunities
  • Participation in specialized member community groups and leadership teams
  • Guidance and support in developing partnerships with global collaborators
  • Mentoring opportunities through our student and postdoctoral programs
  • Regular updates on global health research, events, and funding opportunities
  • Communications support to share research findings with stakeholders
  • Coordination and support for multidisciplinary project teams and external funding proposals
  • A web profile that features your expertise and connects you with center members at U-M and around the world
See a Sample Member Profile
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Membership categories and criteria

We welcome membership applications from University of Michigan faculty members, postdocs, trainees, and global collaborators. Membership is for three calendar years and is subject to renewal.

01

University of Michigan faculty

Eligibility criteria:

  • An active appointment in a University of Michigan department at one of the three University of Michigan campuses (Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint)
  • A commitment to health equity and collaborative approaches for impact
02

University of Michigan postdocs & trainees

Eligibility criteria:

  • Status as a University of Michigan trainee — individuals continuing training beyond a terminal degree, including postdoctoral scholars and fellows
  • Sponsored by a University of Michigan faculty member with active Center for Global Health Equity membership status
  • A clear interest in health equity research and impact projects and a commitment to participating in Center activities
03

Associates

Eligibility criteria:


  • Global collaborators in Center activities, including individuals from universities, research groups, NGOs, community organizations, government, and industry
  • University of Michigan professional staff, University of Michigan alums, and other individuals who are committed to the work of the Center
  • Invited by a University of Michigan faculty member with active Center for Global Health Equity membership status

Apply for CGHE membership

Completing this application will help us understand your interests in global health equity and create your online membership profile.

Please allow approximately 10-15 minutes to complete the application. If you have any questions, please contact CGHE at [email protected]

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Gender identity, please self-describe below:
Preferred personal pronoun:
Racial or ethnic groups with which you identify.
Please indicate your U-M campus.
Please indicate your U-M campus.
What is your faculty rank?
I am a:
Which sector do you work in?
Name and email of U-M faculty member who invited you to become a member of the center.
Where is your primary faculty appointment School/College/Institute?
Do you have additional appointments?
Where are your additional appointment School/College/Institutes?
Please select all of the following themes that apply to your area of expertise and/or interests
Artificial intelligence
Capacity building
Climate, environment, and health
Data science
Empowering women
Global cancer
Global mental health
Social and environmental determinants of health
Strengthening health systems
Technical solutions
Vaccine equity
Women and communities as effectors of health
Please select all the following regions in which you are actively engaged. This active engagement could include scholarship, collaboration, and/or shared learning.
East Asia and Pacific
Europe and Central Asia
Latin America and the Caribbean
Middle East and North Africa
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Please select all East Asia and Pacific countries that apply:
American Samoa
Australia
China
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Hong Kong SAR, China
Indonesia
Japan
Korea, Rep.
Lao PDR
Macao SAR, China
Marshall Islands
Mongolia
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Samoa
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Taiwan, China
Tonga
Vanuatu
Please select all Europe and Central Asia countries that apply:
Albania
Andorra
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Monaco
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
San Marino
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
The Netherlands
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uzbekistan
Please select all Latin American and the Caribbean countries that apply:
Argentina
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Suriname
The Bahamas
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Please select all Middle East and North Africa countries that apply:
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Republic
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
West Bank and Gaza
Yemen
Please select all North America countries that apply:
Canada
United States
Please select all South Asia countries that apply:
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
India
Malaysia
Maldives
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Vietnam
Please select all Sub-Saharan Africa countries that apply:
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep.
Cote d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Which of the following term(s) best represent your global health focus?
Aging
Cultural competency
Data science
Education and training
Environmental health
Food systems
Gender equity
Healthcare communications
Healthcare delivery and utilization
Healthcare promotion and prevention
Healthcare quality
Healthcare workforce
Health insurance and payment/financing
Health policy
Infant and child mortality
Injury and violence
Maternal morbidity and mortality
Medical device design
Sexual and reproductive health
Social justice and equity
Which of the following term(s) best represent your global health subfocus?
Access to care
Activism and advocacy
Agricultural development
Air pollution
Artificial intelligence, large language models, machine learning
Care coordination
Circumcision
Climate
Disaster and emergency preparedness
Economic development
eHealth/telehealth
Eliminating poverty
Energy
Family planning
Financing
Findable, accessible, interoperable, reuseable (FAIR) principles & ethical, legal, social implications (ELSI)
Food security
Gender and politics
Health disparities
Health outcomes
Inequality
Infant
Infrastructure
Neonatal
Noise pollution
Nutrition
Occupational health
Patient safety
Quality improvement
Race
Religion
Social class
Social networks and support
Sustainability
Transportation
Under 5
Urbanization
Vaccine equity
Water
Women's leadership in global health research
Women's rights
Workplace equity
Does your work focus on specific health conditions?
Please select all health condition terms that apply.
Anemia
Antimicrobial resistance
Arthritis
Blindness and vision loss
Blood disorders
Brain injury
Cancer
Cardiovascular disorders
Cerebral palsy
Childbearing outcomes
Chronic illness
Congenital diseases
Deafness and hearing loss
Dental and oral health
Diabetes mellitus
Diarrhea
Disability
Drug resistant infections
End-of-life care
Eye disorders
Gastrointestinal disorders
Gene-environment interactions
Genetics and genomics
Genitourinary conditions
Hansen's disease (leprosy)
Hypertension
Infectious diseases
Injuries and trauma
Kidney disease
Liver disease
Lung disease
Malnutrition (vs. nutritional deficiencies)
Mental and behavioral health
Multimorbidity
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neglected tropical diseases
Neurological disorders and stroke
Non-communicable diseases
Non-viral liver disease
Overweight and obesity
Pain management
Pandemic
Pelvic floor dysfunction post-childbirth
Pregnancy and perinatal health
Preterm birth
Sickle cell disease
Skin disorders and dermatologic conditions
Sleep disorders
Stroke
Zoonotic and animal health
Please select all health subcondition terms that apply.
Alcoholism
Alzheimer's/dementia
Asthma
Bladder cancer
Breast cancer
Cholera
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Colorectal cancer
Coronavirus
COVID-19
Critical care
Dengue
Depression/anxiety
Diarrheal diseases (other than cholera)
Ebola
Esophageal cancer
Gastric cancer
Gynecological cancers
Healthcare associated infections
Hematologic cancers
Hepatitis (viral)
Herpes
HIV/AIDS
HPV
Inflammatory bowel disease
Influenza
Kyphoscoliosis
Liver cancer
Low back pain
Lung cancer
Lupus
Malaria
Measles
Meningococcal meningitis
Mood disorders, stress and coping
Osteoarthritis
Other substance use disorders
Pancreatic cancer
Pediatric cancers
Pneumonia
Polio
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Prostate cancer
Psychological effects of childbirth
Rabies
Renal cancer
Respiratory infections
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sepsis
Serious mental illness
Sexually transmitted infections
Suicide
Tuberculosis
Typhoid
Vaccine preventable diseases
Yellow fever
Zika
Does your current work focus on a specific population (i.e. women, children, infants)
Please select all population(s) that apply.
Adolescents/teens
Children/infants
Displaced people/refugees
Healthcare providers
Immigrants
Men
Older adults
Patients
Persons with disabilities
Rural
Sexual and gender minorities/LGBTQIA+
Underserved/vulnerable
Urban
Women
Are there additional populations you would like to work with?
Please select all additional population(s) you would like to work with.
Adolescents/teens
Children/infants
Displaced people/refugees
Healthcare providers
Immigrants
Men
Older adults
Patients
Persons with disabilities
Rural
Sexual and gender minorities/LGBTQIA+
Underserved/vulnerable
Urban
Women
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