Center for Global Pediatric Health
The Center for Global Pediatric Health is a joint center between Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. We strive to create a community of faculty and trainees dedicated to improving global child health and support the global community of providers at our partner sites caring for children, adolescents, and their families and promote global pediatric health equity.
Center Highlights
Education
Discover current and past educational programs from the Center for Global Pediatric Health.
Research
Learn more about the groundbreaking research activities happening in low-resource areas around the globe.
Center News
Read the latest stories about our Global Pediatric Health work.
We encourage all members to participate in their specialty societies and support the work of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Global Health. Lurie Children's is an active member in the Midwest Consortium of Global Child Health Educators.
Learn about the Department of Pediatrics' advocacy workCenter Directors
Colleen D. Fant, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
Current Global Health Partnerships
- Centro Medico Susan Hou (Los Palacios, Bolivia) — Department of Medicine, 2001 to Present
- Bugando Medical Center, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (Mwanza, Tanzania) — Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, 2006 to Present
- Lagos University Teaching Hospital (Lagos, Nigeria) — Department of Medicine, 2017 to Present
- University of Ibadan Infectious Disease Institute, College of Medicine (Ibadan, Nigeria) — 2017 to Present
- Maseno University (Kisumu, Kenya) — Department of Pediatrics, Simulation Center of Excellence and Department of Medical Education, 2020 to Present
Meet the members of the Center for Global Pediatric Health and learn how to apply for membership.
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