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  • Who We Are
    • GHI Faculty
  • GHI Funded Projects
  • Resources
  • Education
    • Global Health Week at Children’s National
    • Pediatric Resident Global Health Curriculum and Pathway
    • Regional and National Global Health Conferences
    • Global Health Special Interest Group (SIG)
  • Events
  • Contact

Who We Are

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Our Mission and Goals

Our Mission-

To address the health needs of children and adolescents in our global community through high quality, collaborative research and mutual education.

Our Goals-

1. Advance global health academic productivity, educational opportunities, and career development for physicians, trainees, nurses and other staff, including providing small grants to support high-quality projects.

2. Showcase ongoing global health work to elevate the brand of CNHS/CRI, increase outside global health investments, measure the return on investment of the global health program, and contribute to the global health community through research and education.

3. Provide resources and centralized oversight for global health activities, strengthening regulatory compliance, minimizing risk, and ensuring the health and safety of global health participants.

Executive Advisory

Children’s National Executive Advisory-

Mark Batshaw, MD
Executive Vice President, Chief Academic Officer and Physician-In-Chief
Director of Children’s Research Institute

Elizabeth Flury, MA
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

GHI Leadership-

Craig Sable
Research: Andrea Beaton
Education: Kathy Ferrer
Administrative support: Rachel Sarnacki
Nursing/web development: Lynda Dattilio

About Us

The Global Health Initiative is located at Children’s National Health System in Washington DC. Our Mission is to address the health needs of children and adolescents in our global community through high quality, collaborative research and mutual education.

111 MICHIGAN AV NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20010

202-476-6887

globalhealth@childrensnational.org

News

  • Global Health Special Interest Group (SIG)
  • Regional and National Global Health Conferences
  • Pediatric Resident Global Health Curriculum and Pathway
  • Introduction to Global Child Health Elective
  • 2016-17 Grant Recipients