Consortium of Universities for Global Health

Short description: U.S.-based nonprofit organization

Consortium of Universities for Global Health

Founded| 2008
Type| International organization International NGO
Focus| Global health, especially within academia and between academia and other global health practice areas.
Location|

* Washington, D.C.

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

| Keith Martin (physician), Executive Director
Website| www.cugh.org

The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), established in 2008, is a membership-based nonprofit organization focusing on global health. Its members are primarily institutions, although individuals can also become members. CUGH members currently include over 145 academic institutions and other organizations.[1] CUGH was established in 2008 with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Annual conference
* 2 Member List
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Annual conference

Since 2009, CUGH has held an annual conference for global health academics and practitioners.

* The fourth annual conference, held March 14–16, 2013, in Washington, D.C., had over 1,400 attendees, representing 56 countries and 721 institutions.[2] Speakers at the conference included Dr. Agnes Binagwaho,[3] the Minister of Health of Rwanda, Ambassador Eric Goosby of PEPFAR, and USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah.
* The fifth annual conference was held May 10–12, 2014, in Washington, D.C. The theme was "Universities 2.0: Advancing the Global Health Agenda in the Post-MDG Era."[4]
* The seventh annual conference, April 8–11, 2016, in San Francisco, had over 1,800 attendees and the theme was "Bridging to a Sustainable Future in Global Health".[5]
* The eighth annual conference was held April 7–9, 2017, in Washington, D.C., with the theme of "Healthy People, Healthy Ecosystems: Implementation, Leadership & Sustainability in Global Health".[6]

## Member List

* Academy of Health Sciences
* AFREHealth
* Aga Khan University
* Albert Einstein College of Medicine
* Association for Socially Applicable Research
* Association of American Medical Colleges
* American Academy of Pediatrics
* American Dental Education Association
* American University of Antigua
* American University of Beirut
* Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
* Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges
* Barcelona Institute for Global Health/ISGlobal
* Bay Area Global Health Alliance
* Baylor College of Medicine
* Boston College
* Boston University
* BRAC University
* Brown University
* California University of Science and Medicine
* Canadian Association for Global Health
* Case Western Reserve University
* CGFNS International, Inc. (Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools)
* Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
* Chemonics International
* Child Family Health International
* College of Medicine, University of Ibadan
* Columbia University
* CORE Group
* Cornell University
* Covenant University
* CRDF Global
* CSIS Global Health Policy Center
* CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
* Dartmouth College
* Direct Relief
* Drexel University
* Duke University
* Eastern Virginia Medical School
* Ecole Inter-Etats des Sciences et Médicine Vétérinaires
* Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
* Emory University
* Florida International University
* Friends in Village Development Bangladesh, USA
* Friends in Village Development Bangladesh, Bangladesh
* Fudan University
* George Washington University
* Georgetown University
* Global Health Council
* Harvard University
* Hofstra University
* Hope College
* Howard University
* Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
* Indiana University
* Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica
* International Cancer Experts Corps, Inc.
* International Cancer Institute
* Johns Hopkins University
* Seoul National University
* Kaiser Permanente Northern California Global Health Program
* Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (formally Kamuzu College of Nursing at the University of Malawi)
* Karolinska Institutet
* Kesmonds International University
* Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Tumaini University Makumira
* Lecturio
* Loma Linda University
* London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London
* Loyola University
* Makerere University
* Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
* McGill University
* McMaster University
* Medical College of Wisconsin
* Medical University of South Carolina
* Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
* Michigan State University
* Morehouse School of Medicine
* Morgan State University
* New York Institute of Technology
* New York University
* Northeastern University
* Northwestern University
* Ohio State University
* Ohio University
* Phil Simon Clinic Tanzania Project
* Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, Department of Science and Technology
* Princeton University
* Public Health Institute
* Queen’s University
* Research America
* Rice University
* Rush University
* Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
* Saint Louis University
* San Diego State University
* Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education
* St. Catherine University
* St. George's University
* St. John of God, College of Sciences
* Stanford University
* Stellenbosch University
* Stony Brook University
* Sun Yat-Sen University
* Sudanese American Physicians Association
* SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
* SUNY Upstate Medical University
* Texas A&M University
* Texas Children's Hospital
* Texas Tech University
* Thomas Jefferson University
* Touro University
* Triangle Global Health Consortium
* Tufts University
* Tulane University
* Tumaini Foundation
* Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
* Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
* Universidad San Francisco de Quito
* University at Buffalo
* University of Alabama at Birmingham
* University of Arizona
* University of British Columbia
* University of California, Berkeley
* University of California, Davis
* University of California, Irvine
* University of California, Los Angeles
* University of California, San Diego
* University of California, San Francisco
* University of Chicago
* University of Edinburgh
* University of Georgia
* University of Global Health Equity
* University of Hawaiʻi System
* University of Hong Kong
* University of Illinois at Chicago
* University of Iowa
* University of Kansas
* University of Kentucky
* University of Manitoba
* University of Maryland, Baltimore
* University of Maryland, College Park
* University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
* University of Medicine and Health Sciences
* University of Melbourne
* University of Miami
* University of Michigan
* University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
* University of Nebraska Medical Center
* University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
* University of Notre Dame
* University of Pennsylvania
* University of Peradeniya
* University of Pittsburgh
* University of Queensland
* University of Southern California
* University of Tennessee Health Science Center
* University of Texas at Houston
* University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
* University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
* University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
* University of Toronto
* University of Utah
* University of Uyo
* University of Vermont
* University of Washington
* University of Wisconsin-Madison
* University of Wollongong
* Vanderbilt University
* VetAgro Sup
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
* Wake Forest University
* Washington State University
* Washington University in St. Louis
* Wayne State University
* West Virginia University
* Wright State University
* Yale University
* Yantalo Peru Foundation
* Yonsei University

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mission & Background | Consortium of Universities for Global Health". http://cugh.org/about.
2. ↑ "2013 Annual CUGH Global Health Conference | Consortium of Universities for Global Health". http://cugh.org/events/2013-annual-cugh-global-health-conference.
3. ↑ Fogarty International Center, March/April 2013, "Partnerships, capacity building needed for progress,"Global Health Matters newsletter,
4. ↑ "2014 Annual CUGH Global Health Conference | Consortium of Universities for Global Health". http://cugh.org/events/2014-annual-cugh-global-health-conference.
5. ↑ "2016 Annual CUGH Global Health Conference | Consortium of Universities for Global Health". http://cugh.org/events/2016-annual-cugh-global-health-conference.
6. ↑ "2017 Annual CUGH Global Health Conference | April 6–9 | REGISTER NOW | Consortium of Universities for Global Health". http://cugh.org/events/2017-annual-cugh-global-health-conference.

## External links

* CUGH website

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