UCL Institute for Global Health
Established1964
DirectorProfessor Ibrahim Abubakar
Location
London, United Kingdom
WebsiteUCL Institute for Global Health

The UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) is an academic department of the Faculty of Population Health Sciences of University College London (UCL) and is located in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1964 by David Morley as the Tropical Child Health Unit.[1] Originally a unit within the UCL Institute of Child Health, IGH became independent in August 2013 with Professor Anthony Costello as director.

In 2016, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar became the new director of the UCL Institute for Global Health, and in 2017 the UCL Research Department of Infection and Population Health merged with IGH to form the current department.[2]

In July 2022, Professor Shabbar Jaffar will take the role of new director of the IGH.

The Institute for Global Health offers various teaching programme options,[3] with 176 students registered on IGH PGT programmes in the 2018–19 academic year, as well as short course and tropEd students. Roughly 50 research degree students are based at the institute.[4]

Global health research is conducted by Institute staff in more than 50 countries worldwide, in collaboration with UK and overseas partners.[5]

The institute is situated across three sites in London, with some staff based or frequently overseas. The institute has over 150 staff, including 19 professors, of which 13 are female.[6] The institute has held the Athena Swan Silver Award since 2017.[7]

IGH Centres

In 2017 the institute established ten centres:[8]

  • UCL Centre for Climate Change, Migration, Conflict, and Health
  • UCL Centre for Clinical Research, Epidemiology, Modelling and Evaluation (CREME)
  • UCL Centre for Clinical Research in Infection and Sexual Health
  • UCL Centre for Gender and Global Health
  • UCL Centre for Global Health Economics
  • UCL Centre for Global Non-Communicable Diseases
  • UCL Centre for the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents
  • UCL Centre for Molecular Epidemiology and Translational Research
  • UCL Centre for Population Research in Sexual Health and HIV
  • UCL Centre for Pragmatic Global Health Trials

References

  1. ↑ "Professor David Morley". The Telegraph. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "History of the UCL Institute for Global Health".
  3. ↑ "Study | Institute for Global Health - UCL – University College London".
  4. ↑ "Research Degrees | Institute for Global Health - UCL – University College London".
  5. ↑ "Research | Institute for Global Health - UCL – University College London".
  6. ↑ "People | Institute for Global Health - UCL – University College London".
  7. ↑ "Successful Athena SWAN Applications | Office of the President and Provost (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion) - UCL – University College London". Archived from the original on 10 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "IGH Centres | Institute for Global Health - UCL – University College London". Archived from the original on 7 September 2020.


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