Research
Our Approach
Since 2012, CIGH has funded nearly 100 early-stage global health research projects. Our approach
enables the development of innovative global health solutions, encourages partnership with
collaborators in low -and middle-income countries, and leverages the different disciplines working
on global health at Stanford.
FEATURED Opportunity
Fulbright Fellowships
The Stanford Office of Global Scholarships holds information sessions & application workshops to help students learn more about available scholarships for study, research, and experience opportunities abroad. They are holding several sessions in April and May for students interested in Fulbright Research Fellowships, including the Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowships In Public Health.
FEATURED PROGRAM
Planetary Health Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Through two-year fellowships, this program supports early-career researchers in conducting mentored research on cutting-edge human and planetary health challenges – and developing solutions for a healthier future.
Programs in Global Health Research
We leverage Stanfordʼs interdisciplinary strengths in engineering, environment, medicine, law, business, social sciences, and health policy to increase global health knowledge, create solutions, and effectively disseminate them. We fund Stanford research teams with global health seed grants, lead trainings on how to conduct global health research, fund post-docs and medical students to conduct research in LMICs, and showcase research through communications and convenings. Explore our programs below.
Global Health Seed Grants
We award seed grants to multidisciplinary teams dedicated to solving global health problems in low-resource settings.
GH Medical Student Research Fellowship
This fellowship supports Stanford medical students in gaining foundational experience in global health research.
Global Health Research Convening
Our annual event brings together students, faculty, staff, and researchers working in global and planetary health from Stanford & beyond.
Global Health Research Methods Workshop
A two-day intensive seminar on developing research skills applicable to global health.
Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
This fellowship fosters the professional development of early career planetary health researchers and ambassadors.
Global Health Equity Scholars Fellowship
A one-year mentored research training program, funded by NIH/Fogarty, for post-docs, upper-level PhD students and professional school students in LMICs.
Global Health Research Resources
To learn more about global health research opportunities at Stanford or connect with a faculty member, please contact Associate Director for Global Health Education, Yosefa Gilon at ygilon@stanford.edu.
Research Administration Roadmap
Stanford researchers can use this quick guide to launch global health research projects at Stanford.
Pathway to Publishing
This guide, written by Research Director Dr. Steve Luby, helps career authors write about and publish their research.
Lane Medical Library Resources
Stanford’s Lane Medical Library offers curated research resources for Global Health and Population Health.
Stanford Global Health Research Map
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Our Team
Yosefa Gilon
Associate Director, Education, CIGH
Yosefa Gilon
Associate Director — Global Health EDUCATION, STANFORD CENTER FOR INNOVATION IN GLOBAL HEALTH
Yosefa Gilon serves as the Associate Director, Global Health Education for Stanford’s Center for Innovation in Global Health, supporting all global health education initiatives. Yosefa joined Stanford University in 2014, where she managed short-term international programs at the Bing Overseas Studies Program. One of the programs she managed was the Community Health in Oaxaca course, an exciting opportunity for undergraduate students interested in community and global health. In 2019 she joined Stanford’s Computer Science Department where she managed international computer science education programs. She joined CIGH in 2022.
Yosefa has a B.A. in Psychology from U.C. Irvine and a M.A. in International Education from the School for International Training. She is very passionate about education equity and international education and has facilitated experiential education opportunities all over the world. While serving as the Logistics Director for THINK Global School, a traveling high school, she lived and worked in Argentina, Bhutan, Ecuador, Germany, India, Japan, and Thailand.
She is very excited to be collaborating with people across the university and beyond to bring global health education opportunities to the Stanford community.Feel free to reach out to her about anything global health education related.
Steve Luby
Associate Dean for Global Health, Director of Research, CIGH
Steve Luby
ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR GLOBAL HEALTH, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, CENTER FOR INNOVATION IN GLOBAL HEALTH
Dr. Luby’s research interests include identifying and interrupting pathways of infectious disease transmission in low-income countries. He works primarily in Bangladesh but also has projects in Western China and Liberia. His ongoing work includes 1) assessing the impact on health and child cognitive development ofscalable strategies to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene; 2) efforts to better understand the burden of disease from typhoid fever and evaluating approaches to reduce that burden; 3) developing and evaluating interventions to reduce the risk of a Nipah virus pandemic; and 4) evaluating the impact of the Bangladeshnational vaccine program on the burden of pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type B infection.
Ola Alani
Research Assistant, CIGH
Ola Alani
Research Assistant
Ola serves as a research assistant for Stanford’s Center for Innovation in Global Health supporting different efforts in education and research. She has been involved with vulnerable populations in different capacities for more than 10 years. Ola’s areas of interest include forced displacement with focus on refugees, and women’s health. Her passion for global health and refugees stems from her personal experience in armed conflict and her own journey as a resettled refugee. Previously she served as the regional coordinator for International Services at the American Red Cross where she mostly worked with refugees and immigrants. She supported the establishment of the Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Health Initiative (RAHI) at UCSF that focuses on research, education and community engagement and she serves as both a steering committee member and research coordinator. Ola earned her B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology with a minor in Global Poverty and Practice from UC Berkeley. She also holds an M.S. in Global Health Sciences from UCSF. She is fluent in English and Arabic and has a big interest in different languages.