CUGH's Board of Directors

  • We are committed to increasing representation from LMIC institutions on our Board. Currently, out of 15 full board members, CUGH has representatives from Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya. CUGH has been exploring ways to include directors from Latin America and Asia.

  • CUGH has created a new Decolonizing Global Health working group co-chaired by CUGH’s Board Chair, Dr. Michele Barry, and Board Member, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho. This group will identify specific ways that the global health community can decolonize its work. These recommendations will be shared widely.

CUGH's Annual Conference

  • We have created multiple avenues to increase representation from LMICs at our annual conference.

  • AFREhealth holds a half day satellite session at the conference. Additional sessions have addressed equity, disparities, and decolonizing global health and other related topics.

  • The conference’s Executive Planning Committee (EPC) always has a representative from an LMIC institution – this has included reps from: Uganda, South Africa, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Peru, AFREhealth, and Bangladesh. Sponsorship is waived for LMIC host institutions. CUGH 2022's EPC includes representatives from Bangladesh (BRAC) and the African continent (AFREhealth)

  • There are dedicated sessions and awards for young scientists from LMICs.

  • Registration is on a sliding scale. CUGH subsidizes all student and LMIC attendees.

  • CUGH offers 10 travel scholarships to help offset costs for LMIC presenters.

  • CUGH is working with its members to hold regional conferences. One with AUB in Lebanon was held in Oct. 2018. An African led, global health conference will take place in collaboration with Stellenbosch University in September/October 2022.

CUGH Membership

  • Membership payments are on a sliding scale, institutions in LICs pay the lowest amount.

CUGH Committees

  • We strive to integrate LMIC representation to lead and participate in our committees, subcommittees, and working groups.

  • CUGH has dedicated a Workforce Capacity Building Subcommittee to address workforce deficits in LMICs.

  • We created and funded a specific capacity building site that would assist institutions in LMICs to identify and attract trainers and educational material useful to them.

  • An AFREhealth-CUGH working group was created, co-chaired by representatives from both organizations. Its goals are to strengthen research and training capacity in African institutions and develop equitable, bidirectional student exchanges.