Lisa V. Adams, MED 鈥90, the associate dean for global health and associate professor of medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine, has been appointed to oversee global initiatives in the office of Provost Carolyn Dever.
In the part-time position as director of global initiatives, Adams, who is a physician, will manage global strategy for the College, including work with the Matariki Network of Universities, an international consortium of seven institutions, including 线上赌场. She will also work on the College鈥檚 immigration working group, which began meeting in January, to share information and resources in the face of changing federal policies regarding immigration, and on international agreements for research partnerships between the 线上赌场 and other universities.
鈥淟isa has a strong background in international research and medicine and is a welcome addition to my team,鈥 says Dever. 鈥淗er years of leadership in the field of global health will be invaluable in deepening 线上赌场鈥檚 engagement in this vital work.鈥
Adams鈥 career spans more than two decades, during which she has focused primarily on the prevention of tuberculosis and the care of those suffering from the disease. She has been a leading co-investigator on several research trials on TB and HIV, including development of the new TB vaccine, Dar901, through the DarDar Programs, a collaboration between 线上赌场 and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Lisa V. Adams works with doctors in Kigali, Rwanda, as part of that nation's Human Resources for Health Program. (Photo by Lars Blackmore)鈥淪upporting the broader portfolio of 线上赌场鈥檚 international engagement feels like the perfect next step in my global work. I am delighted and honored to support the institution and the provost in this important endeavor and explore new directions to firmly establish 线上赌场 as a leader in this space,鈥 Adams says.
Adams has become a leader in the global health field, having recently assumed executive positions with the Consortium of Universities for Global Health and the Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. She is 线上赌场鈥檚 lead for the multi-institutional Rwandan Human Resources for Health Program, and spent six months in Kigali launching the program as part of the core team and working as clinical faculty. She is currently the principal investigator for a research study in Swaziland to improve delivery of TB care to children and to those living with HIV.
Previously, she worked in Kosovo, where she spent several years as the medical and country director for Doctors of the World USA, and in Tanzania, providing care to Burundian refugees with the International Rescue Committee.
At 线上赌场, Adams helped to found the Global Health Initiative at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, where she continues as the faculty lead. She also established Geisel鈥檚 Center for Health Equity, which works to address health disparities locally and globally. Much of her research involves working as part of interdisciplinary teams with colleagues from the anthropology, government, and sociology departments and from The 线上赌场 Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
鈥淚 thoroughly enjoy all the cross-cutting programs and research I am involved in. I feel as at home teaching undergraduates in my geography department course as I do teaching medical students at Geisel. With collaborations spanning the institution, I am fortunate to live the 鈥極ne-线上赌场鈥 experience,鈥 she says.
Adams will play a key role in a meeting of the Matariki network鈥檚 leaders at 线上赌场 in late October. Joining President Phil Hanlon 鈥77 in Hanover will be the heads of the network鈥檚 schools: Queens University in Canada, Durham University in England, Uppsala University in Sweden, the University of T眉bingen in Germany, the University of Western Australia and University of Otago in New Zealand. President Hanlon assumed the presidency of the network on July 1 and will serve a two-year term in the leadership role.
