As our trustees announced in January, CMB has embarked on a leadership transition, as Roger Glass begins his tenure as CMB President, and I step into the role of Senior Advisor to CMB. With this transition, I am confident that CMB is entering a period of exceptional promise – one that will build on our long-standing relationships throughout Asia; expand to include new collaborators – in the region and globally – who share our commitment to improving health and well-being; and continue our investments in the next generation of leaders for health and equity. Read more

Congratulations to the 30 Fellows who join the Equity Initiative’s 2023 cohort! EI is designed to build a generation of leaders (500+ over 20 years) who are committed to advancing health equity. This cohort – EI’s seventh – brings the total number of Fellows to 157. We expect that these mid-career professionals will draw on their EI learning, skill building, bonding, and networking to enhance their work on primary health services, rare diseases, natural resource management, social inclusion, economic growth, preventing gender-based violence, outreach to marginalized communities, and other important issues.

CMB President-Designate Roger I. Glass was honored on February 7 for his remarkable tenure as the longest-serving director of the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health. His leadership and contributions to the field of global health were recognized by Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the National Institutes of Health, other NIH leaders, Fogarty Advisory Board members, grantees, and other colleagues.