Elizabeth Grant (health researcher)

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Liz Grant

FRSE, FRCP, MFPH
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh
Known forGlobal health research and leadership

Liz Grant FRSE FRCPEdin, MFPH is an Assistant Principal and Director of the Global Health Academy [1] at the University of Edinburgh [2] She is a researcher and educator in the areas of palliative care [3] compassion [4] [5] and global health [6] and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh [7] [8] and the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh and holds a chair in Global Health and Development. [2]

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International role

Grant sits on the Scottish Government NHS Global Citizenship Board which approves strategies and plans that support the policies and priorities set by the Scottish Government's International Development Strategy. [9] She was on the Board of Directors for the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, (CUGH) and currently chairs the CUGH Research Committee. [10]  

Education and research

Grant has a MA Religious Studies from University of Aberdeen and a PhD from University of Edinburgh. She has worked as part of Scottish initiatives in Malawi, [11] Kenya [12] and Zambia [13] including working with Mhoira Leng, FRSE. [3] She has been an advisor to global health charities and global health communities of practice. [2]

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References

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  3. 1 2 Grant, Elizabeth; Leng, Mhoira; Namukwaya, Elizabeth; Onapito, Ivan Odiit; Kimani, Kellen; Downing, Julia (4 July 2017). "Faith and palliative care: a partnership of care in low- and middle-income countries". Development in Practice. 27 (5): 610–621. doi:10.1080/09614524.2017.1330400. ISSN   0961-4524.
  4. "The climate crisis – Can compassion contribute? | Professor Liz Grant". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. "Liz Grant: Can compassion contribute in the climate crisis?". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  6. Nations, United. "Public Health in the post-2015 Development Agenda Series: Addressing Inequalities of End-of-Life Care Through a Public Health and Integrated Approach: from MDG 6 to SDG 3, by Liz Grant, University of Edinburgh". United Nations. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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  9. "NHS Scotland Global Citizenship Programme Board - gov.scot". www.gov.scot. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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  11. "Scotland Malawi Partnership :: Profile". www.scotland-malawipartnership.org. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  12. "Palliative care in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda". Marie Curie. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  13. "Liz Grant | Health Information For All (HIFA.ORG)". www.hifa.org. Retrieved 2 April 2021.