“From Crisis to Capacity: Strengthening health education, research, and innovation in Liberia.”  
▲Date: 2025.04.22,3-5 pm
▲Venue: Classroom 1801 ,8F, Teaching & Research Building, Shuang Ho Campus, TMU
▲Speaker: Dr. Marie Martin
Assistant Dean of Global Health Education at Vanderbilt School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Associate Vice President for Global Initiatives, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
 

Abstract-

Devastated by civil war, the Ebola epidemic, and COVID-19, Liberia’s health system has dealt with severe resource constraints, shortages in healthcare workers, and other systemic challenges, including gaps in evidence-based medical training and practices. The Vanderbilt Institute of Global Health (VIGH) partnered with Yale University and the University of Liberia College of Health Sciences (ULCHS) to establish a public-private-academic hub for research utilization in the Liberian health sector and an academic network to strengthen Liberia’s education and health sectors. The BRIDGE-U program supported the development of a Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation fully operational and connecting ULCHS faculty and students directly with policymakers, clinicians, and private-sector innovators to translate research outputs. As an academic hub, CTLI will comprise an experiential learning and assessment lab, a health start-up incubator, and initiatives to translate and implement existing research findings and programming to impart research utilization competencies.

Bio-
Dr. Marie Martin serves as the Assistant Dean for Global Health Education at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Associate Vice President for Global Initiatives at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Associate Director for Education and Training at the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) and Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy in the Vanderbilt School of Medicine (VUSM). She received her B.A. in English and M.Ed. in International Education Policy from Vanderbilt University and completed her Ph.D. at Tennessee State University in Public Administration and Policy. 

Dedicated to strengthening global capacity in the health sciences, Dr. Martin partners with universities and governments in multiple countries to build robust training and educational programs. Her current grant-funded work in Zambia, Liberia and Nigeria is focused on faculty development, mentorship, health policy, and health science education. 

At VIGH, she co-directs the Global Health track of the Vanderbilt MPH Program and the Graduate Certificate in Global Health, teaches multiple courses in global health across the university, and chairs the Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) Global Health Education Committee. Dr. Martin was inducted into Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Academy of Excellence in Education in 2017 in recognition of her substantive contributions to health professions education. She was further recognized with the Velji Global Health Award for Teaching Excellence by the Consortium of Universities in Global Health (CUGH) in 2020 and the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center Mentoring Award in 2021.

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