SPH to Collaborate With Abu Dhabi Health
Authority
10-year agreement includes educational, research and public
health programs
By Tim Parsons
School of Public Health
The Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health has signed a
long-term agreement with
the Health Authority-Abu Dhabi to develop research,
educational and public health programs in the
emirate of Abu Dhabi. The 10-year agreement was signed Feb.
24 in Abu Dhabi by Michael J. Klag,
dean of the Bloomberg School, and HAAD Chairman Ahmed
Mubarak Al-Mazroui.
"We are deeply honored by this opportunity to enter
into a collaboration with our colleagues at
the Health Authority-Abu Dhabi. We share a mutual vision to
improve health and save lives in Abu
Dhabi, the other emirates, the region and globally through
joint efforts in education, research and
public health practice," Klag said. "I look forward to a
long and fruitful collaboration that will be a
model of accomplishment and cooperation for the region and
for the world."
The first priority of the collaboration will be to
design and implement an executive master of
public health-doctor of public health degree program in
health care management and leadership for
students from Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates. The
MPH-DrPH program will prepare
individuals for leadership positions in health care
organizations in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. Training for
the first group of 20 students will be provided both in Abu
Dhabi and in the United States.
The program will also create a "learning network" of
leaders who will help ensure the excellence
of Abu Dhabi's health care system. In the longer term, the
Bloomberg School of Public Health will
assist the emirate of Abu Dhabi in establishing its own,
in-country degree program that will be a
regional and global center for excellence in health
management and leadership education.
University President William R. Brody said, "At Johns
Hopkins, our mission is to share knowledge
with the world. I am delighted that our Bloomberg School of
Public Health will be working together
with the Health Authority-Abu Dhabi to use knowledge for
the benefit of the people of the United
Arab Emirates and the region. This is an exciting
opportunity and, I am sure, just the beginning of a
very productive relationship."
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