Meharry Medical College Announces Inaugural Degree Programs Focused on Health Equity
28 May 2024
Daniel Dawes, Senior Vice President, Global Health and Founding Dean, School of Global Health at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., recently announced the school is now accepting applications for the inaugural class for its five inaugural degree programs focused on actualizing health equity in the United States and around the world.
Meharry School of Global Health received accreditation to grant five new groundbreaking degree programs taught by internationally renowned faculty and leaders in health care, public health, law, economics, business and mental/behavioral health. From Ph.D. tracks in Global Health Equity and Health Law, Policy & Management to advanced study opportunities, including master’s degrees in Complex Health Systems Leadership, Health Equity and Health Law, Policy and Management, these offerings are poised to catalyze transformative solutions to our world’s most complex and pressing health issues, Dawes said.
Dawes is a widely respected healthcare and public health leader, health equity and policy expert, educator and researcher. Prior to joining Meharry, he served as executive director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine and was a professor of health law, policy and management.
A trailblazer and nationally respected voice in the health equity movement, Dawes’ scholarship and leadership, particularly the innovative political determinants of health framework that he pioneered, have resulted in increased policies and laws prioritizing health equity. By tackling upstream determinants of health, he has ventured into such uncharted territory as the intersection between equity and the social and political determinants of health to change the course of domestic and global policies for the better. He is the author of Health Inequities and African Americans: A Comprehensive Examination, which provides a scholarly exploration of the multifaceted dimensions and interrelationships that underlie medical injustices among African Americans.