Professor Shenglan Tang, Co-Director of Duke Kunshan Global Health Program, has been appointed as a member of the Public Health and Emergency Workforce Steering Committee by the WHO. He attended the committee’s first meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 17-19, 2022. The committee will allocate more resources to basic public health functions, skills education, collaboration and communication, and international cooperation on global health issues.
Tang is the founding director of DKU’s Global Health Research Center and Mary and James Semans Professor of Medicine and Global Health at Duke University. In 2012, Dr. Tang came to Duke University from the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, based in Geneva, where he was unit leader for TB/HIV and Health Systems.
Before his assignment at WHO, Dr. Tang was a faculty member at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in UK, and the School of Public Health of Fudan University (the former Shanghai Medical University).
‘Shenglan Tang is a highly gifted global scholar, educator and administrator,’ said Michael Merson, vice president and vice provost for global affairs and former director of the Duke Global Health Institute. ‘His collaborations are rich and span the globe. He is tireless in his commitment to DGHI’s mission of achieving health equity worldwide.’
