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Deus Bazira
Dr. Deus Bazira, DrPH, MPH, MBA, is the inaugural director of the Georgetown University Global Health Institute. A member of the Georgetown community since 2019, he is also an associate professor of medicine at Georgetown’s School of Medicine and serves as director of Georgetown’s Center for Global Health Practice and Impact (CGHPI). At CGHPI, he leads a multidisciplinary team working to strengthen health systems and solve intractable public health challenges through implementation and improvement science, data science, and health technology solutions in several countries. Bazira has undertaken research in public-private partnership in health, diffusion of health innovations, innovative health financing under decentralized systems, pharmaceutical regulation, hospital governance, and efficiency. His current research focus includes: modeling care delivery to optimize health services and population health outcomes; novel approaches to improve country capacity and preparedness to detect, prevent, and respond to major health security threats; and translating evidence from research and program interventions to improve public health policy and practice and enhance sustainability.