SONDH) has been selected to join the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (
CUGH) Board of Directors. Professor
Kristine Qureshi, associate dean for research and global health, was selected from a group of more than 80 applications. Her three-year term will begin in April 2021.
Qureshi will help support
CUGH to strengthen its academic global health community of 179 member institutions from around the world engaged in addressing health challenges to improve the well-being of people and the planet.
UH became a member institution in 2018 as part of the UHealthy Hawaiʻi initiative, which seeks to leverage the
UH System to improve health and health care in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific, and with the vision of
IfA) and Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology (
HIMB), and dean of the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene (
SONDH).
The recruitment for these positions has been delayed due to the hiring freeze instituted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and anticipated budget shortfall. The freeze is a short-term budget-saving measure that allows for the president to approve exceptions for positions essential to health, safety and achievement of institutional goals.
“These four leadership positions are essential to the academic success of
UH Mānoa,” said
Michael Bruno, who requested the exceptions. “They are essential to three of
UH Mānoa’s premiere research and academic units, all of which are identified with critical roles in advancing Hawaiʻi’s post-pandemic future. Furthermore, maintaining and accelerating momentum in student recruitment is necessary to build the educational capital of the state and for