Global health leader is SIU Alumni Association’s 2021 Distinguished Alumna
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Global health leader is SIU Alumni Association’s 2021 Distinguished Alumna
CARBONDALE, Ill. Dr. Senait Fisseha, director of global programs for the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and chief adviser to the director general of the World Health Organization, is the winner of the SIU Alumni Association’s 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest honor presented to alumni by the organization.
Fisseha will be honored, along with four other alumni of distinction, during an April 24 invitation-only dinner and ceremony at the Banterra Center. Fisseha earned her combined medical and law degrees from SIU in 1999 and is recognized as a global health leader and advocate in women’s reproductive health and rights.