Dr. Fadi El-Jardali wins the Global Health Leadership Award

September 1, 2009: Dr. Fadi El-Jardali won the Global Health Leadership Award from the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) which is managed by the International Development Research Center (IDRC)

This award is given to support the career progression of emerging leaders in health systems in low and middle income countries (LMICs) by building individual and institutional capacity to conduct strategic applied health research that addresses pressing health system and policy issues; and to develop and implement innovative mechanisms for integrating research with policy and practice on national, regional, or global relevant health system issues.

The grant award is CAD$ 218,700 and will span a three year period beginning September 1, 2009.  Fadi El-Jardali was selected as one of only 14 global health leaders worldwide to receive this award to date.  This is also the first  award of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa region and one of the first to address health systems and policy in the region.

This award will provide Fadi with financial and technical support to undertake his program of research entitled:” Towards Evidence Informed Policies in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Capacity Development and Baseline Assessment of the Policy Making Process and Research Production and Translation”.