Developing a True Bidirectional Global Health Degree Between IGHS and Malawi University for Science and Technology
UCSF Mission Hall Room 1401 and on Zoom
Global health education programs have primarily been developed and offered in high-income settings. Educational programs that partner with academic institutions in low and middle-income countries are needed to bring critical bi-directional insights and equity to learners. Please join Professor Address Malata, current UCSF Presidential Chair and Distinguished Visiting Professor in the UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, as she shares progress on developing an innovative joint learning program between MUST and the Institute for Global Health Sciences.
Presenter Biography
Address Mauakowa Malata, FAAN, PhD, MSc, BSc, is Vice Chancellor at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), the first woman to hold a vice chancellor position at a Malawi public university. She is regarded as a strong midwifery leader, and much of her research focuses on maternal and newborn health and quality of care.
Malata holds an NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing Courtesy Appointment and is former vice president of the International Confederation of Midwives and former president of the Africa Honor Society of Nursing of Sigma Theta Tau International. In 2016, she led the Kamuzu College of Nursing in becoming a World Health Organization collaborating center for interprofessional education and leadership.
She advocates for girls’ and women’s empowerment through education and has led the development and implementation of various undergraduate and postgraduate programs in nursing, midwifery, health, science, innovation and technology.
Malata received the 2024-2025 UCSF Presidential Chair Award and was appointed a distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics through June 30, 2025.
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