GHEC is a consortium of faculty and health care educators dedicated to global health education in health professions schools and residency programs. Founded in 1991 as the International Medical Health Education Consortium, IHMEC met an evident need, membership rapidly grew, educational products were developed and the annual conferences were well attended. In 2005 IHMEC changed its name the Global Health Education Consortium, the new name reflecting the consortium's move to include other health professions besides medicine and a preference for the more inclusive term of 'global' over the traditional one of 'international.'

GHEC members are active in more than 70 health profession schools and training programs in the United States, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean. The GHEC mailing list includes more than 700 physicians and medical educators and students, with other health disciplines to be increasingly involved.

                    Mission
                    GHEC is a non-profit organization committed to improving the health and human rights
                    of underserved populations worldwide and the ability of the global workforce to meet
                    their needs through improved education and training.

Staff
Executive Director Thomas L. Hall, MD, DrPH Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics University of California at San Francisco Tel: 415-731-7944 Fax: 415-731-3132 Email: thall@epi.ucsf.edu	Program Manager Karen Lam Global Health Education Consortium 995 Market St., Suite 1118 San Francisco, CA 94103 Tel: 415-777-4432 Fax: 415-723-7334 Email: karen@globalhealthedu.org	Listserve Manager Craig Whiting, DO, FACOFP Adjunct Clinical Faculty, UNTHSC San Saba Rural Health Clinic 2005 W. Wallace San Saba, TX 76877 Tel: 817-735-2440 Fax: 817-740-1318 Email: cwhiting@hsc.unt.edu

Governance
GHEC is governed by an elected Board of Directors with an Executive Committee composed of its president, secretary, treasurer, and president-elect, immediate-past president and executive director. It operates through a Secretariat based in San Francisco, and through standing and product-oriented committees.

Members participate in three general program areas: education policy related to global health; global health education electives and curriculum; and global heath institutional partnerships. 

Student Participation in GHEC's governance occurs through membership of the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) and board involvement. Click here to learn more and apply.

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