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Where research transforms societies.
Where dialogue bridges divides.
Where leaders become change-makers.
Where thinking meets doing
Columbia Global

At Columbia Global, insight becomes impact.
Using the full weight of Columbia University — scholarship, expertise, resources — we tackle complex global problems and foster intellectual endeavors that inspire, surprise, and challenge.
How? By supporting trailblazing research and taking it to action. By developing the leaders that our tomorrow needs. By daring our scholars to explore the unknown.
This historical moment demands creativity, change, and wonder — everywhere and at all scales. We help make that happen.
At Columbia Global, conversations start, ideas are shared, and thinking meets doing.
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Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA
Executive Vice President, Columbia Global Director, ICAP at Columbia University Director, Columbia World Projects University Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine Mathilde Krim-amfAR Chair of Global Health
Wafaa El-Sadr is executive vice president of Columbia Global and an expert in global health and infectious diseases with longstanding experience supporting diverse major health challenges around the world.
El-Sadr has focused her career on advancing public health knowledge and putting that knowledge into action, establishing collaborative partnerships to strengthen health systems, and engaging with communities to meet health threats and improve health outcomes, especially among vulnerable populations around the world.
She has led large-scale, innovative projects that have had decisive impacts on such pressing global health challenges as HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, antimicrobial resistance, non-communicable diseases including cancer, and, most recently, the COVID-19 pandemic. El-Sadr received her medical degree from Cairo University, a master’s in public health from Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, and a master’s in public administration from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.
She is a MacArthur fellow, a member of the National Academy of Medicine, the Council on Foreign Relations, the African Academy of Sciences, and the Advisory Committee to the Director of the National Institutes of Health. She has led numerous research studies and published widely.

Senior managementteam
Gina Alvarado
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director Columbia Global
New York
Paige Arthur
Global Program Director Columbia Global Centers
New York
Tom Asher
Director of Research and Engagement Columbia World Projects
New York
Brunhilde Biebuyck
Director Columbia Global Center
Paris
Ann Bourns
Project Management Director Columbia World Projects
New York
Sarah Burger
Senior Director of Development Columbia Global
New York
Antonio Campaña
Director Columbia Global Center
Santiago
Ipek Cem Taha
Director Columbia Global Center
Istanbul
Youssef Cherif
Director Columbia Global Center
Tunis
Cristiane Costa
Chief Operating Officer Columbia Global
New York
Marie d’Origny
Paris Director Institute for Ideas and Imagination
Paris
Lisa Dolberry Hancock
Learning and Innovation Director Columbia World Projects
New York
Stefanos Gandolfo
Director Columbia Global Center
Athens
JoAnn Garcia
Finance Director Columbia Global
New York
Ira Katznelson
Deputy Director of Research and Engagement Columbia World Projects
New York
Mark Mazower
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Director Institute for Ideas and Imagination
Paris
Shannon Marquez
Dean of Global Engagement Center for Undergraduate Engagement
New York
Helena Na Xiao
Deputy Director Columbia Global Center
Beijing
Murugi Ndirangu
Director Columbia Global Center
Nairobi
Antonio Pagan
Human Resources and Operations Director Columbia Global
New York
Sala Patterson
Senior Director of Communications Columbia Global
New York
August Runge
Executive Director Center for Undergraduate Engagement
New York
Hanya Salah
Director Columbia Global Center
Amman
Daniella Sarnoff
Social Impact Director Columbia World Projects
New York
Rachna Tahilyani
Director Columbia Global Center
Mumbai
Adam Tooze
Chair Committee on Global Thought
New York
Tom Trebat
Director Columbia Global Center
Rio de Janeiro
Peter Twyman
Deputy Director of Projects Columbia World Projects
New York
Elisabeth Weir
Executive Director Committee on Global Thought
New York
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