Professor Liz Grant MA PhD, FRSE, FRCPE, MFPH

Liz Grant is an Assistant Principal of the University of Edinburgh, the Professor of Global Health and Development and the Director of the University’s Global Health Academy. She leads global health training, and supports health partnerships and advocacy, translating global health research into action.  Her research spans global and planetary health and healthcare in contexts of poverty and conflict – and compassion as the value base of the Sustainable Development Goals. 

Liz sits on the Scottish Government NHS Global Citizenship Board, and on the Steering Group for Health Information for All.  and is an advisor to a number of global health charities, and a trustee for CBM Scotland and a member of the One Health FIELD work for Syrian refugees.