Shadi Saleh

Dr. Shadi Saleh is Founding Director of the Global Health Institute (GHI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB), the first such institute in the Middle East and North Africa region. In addition, he is a Professor of Health Systems and Financing. Previously, he served as an Associate Vice President for Health Affairs and as the Chairman of the Department of Health Management at Policy at AUB; and as a Professor of Health Systems at the State University of New York. Dr. Saleh’s areas of expertise are in evidence-based decision-making in health care, health system strengthening and financing and economic evaluations of health system interventions. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers and commissioned reports, including publications in the Lancet, American Journal of Public Health and Medical Care among others. Dr. Saleh served as an elected board member of the Consortium of Universities in Global Health; He is also a Head of Delegation with the M8 Alliance. Dr. Saleh served as an appointed member of the National Emergency Social Protection Project and the Committee on Universal Health Coverage with the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon. He co-led the Health Systems and Rebuilding Thematic Group in the Lancet Commission on Syria. Dr. Saleh also serves as a World Bank, WHO and UN advisor for health care financing policy and system strengthening projects. In 2022, he was awarded the Velji Award for Global Health Leadership. Shadi Saleh holds a PhD in Health Policy (minor in health care finance) from the University of Iowa and a Masters of Public Health (health services administration) and a BS from AUB.