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About Us
Baylor Global Health was established in July 2014 as the Baylor Center for Globalization, an administrative division, governing all of Baylor College of Medicine’s international programs and initiatives related to healthcare, health services, medical education and training, and healthcare delivery research. As “global is local and local is global,” Baylor Global Health performs global and community health outreach to reduce global health disparities, expand healthcare access, and innovate healthcare solutions that improve survival, especially in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), through innovative, community-driven approaches. Baylor Global Health is “Caring for our Local, National, and Global Communities.”
Global Outreach
Learn about our established global collaborations and those in development.
Education and Training
We offer various global healthcare training programs for students, trainees, and global partners.
Research Projects
Learn about the research projects and the innovative clinical research being conducted at Baylor Global Health.
Innovation and Technology
Learn about the innovative and collaborative solutions being developed at Baylor Global Health.
Our Health, Our Security, Our Choice
Sharmila Anandasabapathy, M.D. is a professor of medicine in gastroenterology and vice president of Global Health at Baylor College of Medicine. In her current role, she oversees Baylor’s global programs and affiliations and seeks to develop novel, environmentally appropriate technologies and approaches to addressing global disease burden. This includes the development and validation of innovative mobile-applications for clinical care, point-of care diagnostic technologies, and portable, low-cost devices for the diagnosis and management of chronic, non-communicable diseases worldwide. As an advanced gastrointestinal endoscopist by training, Dr. Anandasabapathy’s research focus involves the development and validation of novel technologies for diagnosis of early gastrointestinal cancer.
