Better Together

Episode 6: De-coloniality and Bidirectionality in Global Health


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Dr. Shela Sridhar is a dual-boarded internal medicine and pediatrics physician at Brigham and Women’s and Boston Children’s Hospitals as well as a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School. She joins "Better Together" to discuss her collaborative global health work in East Africa and her education of trainees using a teaching curriculum she developed called "decolonizing global health for equity." In this episode she stresses the importance of engaging stakeholders, building trust, checking your motivations, and assessing your impact, among other pearls for building a de-colonialist approach to working for global health equity.

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Better TogetherBy The UIC Center for Global Health