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Joshua Ehrlich

Joshua Ehrlich

Joshua "Josh" Ehrlich is a population health scientist and global aging expert — Paul R. Lichter Research Professor of Ophthalmology and Associate Director of the Center for Global Health Equity at the University of Michigan.

Aug 18, 2026

8:27
So how does global health research help us understand and even perhaps address health inequities in the U.S., for example, interventions that could be adapted for underserved communities here?
8:38
Yeah.
8:38
Yeah.
8:39
I'm glad you asked that question.
8:40
You know, there's so much innovation going on all over the world.
8:44
And unfortunately, I think we tend to sort of reflexively think about innovation as diffusing from higher income to lower income settings.
8:52
And this is probably stymied a lot of opportunity for us to learn and adapt to highly effective, low cost interventions for underserved populations in the United States and for disrupting inequities.

7 MINS LATER

16:05
How do we reimagine global health? in the moment to improve its standing in the context of the political headwinds we're facing.

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