Columbia Global
The Forum at Columbia University
605 West 125th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10027
605 West 125th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10027
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Our approach? Offer students and scholars more than a classroom. Offer them the world. For a learning experience that’s not only more engaging but also life-changing.
We support research that moves the needle — provoking paradigm shifts and breathing new perspectives into tough debates.
We bring a deep understanding of our shared challenges, generating innovative, far-reaching, long-lasting solutions.
We bring unanswered questions to the table for dialogue that fosters understanding across cultures, boundaries, and disciplines — the only way, we think, to spark innovation.
Where learning transcends borders.
Where research transforms societies.
Where dialogue bridges divides.
Where leaders become change-makers.
Where thinking meets doing
At Columbia Global, insight becomes impact.
Using the full weight of Columbia University — scholarship, expertise, resources — we tackle complex global problems and foster intellectual endeavors that inspire, surprise, and challenge.
How? By supporting trailblazing research and taking it to action. By developing the leaders that our tomorrow needs. By daring our scholars to explore the unknown.
This historical moment demands creativity, change, and wonder — everywhere and at all scales. We help make that happen.
At Columbia Global, conversations start, ideas are shared, and thinking meets doing.
The Gateway
Where the university and the world intersect, fostering innovation, understanding, and engagement in 11 global cities (and beyond).
The Action Lab
Where thinkers and doers come together with partners to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges.
The Rethink Tank
Where a community of distinguished faculty pushes boundaries, thinking beyond borders to tackle humanity’s most intractable problems.
The Creative Incubator
Where scholars join forces with accomplished artists, writers, and creative thinkers to foster intellectual and creative discovery.
Thinking Doing
Columbia Global
Executive Vice President, Columbia Global Director, ICAP at Columbia University Director, Columbia World Projects University Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine Mathilde Krim-amfAR Chair of Global Health
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director Columbia Global
New York
Global Program Director Columbia Global Centers
New York
Director of Research and Engagement Columbia World Projects
New York
Director Columbia Global Center
Paris
Project Management Director Columbia World Projects
New York
Senior Director of Development Columbia Global
New York
Director Columbia Global Center
Santiago
Director Columbia Global Center
Istanbul
Director Columbia Global Center
Tunis
Chief Operating Officer Columbia Global
New York
Paris Director Institute for Ideas and Imagination
Paris
Learning and Innovation Director Columbia World Projects
New York
Director Columbia Global Center
Athens
Finance Director Columbia Global
New York
Deputy Director of Research and Engagement Columbia World Projects
New York
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Director Institute for Ideas and Imagination
Paris
Dean of Global Engagement Center for Undergraduate Engagement
New York
Deputy Director Columbia Global Center
Beijing
Director Columbia Global Center
Nairobi
Human Resources and Operations Director Columbia Global
New York
Senior Director of Communications Columbia Global
New York
Executive Director Center for Undergraduate Engagement
New York
Director Columbia Global Center
Amman
Social Impact Director Columbia World Projects
New York
Director Columbia Global Center
Mumbai
Chair Committee on Global Thought
New York
Director Columbia Global Center
Rio de Janeiro
Deputy Director of Projects Columbia World Projects
New York
Executive Director Committee on Global Thought
New York
Wafaa El-Sadr is executive vice president of Columbia Global and an expert in global health and infectious diseases with longstanding experience supporting diverse major health challenges around the world.
El-Sadr has focused her career on advancing public health knowledge and putting that knowledge into action, establishing collaborative partnerships to strengthen health systems, and engaging with communities to meet health threats and improve health outcomes, especially among vulnerable populations around the world.
She has led large-scale, innovative projects that have had decisive impacts on such pressing global health challenges as HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, antimicrobial resistance, non-communicable diseases including cancer, and, most recently, the COVID-19 pandemic. El-Sadr received her medical degree from Cairo University, a master’s in public health from Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, and a master’s in public administration from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.
She is a MacArthur fellow, a member of the National Academy of Medicine, the Council on Foreign Relations, the African Academy of Sciences, and the Advisory Committee to the Director of the National Institutes of Health. She has led numerous research studies and published widely.
