Hani Serag, MD, MPH
Dr. Serag is a physician and a public health researcher. He currently works at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) as a director of programs at the Center for Global and Community Health, an adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Pediatrics, and an Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He is the Co-PI of the Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support projects.
Dr. Serag has extensive experience working across cultures. He served as the global coordinator of the People's Health Movement, a worldwide network of civil society organizations, academic institutes, and health activists. He was also the director of the Health Policy and Systems Program of the Association of Health and Environmental Development, a prominent think-tank group in Egypt. Dr. Serag's teaching, research, and public health practice interests are health, health system policies, health equity, and rights-approach for community empowerment.