Reimagining Global Health Research Partnerships in A Time of Crisis

The Trump administration’s “America First” policies have significantly impacted global health research, not only through funding cuts to researchers and development partners, but through myriad restrictions to international collaboration, as well as significantly diminished support for global health organizations. The sudden and growing loss of funding and critical infrastructure has left researchers, program implementers and policymakers scrambling to protect scientific advances and ensure continuity of care, and unsure how best to address the health needs of communities in this increasingly challenging environment.

This expert panel will ask how best to minimize the harms caused by these shifting dynamics for global health, ensuring this moment does not reinforce existing power asymmetries but instead accelerates research partnerships along more equal lines, in ways that can help us all to better do our work, support our partners and our students,  and prioritize the health needs of vulnerable communities.

Throughout the 2025-2026 academic year, the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health will explore the implications of the current moment for multi-country research partnerships, with a focus on ensuring the primacy of low- and middle-income country researchers, through a series of webinars and in-person events.

This virtual event, “Reimagining Global Health Research Partnerships in A Time of Crisis,” the first in the series, will take place on Wednesday, September 10, at 9:00 am PDT/12:00 pm EDT/6:00 pm CEST.

The dialogue will be moderated by IIGH Director Sofia Gruskin.

The webinar is hosted by the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health.

Please join us on Wednesday, September 10, at 9:00 am PDT/12:00 pm EDT/6:00 pm CEST.