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Assistant Director, Vanderbilt Institute

Vanderbilt University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the South. The Commodore hoped that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the Civil War.

Dedicated to strengthening human capacity to improve health outcomes in low-resourced settings, Marie Martin serves as the Associate Director for Education and Training at the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) and as Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy in the Vanderbilt School of Medicine. In this capacity, Dr. Martin is responsible for curricular and academic program development in global health at Vanderbilt and abroad. Her research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of health, public policy and education with a particular focus on agenda-setting and public finance. Dr. Martin currently serves as the Director of the Global Health track of the MPH Program and Chair of the VUMC Global Health Education Committee. She is a course director for MPH Project Development, Global Health Politics and Policy, and the Global Health Integrated Science Course (ISC). Dr. Martin received her B.A. in English and M.Ed. in International Education Policy from Vanderbilt University and her Ph.D. in Public Administration from Tennessee State University. She served as a Fulbright Scholar to Japan in international education and worked for three years at the Global Education Office at Vanderbilt, developing international service-learning programs. Her professional background includes seven years as an assignment editor for CNN and four years in the Czech Republic, primarily managing a parliamentary internship program for Czech university students under the direction of the European Union. Dr. Martin's expertise includes (1) the design and management of international research and service programs; (2) curriculum development in global/public health and international education; (3) educational needs assessment and program evaluation; and 4) implementation of workforce development programs domestically and internationally.