Jeremiah selected for President’s Executive Leadership Program
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UIC College of Nursing associate dean for global health Rohan Jeremiah, PhD, MPH, was selected as one of the University of Illinois System’s 2024-25 President’s Executive Leadership Program (PELP) Fellows.
In a competitive selection process with nearly 80 nominations, Jeremiah was one of seven leaders selected from the Chicago campus and 20 from across the University of Illinois System.
PELP is a unique professional development program designed to broaden participants’ understanding of higher education issues and to strengthen their leadership skills related to overseeing a public institution at the university or system level. The program consists of four multi-day seminars in Chicago, Urbana-Champaign, Springfield, and Washington, D.C.
Jeremiah is a global public health scholar with cross-disciplinary training in applied medical anthropology and public health. His scholarship reflects more than 25 years of global health experiences, including as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon and South Africa, and conducting program development and management throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Latin America, the Eastern Caribbean, and the U.S.
He has also served as a technical advisor to the United Nations, U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).