SHI - Rebuilding Health Forum

The American University of Beirut’s Vision on Health, Health 2025, was outlined in the inauguration speech of AUBs 16th president, Dr. Fadlo Khuri, on January 25, 2016.
The Vision outlines a path of organizational and functional linkages among all AUB units engaged in health, especially the core health units: Medicine, Public Health, Nutrition and Nursing, as well as AUB’s Medical Center. In addition, it includes a contextually relevant global health initiative comprising of various programs such as Conflict Medicine Program, Refugee Health Program and the recently launched Nutrition, Obesity and Related Diseases Program.

Beyond the core health units, Health 2025 aims to engage all academic, service and policy units at AUB in health, as well as strengthen AUB strategic partnerships with local, regional and global stakeholders.
The Office of Strategic Health Initiatives (SHI), announced on April 7, 2016, is the initiation phase of Health 2025 and serves to foster collaboration and provide an institutional platform for developing and supporting interdisciplinary health initiatives.