Double Inaugural Lectures by Manisha Nair and Dan Meyrowitsch
Programme:
14.00 Welcome by Professor Theis Lange, Head of Department
14.10 Manisha Nair: India, Oxford, København: Charting a New Era in Cross-border Global Health Collaboration
15.00 Short break
15.10 Dan Meyrowitsch: Worms, Vampires, and Delusional White Saviours
16.00 Reception
Manisha Nair, Professor of Global Health, India, Oxford, København:
Charting a New Era in Cross-border Global Health Collaboration
Manisha Nair is a clinical epidemiologist with over 20 years of experience in India and the UK. Her research focuses on maternal and perinatal health, with particular emphasis on iron metabolism, cardiovascular disease in pregnancy, and fetal heart development. She is the founder and lead of the Maternal and Perinatal Health Research collaboration, India (MaatHRI), and her research has contributed to shaping national policy and clinical practice in both India and the UK.
In this talk, Prof Nair will reflect on her journey from South Asia to Scandinavia, tracing her path from clinical practice to public health programs, academia, and now, to aspiring entrepreneurship. She will explore the importance of thinking beyond traditional boundaries in an increasingly interconnected world to drive real-world impact in global health.
Dan Meyrowitsch, Professor of Global Health
Worms, Vampires, and Delusional White Saviours
Dan Meyrowitsch is an epidemiologist with more than 30 years of experience in global health, with a particular focus on participatory approaches in the development, implementation, and evaluation of interventions in rural and urban low-resource communities. He has lived and worked in Africa and Asia and has served as a coordinator and project leader in several major research projects funded by, among others, the European Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.
In this session, Prof Dan Meyrowitsch will reflect on more than three decades of research and life in the Global South. Drawing on personal stories and professional insights, he will explore a key question: What is the future of global health?