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Office of Global Health Staff

Phone: 301-496-3620
Fax: 301-402-0299
Mail:
NHLBI Office of Global Health
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Building 31, Suite 5A06
31 Center Drive, MSC 2490
Bethesda, MD 20892

Arun Chockalingam, M.S., Ph.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A.
Director
Email: chockalingama@nhlbi.nih.gov

Dr. Chockalingam brings to the NHLBI a unique combination of experience in global health research, policy, training, and administration in addition to international leadership within the global health community. Prior to this appointment, he was the founding director of the Global Health Program and subsequently served in an enhanced role as the director of continuing public health education at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Chockalingam is a coauthor of the Institute of Medicine’s March 2010 report Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. Read more here.

 

Cristina Rabadán-Diehl, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Deputy Director
Email: rabadanc@nhlbi.nih.gov

Dr. Rabadán-Diehl’s areas of scientific expertise include diabetes complications, hypertension and developmental origins of adult disease, and global health. In addition to serving as deputy director of the NHLBI Office of Global Health, Dr. Rabadán-Diehl is the NHLBI program director of the UnitedHealth and NHLBI Collaborating Centers of Excellence Global Health Initiative Program. Read more here.

 

 

 

 

Deshirée Belis, M.P.H.
Program Analyst
Email: belisd@nhlbi.nih.gov

Ms. Belis’ background is in global health promotion and policy. Prior to working at the NHLBI, she worked at the Pan American Health Organization as a technical officer in the Non-Communicable Diseases Program.

 

 

 

 

 

Allison Borst
Staff Assistant
Email: Email: borstat@nhlbi.nih.gov

Ms. Borst majored in East Asian Studies with an emphasis on Japanese history and literature. Prior to joining the Office of Global Health, she taught English to elementary and middle school students in Japan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated: August 27, 2012