Growing Integrative Medicine Globally

Zohray M. Talib is Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Chair of the Department of MedicalEducation and Professor of Medical Education and Medicine at the California University of Science andMedicine. Her experience spans the field of health professions education and global health, havingworked in theUS, in Central Asia and across Sub-Saharan Africa to address the global health workforceshortage and to implement education best practices in low-resource settings. Dr. Talib is Co-Chair forthe National Academy of Medicine’s Global Forum for Innovationsin Health Professions Education, aninterprofessional incubator for contemporary issues in education. She holds visiting facultyappointments at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda, the Aga Khan University in East Africaas well as Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda. Through her global partnerships shehas conducted research on the burden and systems of mental health care as well as strategies tooptimally train the future health workforce. Dr. Talib is a practicing internal medicine physician. Shereceived her Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from McGill University and her Doctor of Medicinefrom University of Alberta. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the George WashingtonUniversity. She is boardcertified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a Fellow of theAmerican College of Physicians.