About Public Health Diplomacy Lab
The Public Health Diplomacy Lab at the University of Memphis School of Public Health serves as a dynamic platform uniting diverse stakeholders—from local community partners to global institutions—to address the world's most pressing public health challenges through collaboration, innovation, and diplomacy. The PHD Lab is a hub for knowledge generation, advocating for participatory, collaborative, and strategic approaches to improve health and well-being of all populations across various geographic settings.
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Definition
Public health diplomacy is a multidisciplinary field that enables its practitioners to effectively communicate, facilitate, negotiate and build consensus using systems thinking, evidence based, community-informed approaches, based on equity-focused and human-centered values to improve health and well-being for all.
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| PH Diplo Newsletter - Edition 3 March 2026 | PH Diplo Newsletter - Edition 2 December 2025 | PH Diplo Newsletter - Edition 1 September 2025 |
The Collaborators
Milestones
2026
- March: 2nd University of Memphis School of Public Health Diplomacy Summit on Regional and International Cooperation to Advance Public Health Diplomacy Among the Schools and Programs of Public Health
- April: 4th Interdisciplinary World Health Congress on Health Research and Education in the MENA Region Proposal “Preparing the public health workforce to be health primary speaker diplomats,” in Sousse, Tunisia
- May: Dean Joshi speaking at the World Green Energy Symposium Global™ in Athens, Greece
- June: World Congress of Psychotherapy United Nations Headquarters & City University of New York Graduate Center
- July: ASPHER Deans' & Directors' Retreat in Milan, Italy.
- September: 18th World Congress on Public Health in Cape Town, South Africa
- October: European Health Forum Gastein 2026, Health for a Stronger European Union
2025
- April: Published Findings of Public Health Diplomacy Summit
- May: UofM SPH Public Health Diplomacy Lab participates in World Health Alliance Summit held in New Delhi
- June: Dean Ashish Joshi presented at the Public Health Diplomacy: Global session at the ASPHER 2025 Deans’ and Directors’ Retreat in Berlin, Germany
- June: International Public Health Diplomacy Advisory Group established
- August: Public Health Diplomacy Lab at UofM joined the Health Diplomacy Institutional Network
- September: Quarterly Newsletter "PH Diplo" Published
- December:
- 2nd Quarterly Newsletter "PH Diplo" Published
- Published a paper on ‘Health diplomacy training, pedagogical approaches, and skills assessment: a scoping review
2024
- April: Launched Public Health Diplomacy Lab
- September: Inaugural Public Health Diplomacy Summit
- November: Established Public Health Diplomacy Steering Group
- December: Launched Public Health Diplomacy Website