About Public Health Diplomacy Lab
"The Public Health Diplomacy lab at the School of Public Health — the first of its kind in the country — aims to bring together different disciplines and stakeholders-governments, NGOs, academics, and civic society to improve collaboration and coordination among all actors to promote health and well-being through the understanding of broad stakeholder engagement, consensus building, and negotiations," says Dean Ashish Joshi.
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.
2026
2025
- Published a paper on ‘Health diplomacy training, pedagogical approaches, and skills assessment: a scoping review
2024
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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.
The Collaborators
