In his current focus on educational and health policy initiatives, Harsh Sule, MD, MPP, calls upon his experiences related to development work in a variety of countries (Azerbaijan, Ghana, and Sierra Leone) and working with an NGO (International Medical Corps).

His current international work is related to distance learning and medical education in Ghana. Locally, he is involved with helping to develop global health efforts at New Jersey Medical School via leadership of its Office of Global Health and the global health distinction program. Sule also works with colleagues in the Department of Emergency Medicine to promote medical education related to social determinants of health as they affect our patients in Newark, New Jersey.

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