Maju Brunette, PhD

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Associate Professor, Global Health Equity

Division of Health Sciences

1178B Graves Hall
333 W. 10th Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43210 

Maju.Brunette@osumc.edu

614-623-1072

Primary Areas of Interest

  • Global Health Equity
  • Decolonizing Global Health
  • Tuberculosis Prevention & Control
  • Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
  • Global Migration and Health

Overview

Maria Julia (Maju) Brunette, born and raised in Perú, is an immigrant, multilingual, and community-driven leader in global health. Her approach —rooted in socio-technical systems engineering— is as simple as it is creative and effective: beginning with an understanding of students, workers, patients, and policymakers, and involving them in co-designing community-centered solutions. Drawing on her systems thinking lens and a strong sense of fairness, Maju is actively engaged in transdisciplinary scholarly efforts to eliminate persistent health inequities that have a profound impact on the health and wellbeing of historically marginalized communities in the Americas—South, Central, North. As a social justice scholar and activist, she is fully committed to working towards meaningful community centered efforts to decolonize and democratize global health research and practice in the years ahead.

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Honors and Awards

The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Global Health Program. 2024 Global Health Symposium Keynote address: “On my journey to decolonizing and democratizing global health research and practice: Making a case for ending TB” (April 10, 2024)
 
Oxford University, MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership Scholarship for Women (2023). Received funding in recognition of past successes (both academic and professional).
 
United Nations Global Compact for Migration – Side technical event eert panel on the work-related and occupational health of international migrant workers. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; October 2017.
 
University of Massachusetts Lowell Office of the Chancellor Grand Challenges 2020: Transformational Education Award: A Global Health Research Experience for Underrepresented Public Health Students; November 2015
 
University of Wisconsin-Madison Industrial Engineering Department award to attend United Nations Conference “Geneva 2000: The Next Step for Social Development”; 2000

Education

  • MSc, Global Healthcare Leadership, Oxford University
  • PhD, Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison
  • MSc, Industrial Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (M.Sc.)
  • BSc. Industrial Engineering, University of Lima, Perú

Professional Links

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Alumna publishes book on Tuberculosis

Green Templeton College, Oxford University