Community Partner with The Miller School of Medicine MD/MPH Program - University of Miami

Community Partner with The Miller School of Medicine MD/MPH Program - University of Miami

Dr. Chris Stout Founding Director

The mission of the Center for Global Initiatives is to help in the creation of self-sustaining programs that improve access to healthcare in underserved communities throughout the world. It is our goal to “Open-Source Humanitarian Intervention.”

Conceptually, we see the problem we address as healthcare services, sciences, systems, education, and research all suffer from disconnections — globally and locally, biologically and behaviorally, training and practice. Health inequities are global in scale; however, it is the Center's philosophy to successfully address these injustices through multiple, smaller scale projects, with a coordinated focus and outcome accountability. We have been endorsed by Great Nonprofits since 2013 and hold a Platinum Level rating from GuideStar.

Generally, we:

• Serve as an incubator for new initiatives that creatively solve healthcare inequities throughout the world.

• Act as a collaborator with individuals and organizations in developing and launching projects that address the needs of medically impoverished populations.

• Function as a facilitator in directing public and private resources towards programs aimed at improving health.

• Work as an educator to provide new information and tools to empower others.

The Most Unique Aspects of the Center

All of the work of the Center is via volunteers, thus all tax-deductible donations go to the work of the Center. We serve as a "hothouse" for new projects. We help to nurture, grow, and launch them until self-sustaining.

After a project has taken hold, we will continue to serve as pro bono consultants as long as necessary, along with fulfilling any other needs—materials, medicines, case consultation, introductions... 95% of our projects are the result of being invited to do the work. When we are not a good fit, we recommend a more suitable organization.

As best we can, depending on the project, we seek to blend primary care, behavioral health and public health into an ultimately self-sustaining, outcomes accountable, culturally consonant result.

The basic idea is that doing good work and helping others shouldn’t be so hard…

What if you could “Open Source” Humanitarian Intervention…?

THRIVE: Tanzanian Health & Resilience

Initiative Valuing Education

It’s about tools…

Books, Books, Books….

As for my background…

• Licensed Clinical Psychologist

• Post-Doc @ Harvard Med

• Fellow in Public Health, U of Illinois

• Board of Health Member – 10 Years

• Faculty – Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern

• College of Medicine, U of Illinois

Volunteering