The Velji Awards
** The Velji awards are exclusive to Global Health Education Consortium members.
– Velji Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence in Global Health
– The Velji Leadership Award for Emerging Leaders in Global Health
– The Velji Award for Global Health Project of the Year
Drs. Anvar and Pari Velji were born in villages in Africa ( Kenya and Tanzania, respectively) with very impoverished health care systems. They lost three siblings in infancy to diphtheria and early in their adult years they committed themselves to a lifetime of work to improve the healthcare of all human beings, regardless of their origins, through better education. Dr Anvar Velji, is a co-founder of GHEC, founding Director of the Kaiser-UCD Residency Program (South Sacramento) and Editor of two seminal volumes -Global (International) Health and Global (International) Health Beyond The Year 2000. Dr. Pari Velji, is a certified public accountant and holds the position of Controls, Accountability & Tax Officer with the University of California Health Systems, Sacramento.
http://globalhealthedu.org/events/alliances/Pages/Awards.aspx
http://globalhealthedu.org/events/ehr/pre/Pages/Biosketches.aspx
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