Professor
University of Alabama
Alan T. N. Tita, MD, PhD: Dr. Tita is Mary Heersink Endowed Chair of Global Health, Director of the Mary Heersink Institute of Global Health and the Heersink School of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Global and Women’s Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He also Professor of OBGYN and Director of the university-wide Center for Women’s Reproductive Health. His background is in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Perinatal Epidemiology and Global Health. Dr. Tita is dedicated to improving maternal and infant health outcomes and equity. He leads collaborative multi- and single-site obstetric clinical trials and observational studies that influence practice and policy globally. He co-leads the Cameroon Health Initiative, a multidisciplinary collaboration by UAB and Cameroon partners to improve health. Dr. Tita has served as consultant for the World Health Organization, NIH (including serving NICHD National Advisory Council), CDC and the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has co-authored over 350 publications and was elected into the National Academies of Medicine and to the Association of American Physicians.