The fellowships, the vision of Lady Mireille Gillings, are curated by an unprecedented group of international partners made up of the University of Cambridge, the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, and Concordia University, Montreal. This collaboration, anchored by France-based Institut Pasteur, ensures a diverse and well-represented grouping of academic resources, faculty leadership, and expertise, along with unrivalled opportunity.

“Future leaders in public health must have skills across what I call the 3Ms: management, money, and medicine,” said Lady Mireille Gillings, “The fellowships are designed to build business acumen on top of scientific experience, which is critical for the next generation of global scientists.”

The two-year post-doctoral fellowships aim to instill financial understanding and business entrepreneurship against a backdrop of research excellence, equipping participants with the skills to be successful in the public health environment. Applicants must either be graduating or have graduated with a PhD in the previous two years from the University of Cambridge, the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, or Concordia University.

“With COVID-19 we have seen that science must cross all frontiers. We have also seen how critical it is to blend science and business skills. The fellowships represent a unique cross-border, multi-disciplinary collaboration,” according to Professor Sir Stewart Cole, KCMG, FRS, President, Institut Pasteur."

“The Lady Mireille and Sir Dennis Gillings Global Public Health Fellowships are funded and supported by visionary leadership from Lady Mireille Gillings. They present an exciting opportunity to establish an explicit link between scientific and business leadership that puts next-generation public health leaders on a solid foundation for improving lives,” according to Greg Corsico, Director of the Pasteur Foundation US.