Erica Di Ruggiero (she/her), PhD is an Associate Professor of Global Health, Social and Behavioural Health Sciences Division, and cross-appointed to the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Director, Centre for Global Health, and Director, Collaborative Specialization in Global Health. She is Co-Director of Dalla Lana School of Public Health’s Executive Course in Global Health Diplomacy, training professionals from across the globe in negotiation, communication and policy analysis. She is also a co-convener of the Women in Global Health Leadership Program with colleagues at schools of public health at the University of Cape Town and Moi University in Kenya.  

Di Ruggiero teaches courses in global health, global health policy and on the evaluation of population health interventions. Her program of research draws upon different theories and mixed methods to evaluate the population health, gender and equity impacts of policy and program interventions addressing health and social issues (e.g. precarious work) in diverse global settings. She studies the role of governance in global, national, and sub-national public health and health system policy agendas in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. She teaches courses in global health, global health policy and population health intervention research, and supervises and mentors several graduate and postdoctoral fellows in health and social science disciplines. She is editor in chief for Global Health Promotion. Di Ruggiero holds a PhD in public health sciences from the University of Toronto.