Shay Slifko
UNC School of Medicine Program Manager, Office of International Activities
Chapel Hill, NC
Shay Slifko, OIA Program Manager, brings a unique professional background to this role working in the context of international education with a specific focus in global health. She has experience collaborating with higher education and international partners focusing on maternal health, communicable diseases, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programs. Formerly, Shay served as a volunteer board member for an HIV prevention advocacy organization, an Assistant Director of international enrollment advising university-level international students, implementing program design and management, served as an adjunct faculty member teaching English as a Foreign Language, and evaluated global public health curriculum. In addition to her work in international education, Shay has conducted grant research on a WASH education-project in Cambodia collaborating with a non-profit organization, Caring for Cambodia. And, largely she collaborated with Heart to Heart International in Haiti evaluating a community health worker training program. Her background has equipped her in collaborating among public health professionals, university faculty, and global health partners and students in program design and development. She enjoys working with medical students and resident physicians shaping equitable and culturally-appropriate approaches in global health.