Liz Grant

Liz Grant is an Assistant Principal of the University of Edinburgh, and  professor of Global Health and Development.  She directs the University's Global Health Academy and is responsible for developing and supporting global health partnerships with colleagues, particularly in fragile states, and low income communities. Her research interests span planetary health and palliative care in contexts of poverty and conflict.  Liz is a co-director of the University of Edinburgh’s Global Compassion Initiative developing work on the value base of the Sustainable Development Goals, the science of compassion, and the contribution that faith communities make to the SDGs.