Dr. David Citrin welcomed as new SCOPE Managing Director

SCOPE is pleased to announce that David Citrin PhD, MPH joined us in November as our Managing Director.  Dr. Citrin also serves as an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Departments of Global Health and Anthropology at the University of Washington. 

David brings rich experience in global health. Over the past 15 years his work has focused on designing digital tools and health information systems for rural health care systems and Community Health Workers; mixed methods implementation science on maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases, and mental health; and the ethics of global health and global health partnerships. He has served in leadership positions with global health NGOs, and has taught a number of self-designed courses at UW.  Dr. Citrin also served as the founding co-Director of the South Asia Center's Nepal Studies Initiative in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies from 2015 - 2021, as well as the Co-Editor of HIMALAYA, the journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, from 2018 – 2020.

On a more personal note, David lives in Seattle with his wife and 3-year old daughter.  As a Seattleite for 20 years, he enjoys the outdoors whether walking, hiking, or camping.  He is also a guitarist and plays a variety of genres, and enjoys seeing live music regularly.  

One of the things that drew David to SCOPE is our long-running collaboration that brings together community partners and Community Health Workers to advance maternal and child health outcomes, to curb the burden of infectious diseases, and to promote the integration of mental health services into primary care. David shared, “I have been impressed to see the progress between community and faith leaders, academic institutions, and the Ministry of Health in Ethiopia and am glad to support such innovative work.”

David is excited about the opportunity to continue to build partnerships and help conduct implementation science to advance population health outcomes for underserved communities.  At the same time, promoting fellowship opportunities for students at the University of Washington and the University of Gondar brings opportunities to facilitate crucial leadership development to train the next generation of leaders in global health.