Over the last 15 years Dr. Saunders’ main focus has been Global Health. He was involved in a number of research projects in Western Uganda with Canadian and Ugandan colleagues focusing on the treatment of persons living with HIV/AIDs in rural areas. He taught short courses in research methods and evidence-based medicine in Uganda and Kenya. He helped write AMREF Health Africa’s research strategic plan and undertook an Academics Without Borders assignment to review MPH and MSc programs, initiating a MPH curriculum redesign at the School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hoehoe, Ghana. He served on the Board of the Canadian Society for International Health from 2010-2016 including as Board Co-Chair.
