Keith Martin

Keith is a physician who, since Sept. 2012, has served as the founding Executive Director of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) in Washington, DC. Between 1993-2011, he served as a Member of Parliament in Canada’s House of Commons. Keith held shadow ministerial portfolios in foreign affairs, international development, and health. He also served as Canada’s Parliamentary Secretary for Defense and was appointed to the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada. His main areas of focus are global health, foreign policy, security, international development, conservation, and the environment.

Keith has served on numerous diplomatic missions to areas in crisis and served as a physician in South Africa on the Mozambique border during that country’s civil war. He has traveled widely in Africa, visiting the continent 30 times. He has had over 180 articles published in major newspapers and scientific journals and has appeared frequently as a political and social commentator on television and radio.