Advancing Global Health through Science, Partnership, and Equity
King’s Global Health Institute (KGHI) connects health researchers, educators, practitioners, and students across King’s College London and our national and international partners. Our shared ambition is simple but bold: to turn knowledge into lasting improvements in health for communities globally.
Our Research
We host a global health research portfolio at King’s of over £100 million, spanning multiple disciplines and geographies. Through placing partners front and centre of all we do, we endeavour to ensure that research agendas are locally relevant, ethically grounded, practical, and designed for real-world impact. We also actively champion partner-led research where King’s is supporting and contributing complementary expertise in areas such as clinical trials, implementation science, and interdisciplinary methods.
Our three core areas of research and practice are:
- Reaching More People with Better Health Care.
- Discovery Science with Purpose.
- Harnessing Technologies to Meet People’s Needs.
Our Education and Capacity Building
Our global health education spans undergraduate programmes, master's degrees, doctoral training, and distinctive capacity building initiatives. Together, these programmes are nurturing the next generation of global health practitioners, researchers, and leaders. We are working towards building a truly transnational education offer, working with partners in low and middle-income countries to co-develop programmes that reflect diverse perspectives and address unmet educational needs.
Responding to the Changing Global Context
In the face of recent global health funding cuts, KGHI is reimagining how global health can be done responsibly. Our strategy focuses on amplifying the impact of research-oriented organisations in the global south and nurturing early-career research talent. We are committed to moving forward together with partners — reimagining global health research and education with a deeper commitment to equity, knowledge justice, and shared leadership.
Work With Us
We welcome collaboration with:
- Donors and philanthropic partners seeking to invest in equitable, high-impact global health
- Students looking for rigorous, values-driven global health education
- Research partners across the Global South and Global North who share our commitment to reciprocal partnerships.
Together, we can build a more just, inclusive, and impactful future for global health.