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Alumni Spotlight
GLOBAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, 2024-25
Bojosi Gamontle, PhD, MPH ’08
Global Achievement Award, 2024-25
Dr. Bojosi Gamontle earned her Master of Public Health degree with an emphasis in Environmental and Occupational Health from the Zuckerman College of Public Health in 2008. Her Master’s degree thesis title was Descriptive analysis of the financial burden of back injury and other musculo-skeletal disorders at University Medical Center (Tucson, Arizona) utilizing workers’ compensation data.
Dr. Gamontle earned her PhD in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada in 2019. The title of her PhD dissertation was Perspectives of Botswana policy-makers and healthcare workers towards Tuberculosis infection control and occupational health measures. She has also conducted research to investigate bio-aerosol exposure in healthcare workers in British Columbia.
Bojosi joined the Fraser Health Authority (British Columbia, Canada) in 2020 as an exposure prevention specialist. Her portfolio included leading the implementation of the communicable disease exposure prevention and control program, as well as conducting research that informed program implementation. Currently, she serves as a lead for the Health and Safety Management System, where she develops standards and supports the consistent implementation of occupational health programs across Fraser Health Authority sites.
Prior to obtaining her PhD, Dr. Gamontle worked as a senior health officer in the environmental and occupational health department of the Ministry of Health in Botswana, where she coordinated programs such as “Making Medical Injections Safer.”
On her educational journey, she received many scholarships including the Fulbright (University of Arizona), and the Bridge Fellowship (UBC).
About the award: The Global Achievement Award recognizes alumni who have brought honor and credit to the University of Arizona and their profession in the global arena through professional achievement or humanitarian service.
Dean's Message
"The COVID-19 global pandemic has tested the ability of the global health community to respond to the moment. Aside from the novel coronavirus impacting such a dramatic pressure to shift to innovative research, teaching and learning, global health faces many such pressures, including the rapidly shifting demographics of low- and middle-income countries, changing patterns in disease burdens, the role of technology and innovation, and the existential threat of climate change. A global approach to public health is more important than ever, and the GHI has been building international partnerships and capacity for over a decade. We are training the global health leaders of tomorrow to expect the unexpected and become well-equipped to lead us confidently toward uncertain possibilities."
- Iman Hakim, MBBCh, PhD, MPH, founder of the GHI