Paul R. Lichter Research Professor; Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Research Associate Professor, Survey Research Center
joshre@umich.edu
Office Information:
Survey Research Centre
1355 ISR Bldg 426 Thompson St
Ann Arbor MI 48104-2321
phone: 734-647-4510
African Studies Center;
ASC Faculty
Education/Degree:
AB, Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2004
MPH, Columbia University, 2010
MD, Cornell University, 2011
About
Joshua Ehrlich is the Paul R. Lichter Research Professor at the University of Michigan, with appointments in the Medical School and the Institute for Social Research, and an Honorary Associate Professorship at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He serves as Associate Director of the Center for Global Health Equity. An ophthalmologist trained in epidemiology, Ehrlich is Principal Investigator of the Longitudinal Study of Health and Ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK), an NIH-funded population-based platform examining later-life health, economics and well-being in East Africa, developed in partnership with the Aga Khan University–East Africa and the Government of Kenya. His research and policy work focus on global population aging, sensory and cognitive health, and the translation of population science into health policy.
