Professor/Senior Associate Dean Obstetrics & Gynecology-Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Alan T. N. Tita, MD, PhD: Dr. Tita is Professor of OBGYN and the Mary Heersink Endowed Chair of Global Health, and Director of the Mary Heersink Institute of Global Health. He is the Heersink School of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Global and Women’s Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr. Tita directs the university-wide Center for Women’s Reproductive Health and his background is in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Perinatal Epidemiology and Global Health. Dr. Tita is dedicated to improving maternal and infant health outcomes and equity. He leads collaborative multi- and single-site obstetric clinical trials and observational studies that influence practice and policy globally. He co-leads the Cameroon Health Initiative, a multidisciplinary collaboration by UAB and Cameroon partners to improve health. Dr. Tita has served as consultant for the World Health Organization, NIH (including serving NICHD National Advisory Council), CDC and the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has co-authored over 350 publications and was elected into the National Academies of Medicine and to the Association of American Physicians.
