Damian Eisenghower Greaves (PhD) will be the Keynote Speaker for the Saint Lucia Country Conference to be held at Bay Gardens Hotel from 26-28 October, 2016. Dr. Greaves brings to the conference a wealth of experience and academic qualifications in the areas of Health Management and Policy, Public Health, Sociology and Education and will speak to the conference theme "Collegial Information Sharing for Sustainable Development"
Currently an Associate Professor and Deputy Chair in the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences School of Arts & Sciences, St. George’s University, Dr. Greaves also serves as Assistant Dean: Office of the Provost, St. George’s University with responsibility for Faculty Affairs and Educational Technology. Prior to this, Dr. Greaves lectured at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (1987-1994) and also at The UWI School of Continuing Education from 1995-1997, on a part-time basis.
Dr. Greaves also served as Minister for Health, Human Services, Family Affairs & Gender Relations, Government of Saint Lucia (2006), Minister for Community Development, Culture, Local Government, Cooperatives & Ecclesiastical Affairs C (1997-2001) and Opposition Senator (Lead Opposition Member) Parliament of Saint Lucia 2007 – 2010. He would later briefly serve as Sociologist/Liaison Officer to a UNDP/Government of Saint Lucia Funded Rural Development Project (1995-1997) in the Mabouya Valley, Dennery.
A prolific writer, Dr. Greaves publications include: Comparative Health Systems: Global Perspectives, A Recipe for Change, Constitutional Reform in Saint Lucia, and Management/Leadership of Health Systems in Small Island Developing States of the English-Speaking Caribbean: A Critical Review. Publication of his latest work “Evidence-Based Decision Making: Barriers and Opportunities across Health Systems of the English - Speaking Caribbean” is currently pending.
Dr. Greaves will address the gathering of over 30 conference presenters, and specially invited guests on Wednesday October 26th at The Bay Gardens Hotel at 6:30 p.m.
About The UWI
Since its inception in 1948, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a fully-fledged, regional University with over 50,000 students. Today, The UWI is the largest, most longstanding higher education provider in the Commonwealth Caribbean, with three physical campuses in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and an Open Campus. The UWI serves 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, The British Virgin Islands, The Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos. The UWI’s faculty and students come from more than 40 countries and The University has collaborative links with 160 universities globally; it offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Food and Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities and Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science and Technology and Social Sciences. The UWI’s seven priority focal areas are linked closely to the priorities identified by CARICOM and take into account such over-arching areas of concern to the region as environmental issues, health and wellness, gender equity and the critical importance of innovation.
(Please note that the proper name of the university is The University of the West Indies, inclusive of the “The”, hence The UWI.) www.uwi.edu/index.asp
