Joshua Ehrlich, MD, MPH

I'm an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and a Research Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. I'm also an Associate Director of UM's Center for Global Health Equity.

My research is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on epidemiology, demography, social sciences, and clinical insights to collect robust population representative data and advance understanding of the impact of sensory loss on the lives of older adults. I direct the Michigan Sensory Health and Aging Research Collaborative (Mi-SHARC), which aims to train the next generation of scholars and promote collaboration on sensory health and aging research at the University of Michigan. My research is funded by the National Eye Institute, the National Institute on Aging, the Fogarty International Center at NIH, Gates Ventures, and various philanthropic and professional organizations.

In my role as Associate Director of the Center for Global Health Equity  I oversee the center’s Data Collaborative, which aims to promote equitable access to data, responsible data science, and reciprocal global health collaborations. I also co-direct the Jerome Jacobson Global Program at the Kellogg Eye Center.

I am a founder of the NIH-funded SENSE Network, an international network supporting research examining the role of sensory functioning on health and aging. I am also an invited member of the Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health, the Vision Loss Experts Group (a technical advisory panel to the WHO and the Global Burden of Disease project), and the editorial board of Ophthalmic Epidemiology.