Dr. Markaki is an Associate Professor at the UAB School of Nursing and in charge of the school's Global Leadership pillar. With a long international career, Dr. Markaki is known for her sustained work in primary health care capacity building and global health integration. She demonstrates nurses’ role in achieving universal health and advocates for raising the nursing workforce status.
As Co-Director of the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center (WHOCC), she leads one of only eight designated centers in the USA, integrating global health into nursing education, research, and clinical practice. Since 2016, Dr. Markaki has expanded the school’s global footprint through partnerships across continents. In 2019, she led the successful re-designation of UAB WHOCC, tasked with supporting PAHO efforts to overcome health disparities in the Americas’ region.
Combining advanced practice in public/ community health nursing with a medical anthropologist’s perspective, she has extensively taught and mentored nursing, medical and public health students, medical residents, and professional nurses. As a health systems researcher, she studies nursing’s effect on primary health care outcomes. A strong believer in crossing discipline and culture boundaries, Dr. Markaki aims to empower providers and communities towards sustainable development goals.
