Brief Bio
Damian Eisenghower Greaves (PhD).
Qualifications:
Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services – Health Management & Policy (PHD)
Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH)
Master of Science in Sociology (MSC)
Bachelor of Arts (History & Sociology with Education) (BA) Hons
Certificate in Teacher Education & Educational Administration (Cert. Ed.)
Relevant Professional Experience:
Assistant Dean: Office of the Provost
Present: Associate Professor and Deputy Chair
Department of Humanities & Social Sciences School of Arts & Sciences, St. George’s University Assistant Dean: Office of the Provost, St. George’s University Responsibilities: Faculty Affairs and Educational Technology 2001-2006 Minister for Health, Human Services, Family Affairs & Gender Relations, Government of Saint Lucia
1997-2001 Minister for Community Development, Culture, Local Government, Cooperatives & Ecclesiastical Affairs
• Opposition Senator (Lead Opposition Member) –Parliament of Saint Lucia
2007 – 2010
Other Experiences: Lecturer:
1987-1994 Sir Arthur Lewis Community College Morne Fortune, Castries, Saint Lucia 1995-1997 Part-Time Instructor: UWI Continuing Education Programme Morne Fortune, Castries, Saint Lucia
• Lectured Research Methods for Mass Communications • Lectured In Environmental Relations
1995-1997 Sociologist/ Liaison Officer UNDP/Government of Saint Lucia Funded Rural Development Project Mabouya Valley, Dennery
Other Professionally Relevant Activities/Services:
• Member of St. George’s University/PAHO/WHO Project Team on the
Strengthening of Health Services Management in the Caribbean Region 2010 –
Present
• Member Panel on Research & Scholarly Activity, St. George’s University 2010-
Present
• President of Senate Executive Committee School of Arts & Sciences 2008 -2010
• President of St. George’s University Senate Faculty 2010- Feb. 2013
• President Grenada Public Health Association (GPHA) July 2015 – August
2016 • Board Member: National Health Insurance Advisory Committee. Ministry of
National Security, Disaster Management, Home Affairs,, Information and
Implementation, St. George’s Grenada. 17th Oct. 2016 – present
• Chair: Grenada National Non -Communicable Disease Commission (NNCDC)
March 2017- Present
Consultancies:
• Proccer/Organization of American States – Qualitative Researcher/Reviewer
(Training & Certification Program For Drug And Violence Prevention,
Treatment and Rehabilitation – 2016
• National Health Sector Policy (MOH – Saint Lucia) 2013
• Saint Lucia Air and Seaport Authority (SLASPA): Social and Political Impact
Assessment of Full and Partial Closure of G.F.L Charles Airport - 2013
• Assessment of Climate Change on Public Health & Health Care System in
Barbados (PAHO/WHO Consultancy)
2009
• WHO Global Tobacco Control Report
2008
• Consultant on Popular Catholicism Project of Saint Lucia
1996
• National Poverty Survey
1995 • Co- Consultant on the effects of migration on the Caribbean Family (UNFPA)
1995
• National Survey on Discipline
1994
• National Survey on “Perceptions of Saint Lucians on Tourism”
1994
• National Forestry Survey
1992
Publications:
• Greaves, D. E., & Amulera -Marshall, O. (2010). Saint Lucia. In Johnson, J.A & Stoskopf, C.H (Eds.), Comparative health systems: Global perspectives. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
• Chhabra A. K. & Greaves, D.E. A Recipe for Change: Constitutional Reform in Saint Lucia. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies (December, 2013 Publication
• Greaves, D. E. Management/Leadership of health Systems in Small Island Developing States of the English-Speaking Caribbean: A Critical Review (JHM140019. Journal Of Health Management, Volume 18 Number 4 October – December) 2016.
• Damian Eisenghower Greaves, (2017) “Evidence-based management of Caribbean health systems: barriers and opportunities”, International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. 22 Issue:2, pp.104-117, doi:10.1108/IJHG-01-2017- 0001.
Publication Pending: • Leadership Effectiveness: An Assessment of leadership Styles of Top Leaders in Caribbean Health Systems
Has delivered a number of lectures and addresses at various fora, and conducted and participated in a number of workshops and panel discussions.