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.