Ilona S. Kickbusch, Ph.D., professor of public health (global health) and political science, served as Distinguished Scholar Leader in the inaugural year of the New Century Scholars Program of the Fulbright Scholar Program. This year’s program focused on Challenges of Health in a Borderless World. The program offers participants an international exchange opportunity of two to six months to further their research and investigate comparative approaches by interacting with colleagues abroad or in the United States