As the Duke Global Health Institute celebrates its 20th anniversary, Kathryn Whetten recalls when global health work at Duke wasn’t cool. Whetten, professor of public policy and global health, said that in the early 2000s, faculty interested in international research often worked in isolation, and interdisciplinary collaboration was not widely valued. But in 2004, Duke leaders created a steering committee to explore the idea of a university-wide global health initiative. The committee laid the groundwork for what would become DGHI, one of the nation’s first interdisciplinary institutes dedicated to global health education and research. To read the interview and learn about Whetten’s work, visit Duke Global Health Institute.