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K. Rivet Amico, PhD, [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention; HIV Treatment & Prevention
Discussions (65) Resources (5) Affiliation: University of Connecticut

Bio: Rivet is a research scientist at the University of Connecticut’s Center for Health, Innovation, and Prevention, and also works with Applied Health Research as a developer and trainer of interventions that use communication and counseling theory to support adherence and retention in the context of clinical trials and resource limited settings. Methodology, design, measurement, and analytic strategies in cross-sectional and longitudinal designs are also of interest. The development of interventions to support… Read more

David Bangsberg, MD, MPH, [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention
Discussions (14) Resources (12) Affiliations: Harvard Global Health Institute; Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital - MGH

Bio: David Bangsberg is the director of International Programs at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard School of Medicine, and the director of the International Program for the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research. Dr. Bangsberg received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University and holds a Master of Science from Kings College at the University of London and a Master of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Bangsberg has… Read more

Asaf Bitton, Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network
Discussions (4) Resources (0) Affiliations: Brigham And Women's Hospital - BWH; Global Health Delivery Project

Bio: Asaf Bitton MD, MPH is an Associate Physician and Instructor in Medicine at the Division of General Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. His main interests are in primary care innovation, as well as the prevention and control of chronic non-communicable diseases in the developing world. A main focus of his current work is primary care system redesign within the United States. To that end, he is helping to design, transform, and evaluate… Read more

Joaquin Blaya, PhD, Health IT
Discussions (348) Resources (86) Affiliations: Brigham And Women's Hospital - BWH; eHealth Systems; Harvard Medical School; Partners In Health - PIH

Bio: Joaquin Blaya, PhD, is currently Chief Technology Officer at eHealth Systems, an health IT implementation company, and a Research Fellow at the Brigham & Women's Hospital. His work focuses on the use of IT in improving health care in resource poor settings and in promoting the use of open source software and open standards to improve local capacity building and interoperability between information systems. Read more

Gene Bukhman, Endemic Non-Communicable Diseases
Discussions (8) Resources (2) Affiliations: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Global Health Equity; Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine; Partners In Health - PIH

Bio: Gene Bukhman, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and an Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is Board-certified in internal medicine and cardiology with special competence in echocardiography. He is an attending physician at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and at the VA Boston Healthcare System. Dr Bukhman is the cardiology director for Partners In Health and the Senior Technical Advisor on Non-communicable Disease to the Rwandan Ministry of… Read more

Violet Chaka, Malaria Treatment & Prevention
Discussions (35) Resources (6) Affiliations: Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia; Namibia Institute of Pathology - NIP

Bio: I am a lead medical technologist working for an organisation called Namibia Institute of Pathology, a parastatal of the Ministry of Health and Social services, Namibia. I have an Honors degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences and I am reading for a Masters degree in Public Health with the London School of Hygiene. I graduated in 2002 at the University of Zimbabwe. WORK EXPERIENCE: 1. 2009 to date- Lead medical technologist (NIP) Among other lab duties I co-ordinate and provide quality assurance aspect of… Read more

Inge Corless, Global Health Nursing & Midwifery
Discussions (38) Resources (0) Affiliation: MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing

Bio: Inge B. Corless, RN, PHD FAAN, is a Professor in the Graduate Program in Nursing at the MGH Institute of Health Professions at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She received her Diploma in Nursing from the Bellevue Schools of Nursing, a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Boston University, an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Rhode Island and a Ph.D. from the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of California-San Francisco. Dr. Corless is a Fellow in the American Academy of… Read more

Johanna Daily, Malaria Treatment & Prevention
Discussions (12) Resources (1) Affiliations: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Bio: Johanna Patricia Daily, M.D., M.S. is an infectious disease specialist who is interested in the role of parasite biology in clinical disease. She has carried out translational studies in Africa for over ten years, to define parasite and host genetic associations with disease outcomes. In addition to basic research Dr. Daily has participated in studying malaria intervention outcomes with GHE resident Dr. Sievers in Rwanda. She completed her infectious disease fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital in… Read more

Masoud Dara, MD, MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention
Discussions (53) Resources (13) Affiliation: WHO Europe - EURO

Bio: Dr. Masoud Dara is the Team Leader of the Tuberculosis Programme in the Division of Communicable Diseases, Health Security & Environment at WHO Europe. Dr. Masoud Dara is a physician and public health expert from Belgium. In addition to his medical degree, he has accomplished several courses and postgraduate studies including courses at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Dara’s professional career began as a clinician responsible for diagnosis and… Read more

Sheila Davis, Global Health Nursing & Midwifery
Discussions (51) Resources (4) Affiliations: Massachusetts General Hospital - MGH; MGH Institute of Health Professions; Partners In Health - PIH

Bio: Sheila Davis , DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN is the Director of Global Nursing at Partners In Health, an international non-governmental organization working in 12 countries globally. Dr. Davis joined the faculty at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in January of 2008, and teaches in Global Health, Immigrant/Refugee Health and HIV/AIDS sub specialty classes. She is an adult nurse practitioner, specializing in HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases, and has had an active clinical practice at the Massachusetts General… Read more

Hamish Fraser, MBChB, MRCP, MSc, Health IT
Discussions (42) Resources (1) Affiliations: Brigham And Women's Hospital - BWH; Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT; Partners In Health - PIH

Bio: Dr. Fraser is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He trained in general Medicine, Cardiology and knowledge based systems in the UK and completed a fellowship in Clinical Decision Making and Cardiology at MIT and the New England Medical Center. As the Director of Informatics and Telemedicine at Partners In Health he leads the development of web-based medical record systems and data analysis tools to support the treatment of… Read more

Christopher Gilpin, PhD, MPH, MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention
Discussions (11) Resources (0) Affiliation: World Health Organization - WHO

Bio: Dr Christopher Gilpin has over twenty years experience as a Microbiology Laboratory Scientist managing diagnostic laboratories in Australia and the Middle-East. Chris completed studies in England for his doctorate in the molecular diagnosis and epidemiology of tuberculosis and was formerly Head of the TB Supranational Reference Laboratory in Brisbane, Australia. He has extensive experience in TB laboratory capacity strengthening and training in Africa, Asia and in the Pacific Islands. Chris holds a master… Read more

Benn Grover, Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network
Discussions (33) Resources (1) Affiliation: Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network - YP-CDN

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A/Prof. Terry HANNAN, Health IT
Discussions (154) Resources (11) Affiliations: American Medical Informatics Association - AMIA; Australasian College of Health Informatics - ACHI

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Jessica Haberer, MD, MS, [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention; HIV Treatment & Prevention
Discussions (105) Resources (0) Affiliations: Harvard Global Health Institute; Massachusetts General Hospital - MGH

Bio: Jessica Haberer, MD, received a bachelor's degree in the Biological Sciences and a master's degree in Health Services Research from Stanford University, as well as a medical degree from Yale University. She completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. After finishing her training, Dr. Haberer worked for the William J. Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative in Beijing, China, where served as a Clinical and Research Advisor to the Chinese Center… Read more

Paul A. Jensen, PhD, PE, CIH, TB Infection Control
Discussions (60) Resources (15) Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC

Bio: Captain, U.S. Public Health Service Engineer Director Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) Office of Infectious Diseases (OID) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mail Stop E-10 Atlanta, Georgia 30333 USA Read more

Ziad Khatib, Endemic Non-Communicable Diseases
Discussions (59) Resources (12) Affiliation: McGill University

Bio: Postdoc fellow, Dept. of Epidemiology, Biostat and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal PhD, Epidemiology and Global Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (in collaboration with Stanford University, California and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), Johannesburg). Read more

Sandeep Kishore, Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network
Discussions (112) Resources (4) Affiliations: Cornell University; Harvard Medical School; NCD Action Network; Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network - YP-CDN

Bio: Sandeep Kishore is a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School and co-chair of the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network (YP-CDN), a global network of over 1000 young professionals from over 100 countries committed to the equitable prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as a social justice issue. YP-CDN is rooted in a community-driven approach from the bottom-up. Through this work, Sandeep has become committed to community-building as a vehicle for effective advocacy and… Read more

Douglas Krakower, HIV Treatment & Prevention
Discussions (23) Resources (0) Affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - BIDMC

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Jason Kroening-Roche, Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network
Discussions (9) Resources (0) Affiliation: Harvard School of Public Health

Bio: Jason Kroening-Roche is a current student at Harvard School of Public Health working on global health issues and primary care health policy. He recently graduated from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and will be starting his residency in Family Medicine this summer. Jason founded the Rural Health Collaborative (RHC) in 2008, which he now co-directs with his wife, Olivia. RHC partners with local groups in the Akatsi District of Ghana to improve the health of rural communities. Their… Read more

Sungano Mharakurwa, Malaria Treatment & Prevention
Discussions (19) Resources (10) Affiliations: Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute - JHMRI; Macha Malaria Research Institute - MMRI

Bio: Sungano is the scientific director for the Malaria Institute at Macha, and a senior research associate in the Bloomberg Schools Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute where he is investigating public health strategies for delaying or minimizing the evolution of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to antimalarial drugs. Currently examining the field dynamics and determinants of drug-resistant P. falciparum alleles in human and vector phases in order to… Read more

Edward Nardell, MD, TB Infection Control
Discussions (255) Resources (27) Affiliations: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Global Health Equity; Harvard Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health; Partners In Health - PIH

Bio: Pulmonologist with a special interest in tuberculosis; trained in pulmonary medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital with additional research training at Boston University School of Medicine. While at Boston City Hospital, Dr. Nardell became director of tuberculosis control for the City of Boston. In 1981 he became chief of pulmonary medicine and director of tuberculosis control for the city of Cambridge, positions he held until 2005. His principal academic appointment is as associate professor of… Read more

Samson Wilfred Willad Njolomole, HIV Treatment & Prevention
Discussions (4) Resources (0) Affiliation: Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo - Partners In Health

Bio: 2007 Joined Abwenzi Pa za umoyo as an HIV patient and worked as HIV Program Coordinator. Now works as External Relations and Community Programs Manager. I am the liaison person for APZU sharing the work of APZU (Partners In Health - Malawi) with Local, National and International Partnerships. Currently studying Community Development at Sky - way University Business College in Malawi. Read more

Monica Adhiambo Onyango, Global Health Nursing & Midwifery
Discussions (5) Resources (0) Affiliation: Boston University School of Public Health

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Wellington Oyibo, Malaria Treatment & Prevention
Discussions (14) Resources (0) Affiliation: University of Lagos College of Medicine

Bio: Medical Parasitologist and Associate Professor at the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. Wellington Oyibo was as a Researcher Scholar and worked on riverblindness (onchocerciasis) – a neglected tropical disease at the Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA. In this initial area of interest, he contributed to the characterization of the blinding and non-blinding forms of onchocerciasis and elucidated the dynamics in the disease… Read more

Christina Psaros, HIV Treatment & Prevention
Discussions (0) Resources (0) Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital - MGH

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Michael Reddy, Malaria Treatment & Prevention
Discussions (29) Resources (18) Affiliation: Yale University

Bio: Most recently I have been closely involved in a multi-agency anti-malaria intervention supervised in collaboration with personnel from the Equatorial Guinea Ministry of Health, the Marathon Oil Corporation and Medical Care Development International Inc and academic institutions in the US and UK. Specifically I have contributed to the design of a entomological monitoring program to inform anti-vector suppression on Bioko Island and mainland Equatorial Guinea. Ultimately, I wish to contribute to a more… Read more

Robert Riviello, Global Surgery & Anesthesia
Discussions (20) Resources (6) Affiliations: Brigham And Women's Hospital - BWH; Center for Surgery and Public Health - BWH; Partners In Health - PIH

Bio: Robert Riviello, MD, MPH, through his teaching, research and clinical activities, hopes to improve access to surgical services for poor African patients by bridging academic general surgery with teaching hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa and thereby improving the quality and quantity of available surgical workforce. He is developing, through the BWH Department of Surgery and the BWH Center for Surgery and Public Health, a Global Surgery Delivery track to provide structured mentorship to such residents. He… Read more

Lubna Samad, Global Surgery & Anesthesia
Discussions (7) Resources (1) Affiliation: Indus Hospital

Bio: I am a pediatric surgeon with a full time appointment at the Indus Hospital in Karachi. I am currently working with a team at Indus to establish a new program in Global Surgery and expanding my work on injection safety. Currently, I am studying issues in accessing surgical care and the burden of surgical disease in the catchment population of the Indus Hospital. I am convinced the ready exchange of ideas that is essential to expand global surgery as a science will be greatly facilitated by the Global… Read more

Nadine Semer, Global Surgery & Anesthesia
Discussions (67) Resources (15) Affiliation: Kaiser Permanente

Bio: Nadine Semer, MD, MPH, FACS is a reconstructive plastic surgeon living and working in Los Angeles. She has done medical work in rural South Africa and Malawi. More recently she has worked in Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo and has been helping with trainings for trauma medics working in Burma. In an attempt to help providers working in rural settings with no access to plastic surgeons, she has authored a text “Practical Plastic Surgery for Non-Surgeons” and a companion website… Read more

Mazvita Sengayi, HIV Treatment & Prevention
Discussions (2) Resources (5) Affiliation: National Health Laboratory Services - NHLS, South Africa

Bio: I am a medical doctor with clinical experience in HIV antiretroviral roll-out and research settings in Zimbabwe. I have a diploma in HIV management from the College of Medicine of South Africa and an MSc in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Wits University in Johannesburg. I am currently pursuing my PhD in epidemiology of HIV-related cancers in South Africa. I am based at the National Cancer Registry in Johannesburg, South Africa where I am conducting an HIV-Cancer linkage project, linking observational… Read more

Aaron Shakow, Endemic Non-Communicable Diseases
Discussions (0) Resources (0) Affiliation: François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health & Human Rights - FXB Center

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Maggie Sullivan, Global Health Nursing & Midwifery
Discussions (275) Resources (205) Affiliations: Boston Health Care for the Homeless; Global Nursing Caucus; Partners In Health - PIH; University of California San Francisco - UCSF

Bio: Maggie Sullivan is a family nurse practitioner with an interest in serving immigrant patients and their families. She received her BA from Barnard College in Comparative Religions and Art History. She later completed her masters in nursing at the University of California - San Francisco with a sub-specialty in women's health. Her research interests include the health of undocumented immigrants, day laborers and their sending communities. She was the lead author of "Mental Health of Undocumented Mexican… Read more

Rajesh Vedanthan, Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network
Discussions (2) Resources (0) Affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine

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Grigory Volchenkov, MD, TB Infection Control
Discussions (77) Resources (10) Affiliation: Vladimir Oblast Tuberculosis Dispensary

Bio: Dr. Grigory Vasilievich Volchenkov, is specialist in TB control on regional level and TB infection control and Head Doctor at Vladimir Oblast Tuberculosis Dispensary. He was born in 1962 in Murom, Russia. He graduated Ivanovo State Medical Institute, Russia, in 1985. He worked in Vladimir Cardiology Hospital as cardiologist, intensive cardiology care specialist and medical director in 1985 – 1999. In 1999 – 2002 he was working for Oblast Department of Health as a chief internal medicine specialist of… Read more

Rebecca Weintraub, MD, [ARCHIVED] HIV Prevention
Discussions (15) Resources (9) Affiliations: Brigham And Women's Hospital - BWH; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Global Health Equity; Global Health Delivery Project; Harvard Medical School

Bio: Rebecca Weintraub, M.D., is the Executive Director of the Global Health Delivery Project. Rebecca is an Associate Physician in the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, a member of the Hospitalist Service at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Co-founder of Jumpstart, the largest part-time AmeriCorps program in the nation, she currently serves as a technical advisor to Ashoka, promoting the work of Health Entrepreneurs. Rebecca graduated from… Read more

barbara waldorf, Global Health Nursing & Midwifery
Discussions (16) Resources (2) Affiliations: Boston University School of Public Health; Global Nursing Caucus

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