CUGH Board of Directors are elected by its institutional membership for three-year terms. There are 16 voting members on the Board, including the Trainee Advisory Committee (TAC) chair, who serves as the student representative on the Board.
Ex-Officio’s also serve on CUGH’s Board as non-voting members. They are invited to the Board because they have a particular skill set the organization needs or represent an institution important to CUGH. Their term is for one year and is renewable.
Joseph Kolars, MD
ChairDr. Kolars is Senior Associate Dean for Education and Global Initiatives at the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Kolars began his term as Chair of the Board in April 2022.
Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH
Vice ChairDr. Lichtveld is dean of the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Lichtveld began her term as Vice Chair in April 2022.
Michele Barry, MD, FACP
Chair EmeritusDr. Barry is Senior Associate Dean of Global Health at Stanford University. Dr. Barry served as Chair of the Board from April 2020 to April 2022.
Phil Landrigan, MD, MSc
TreasurerDr. Landrigan is Director of the Global Public Health Program and Global Pollution Observatory at Boston College.
Elizabeth Frost
TAC ChairElizabeth is currently a student at San Diego State University pursuing a PhD in Global Health. She began her one-year term as TAC chair in April 2022.
Agnes Binagwaho, MD, M(Ped), PhD
Dr. Binagwaho is Vice Chancellor of the University of Health Equity in Rwanda.
Kathryn Chu, MD
Dr. Chu is the Director of the Centre of Global Surgery and Professor of Global Surgery at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. She is a general and colorectal surgeon.
Quentin Eichbaum, MD, PhD, MPH, MFA, MMHC, FCAP, FASCP
Dr. Eichbaum is Director of the Vanderbilt Pathology Program in Global Health. He previously served as Chair of CUGH’s Education Committee and is co-chair of the AFREhealth-CUGH Working Group.
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA
Dr. El-Sadr is Director of ICAP at Columbia University and Director of the Global Health Initiative at Mailman School of Public Health.
Lisa Hirschhorn, MD, MPH
Dr. Hirschhorn is a Professor fo Medical, Social Sciences, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Science at Northwestern University.
Charles Ibingira, MBBS, MMed
Dr. Ibingira is a Professor of Human Anatomy at Makerere University.
Jonathan Patz, MD, PhD
Dr. Patz is Director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Nancy R. Reynolds, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN
Dr. Reynolds is the associate dean of global affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
Virginia Rowthorn, JD, LLM
Virginia Rowthorn is Assistant Vice President for Global Engagement at University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Marleen Temmerman, PhD, MPH, OB/GYN, MD, DTM & H
Dr. Temmerman is the Director of Women’s Health at the Faculty of Heath Sciences at Aga Khan University.
Gavin Yamey MD, MPH, MA
Dr. Yamey is Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health based in the Duke Global Health Institute.
Ex-Officio’s
Vikas Kapil, DO, MPH, FACOEM
Dr. Kapil is Acting Principal Deputy Director at the CDC Center for Global Health Leadership.
Keith Martin, MD, PC
Dr. Martin is the Executive Director of CUGH and serves as a non-voting member of the Board.
Thomas Quinn, MD, MSC
Dr. Quinn is Chief of the International HIV/STD Section at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.
Judith Wasserheit, MD, MPH
Dr. Wasserheit is Chair of Global Health at the University of Washington.
Susan Elliott, PhD
Dr. Elliott is a Professor of Geography and Environment with the University of Waterloo.