We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s global health leadership awards. Thank you to all who applied for these awards which honor exceptional individuals who are making consequential impacts on global health outcomes around the world. Much thanks to CUGH’s Nominations & Awards Committee chaired by Dr. Tom Quinn for their efforts.
CUGH’s 2025 Distinguished Leadership in Global Health Award
- Professor Brandon Kohrt, Global Health and Director of the Division of Global Mental Health, The George Washington University, USA.
CUGH’s Dr. Thomas Hall-Dr. Nelson Sewankambo Mid-Career Leadership Award
- Dr. Adrian Gardner, Director of Indiana University Center for Global Health Equity and Executive Director of the AMPATH Consortium, Indiana University, USA.
CUGH’s Dr. Judy Wasserheit Young Leader Award goes to:
- Emily Sheldon, Co-founder and CEO, African Health Innovation Centre, USA.
- Dr. Ronald Olum Research Associate, Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda.
The Dr. Anvar and Pari Velji Student Leader in Global Health Awardee is:
- Prajjwol Luitel, Medical Student, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine, Nepal.
The Dr. Anvar and Pari Velji Faculty Leader in Global Health Innovation Awardees is:
- Professor Bach Xuan Tran Professor, VNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
The Dr. Anvar and Pari Velji Global Health Award for Teaching Excellence is:
- Professor Caryl Waggett, Chair of Global Health Studies, Allegheny College, USA.
The Dr. Anvar and Pari Velji Young African Leader Award is:
- Solomon Wafula, Research Associate, Makerere University, Uganda.
The James G. Hakim Global Health Award is:
- Adane Tesega, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Public Health in the Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Ethiopia.
The Dr. Alfred Mteta Award goes to:
- Professor Nelson Sewankambo, MBChB, MSc, FRCP, LLD (Hon), Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Uganda.
The CUGH Global Health Video Competition Awards go to:
- The AutoAspira Team, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Winner, Global Health Challenges Category, USA.
- J Sandhu and G Singh, Co-Winner, High Impact Programs Category.
- Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration Group, Co-Winner, High Impact Programs Category, Uganda.
The Global Health Now-CUGH Untold Stories in Global Health Awardees are:
- Dr. Doreen Smart, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
- “The Hidden Crisis of Unsafe Abortions in Tanzania”
- Katherine Quibell, Western University of Health Sciences COMP Pomona, USA.
- “Latinas seeking cancer care in California’s Central Valley”
Honorable Mentions of the Global Health Now-CUGH Untold Stories in Global Health are:
- Christian Ntizimira, African Center for Research on End of Life Care Kigali, Rwanda.
- “Unmet Palliative Care: A Global Health Crisis in Compassion”
- Sante Leandro Baldi, University of Milan Milano, Italy.
- “Pemba: Where Oral Health is Silently Ignored”
- Padmavathy Krishna Kumar, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, USA.
- “Hazards faced by firecracker workers in Sivakasi, India”
- Christina Pantzer, Yale University, USA.
- “Child Substance Use Among the Qom/Toba of Northern Argentina”
- Nina Chereath, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service, USA.
- “Hikikomori in Japan”
- Anuysha Maharaj, St. George’s University St. George, Grenada.
- “Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Individuals in Caribbean Countries”
- Michael Musenga, Environmental Health Practitioner Children’s Environmental Health Foundation, Zambia.
- “Victory in Zambia Making Dental Amalgam-Free Country”
- Dr. Tayser Fahmei, Alexandria (Borg Al Arab Technological University, Alexandria, Egypt.
- “Ageism in Egypt”
- Alice Baratelli, University of Milan, Italy.
- “Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) practices in healthcare settings in Pakistan”
- Roselyn Davour, University of Florida, USA.
- “Illegal alluvial gold mining in Ghana”
The CUGH Annual Global Health Student Posters Competition Winners for 2025 are:
- Jessica Komarovsky, UT Southwestern Medical School, USA.
- “The Socio-Economic Burden of HPV-Related Diseases on Patients in Vietnam”
- Anmol Shrestha, California University of Science and Medicine, USA.
- “End User Experiences of an Electronic Health Records Platform in a Tertiary Hospital System in Kenya”, and Medicine
- Roba Abousaway, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
- “Global Health Student Ambassadors: An Innovative Approach to Strengthen Reciprocal Exchange Partnerships”
- Rachel Maina, Aga Khan University Hospital.
- “Geospatial Distribution and Environmental Determinants Affecting Malnutrition among Under 5 Children in Ghana and Kenya”
- Marie Immaculee Dusingize, UGHE, Burera-Butaro, Rwanda.
- “Exploring the Infection Prevention and Control Measures Taken by Traditional Healers in Rwanda Partnerships”
- Sydney Bertram, Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC, USA.
- “Early Use of Professional Interpreters Improves Trauma Outcomes: Results of a Single-Center Retrospective Study“
- Fahmida Rashid, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA.
- “Neuro-epidemiology Training Programs for Early and Mid-Career Researchers in Bangladesh”