The CUGH Speakers Bureau contains a list of speakers institutions may wish to contact if they are seeking subject matter experts to speak on a particular topic.
Speakers have been vetted by the CUGH Research Committee. CUGH does not offer honorariums or travel reimbursement for members of the Speakers Bureau. Institutions requesting a particular speaker must engage that speaker directly to make the appropriate arrangements.
| Speaker Name | Institution | Topic(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Adams | US Agency for International Development | |
| Mary Altpeter | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | |
| Mark Ansermino | University of British Columbia | mHealth |
| Clare Barrington | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Latino health/migration, HIV, Sex workers & their partners, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Qualitative methods, Social networks, MSM, Transgender women |
| Margaret Bentley | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | |
| Timothy Brewer | University of California, Los Angeles | |
| Pierre Buekens | Tulane University | |
| Benjamin Chi | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Global women’s health, Ob/Gyn, Zambia, Malawi, PMTCT |
| Myron Cohen | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | HIV/AIDS, Treatment as Prevention, Malawi, China |
| Joseph Daniels | Charles Drew University of Medicine And Science | Global LGBT health |
| Kristie Ebi | University of Washington | Climate Change and Global Health |
| Wafaa El-Sadr | Columbia University | |
| William Fischer | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Ebola, Infectious Disease, Critical Care, Liberia |
| Abraham Flaxman | University of Washington | Global Burden of Disease – Methodology |
| Yvonne Flores | University of California, Los Angeles | Liver disease among Mexicans in US & Mexico, HPV & cervical cancer in US & Mexico, Mexican healthcare system, Health care issues that affect Mexicans and other Latinos |
| Pierre Fournier | University of Montreal | |
| Patricia Garcia | Cayetano Heredia University | |
| David Gere | University of California, Los Angeles | Art & Global Health, Sexual Health Education |
| Nancy Glass | Johns Hopkins University | Violence against women & girls, Intimate partner violence, Housing & public policy -> well-being of women and children, Health disparities, Social determinants of health |
| Vivian Go | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | HIV/AIDS, Injection Drug Users/HIV, Prevention, Vietnam, Implementation Science |
| Lawrence Gostin | Georgetown University | Global health law |
| Liz Grant | University of Edinburgh | |
| Jim Herrington | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Counterfeit medicines, Malaria, Global Experience, NIH, CDC |
| Michelle Holm | Mayo Clinic | Global Health Pharmacy, initiating partnerships, sustainable educational initiatives, Haiti |
| King Holmes | University of Washington | |
| Vikas Kapil | Centers for Disease Control | |
| Jay Keasling | University of California, Berkeley | |
| Leeka Kheifets | University of California, Los Angeles | Mobile Phones, EMF, Power lines, Airport security, Mmwave technology, Smart meters |
| Robert Kim-Farley | University of California, Los Angeles | Communicable disease control, Epidemiology |
| Michael Kramer | McGill University | Prematurity, LBW, Baby-friendly hospitals |
| Ann Kurth | Yale University | |
| Charles Larson | Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) | |
| James Macinko | University of California, Los Angeles | Health systems, Primary care, Health policy in Latin America |
| Suzanne Maman | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Domestic violence prevention, VCT/HIV, Tanzania, South Africa |
| Shannon Marquez | The Columbia University Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement | |
| Keith Martin | Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) | |
| Kelly McQueen | University of Wisconsin | Global surgery/anesthesia deficit |
| Steve Meshnik | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Malaria, Vector-borne diseases, DRC, Malawi |
| Aydogan Ozcan | University of California, Los Angeles | Mobile phone based medical imaging, sensing and diagnostics, Educational games for medical diagnosis |
| Madhukar Pai | McGill University | Tuberculosis, Global Health Diagnostics, Quality of healthcare in India, Access to diagnostic technologies |
| Clare Pain | University of Toronto | Global Mental Health |
| Audrey Pettifor | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Sexual risk, STI/HIV prevention, Social epidemiology, South Africa, SSA |
| Peter Piot | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | Infectious Disease |
| Thomas Quinn | Johns Hopkins University | |
| Rohit Ramaswamy | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Implementation Science, Human-centered design, Monitoring and evalutation, Ghana, India, Quality improvement |
| Anne Rimoin | University of California, Los Angeles | Infectious Disease, Monkey Pox, Ebola |
| Jonathan Ripp | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Capacity building in GH programs |
| Sharon Rudy | USAID Global Health Fellows Program II, Public Health Institute | The business of global health, Program management, What it takes to be successful in global health, Key competencies in global health careers, What employers think about the academic preparation of global health professionals, Career planning, How to work with USAID |
| Jenny Samaan | Association of American Medical Colleges | Global Health electives for medical students, Cross-cultural preparation for study abroad, International student mobility, Developing and maintaining international partnerships, The role of culture in international networks, Collaborating across cultures, Internationalization at Host Institutions |
| Nelson Sewankambo | ||
| Kenneth Sherr | University of Washington | Implementation Science and Global Health |
| Jeremy Shiffman | American University | Agenda-setting in health policy, Health policy process, Global governance of health |
| Ilene Speizer | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Reproductive health, Family planning, Monitoring and evalutation, Nigeria, India, Senegal, Kenya |
| Jeffrey Stringer | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Global women’s health, Ob/Gyn, Zambia, Malawi, PMTCT |
| Jay Swaminathan | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Global Supply chain, Logistics, China, India, Kenya |
| Elizabeth Wiley | Johns Hopkins University | Trade and Health, Global Health Governance |
| Muhammad Zaman | Boston University | |
| Stanley Zlotkin | University of Toronto | Micronutrient powders |
Emerging Speakers
| Speaker Name | Institution | Topic(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Marie Lina Excellent | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health, Health Equity, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) |
| Nathan Lo | UCSF | Implementation of Health Technologies, Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases – Focus on Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Grégoire Lurton | University of Washington | Health Information Systems, Global Health Metrics, Implementation Science |
| Edema Ojomo | McKinsey & Company | Enabling Environments, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WaSH) technologies and systems, Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation of WaSH systems, Household water treatment and safe storage, Water Safety Plans, Governance in the Water Sector |
| Sebastian Bernardo Shu Yip | Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia | Global Surgery, Epidemiologic Studies, General Surgery |