International Advisory Board | Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health

Partner	Region	Department
Megan Amerson-Brown, Ph.D. Assistant Professor; MHIGH Associate Scientist mamersonbrown@uabmc.edu	Portugal	Department of Pathology, Division of Laboratory Medicine
Beth Barstow, Ph.D. Professor; Program Director, Graduate Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation bbarstow@uab.edu	South Africa	Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions
Lori Brand-Bateman, Ph.D., RD Associate Professor loribateman@uabmc.edu	Egypt	Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine
Samuel (Luke) Burleson, M.D. Associate Professor sburles3@uab.edu	Kenya	Department of Emergency Medicine
Waldemar "Wally" Carlo, M.D. Distinguished Professor MHIGH Senior Scientist wacarlo@uab.edu	Zambia	Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
James (Cameron) Crosby, M.D. Associate Professor jcrosby@uabmc.edu	Asia, East Africa, Kenya, South America	Department of Emergency Medicine
Jorge De La Torre, M.D., MSHA Professor; Division Director jdelatorre@uabmc.edu	Central America	Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery
Jodie Dionne, M.D., MSPH Associate Professor jdionne@uabmc.edu	Cameroon, Zambia	Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Ellen Eaton, M.D. Professor eeaton@uabmc.edu	Zambia	Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Victor Garcia-Martinez, Ph.D. Professor and Chair MHIGH Senior Scientist jvgarcia@uab.edu	South Africa, Zambia	Department of Microbiology
Hassan Ghomrawi, Ph.D., MPH Professor; Vice Chair of Research and Innovation MHIGH Senior Scientist hghomrawi@uabmc.edu	Ghana	Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Christopher Greene, M.D., MPH Associate Professor cgree008@uab.edu	Kenya, Peru	Department of Emergency Medicine
Lily Gutnik, M.D., MPH Assistant Professor; Associate Vice Chair, Global Surgery MHIGH Associate Scientist lgutnik@uabmc.edu	Subsaharan Africa	Department of Surgery, Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery
Renee Heffron, Ph.D., MPH Professor MHIGH Senior Scientist rheffron@uw.edu	Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe	Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Matthew Heimann, M.D. Associate Professor MHIGH Scientist mheimann@uabmc.edu	Kenya, Peru	Department of Emergency Medicine
Anna Helova, Dr.PH., MA, MBA Assistant Professor; Deputy Director, Sparkman Center for Global Health ahelova@uab.edu	Central Europe, East Africa, Zambia	Department of Health Policy and Organization, School of Public Health
German Henostroza, M.D. Professor; Director, W. C. Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine germanh@uab.edu	Peru	Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Meghan Hofto, M.D., MPH, DTMH Associate Professor MHIGH Scientist mhofto@uab.edu	Zambia	Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Warner Huh, M.D. Professor; Department Chair whuh@uab.edu	Cameroon	Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Gavin Jenkins, Ph.D. Associate Professor; Department Chair jenkinsg@uab.edu	South Africa	Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions
James Johnston, M.D. Professor MHIGH Senior Scientist james.johnston@childrensal.org	Vietnam	Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Adrienne Lahti, Ph.D. Professor and Chair MHIGH Senior Scientist alahti@uabmc.edu	Brazil, Europe	Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
Matthew Larrison, M.D. Professor MHIGH Senior Scientist mlarrison@uabmc.edu	Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya	Department of Radiology, Musculoskeletal Imaging
Sixto Leal, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor; Division Director smleal@uabmc.edu	Syria	Department of Pathology, Division of Laboratory Medicine
Albert Manasyan, M.D. Associate Professor MHIGH Scientist albert.manasyan@cidrz.org	Zambia	Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
Simon Manga, Ph.D. Assistant Professor MHIGH Associate Scientist smanga@uab.edu	Cameroon	Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Carolyn Bolton Moore, M.D. Associate Professor carolynmoore@uabmc.edu	South Africa, Zambia	Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Douglas Morgan, M.D., MPH Professor MHIGH Senior Scientist morgandr@uab.edu	Central America	Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Christina Ann Muzny, M.D. Professor cmuzny@uab.edu	South Africa	Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Jill Neely, M.D. Clinical Associate Professor djaragon@uab.edu	Nicaragua, Peru	Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
Dalton Norwood, M.D. Assistant Professor norwoodd@uab.edu	Central America	Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine and Population Science
Stephen Obaro, M.D., MPH Professor MHIGH Senior Scientist sobaro@uabmc.edu	Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya, Malawi	Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric - Infectious Disease
Edward Partridge, M.D. Professor Emeritus edpartridge@uab.edu	Sri Lanka	O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Rena Patel, M.D., MPH, MPhil Associate Professor MHIGH Scientist renapatel@uabmc.edu	Kenya, South Africa, Botswana	Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Rubin Pillay, M.D., Ph.D. Professor; Executive Director, Marnix E. Heersink Institute of Biomedical Innovation rpillay@uabmc.edu	South Africa	Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine and Population Science
Brandon Rocque, M.D. Professor brandon.rocque@childrensal.org	Vietnam	Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Michael Saag, M.D. Professor msaag@uabmc.edu	Zambia	Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Isabel Scarinci, Ph.D., MPH Professor; Vice Chair, Global and Rural Health scarinci@uab.edu	Brazil, Cameroon, Central America (CA4), Columbia, Sri Lanka	Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center; Sparkman Center for Global Health, School of Public Health
David Schwebel, Ph.D. University Professor schwebel@uab.edu	Uganda	Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Erin Shufflebarger, M.D. Assistant Professor eshuffle@uab.edu	Kenya	Department of Emergency Medicine
Adrie Steyn, Ph.D. Professor MHIGH Senior Scientist adrie.steyn@ahri.org	South Africa	Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Akila Subramaniam, M.D. Professor; Division Director asubramaniam@uabmc.edu	Mali	Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Nora Switchenko, M.D. Clinical Assistant Professor nswitchenko@uabmc.edu	Egypt	Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
Jeffery Szychowski, Ph.D. Professor; Department Chair jszychow@uab.edu	Cameroon	Department of Biostatistics; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Alan Tita, M.D., Ph.D. Professor; Associate Dean, Global and Women’s Health; Director, Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health MHIGH Senior Scientist atita@uabmc.edu	Cameroon, Subsaharan Africa	Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Tatiana Torres, Ph.D. Program Director II ttorres@uab.edu	Central America	Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Janet Turan, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus jmturan@uab.edu	Egypt, Eritrea, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria, Turkey, Zambia, Zimbabwe	Department of Health Policy and Organization, School of Public Health
Barbara Van Der Pol, Ph.D. Professor bvanderpol@uabmc.edu	Carribbean, Subsaharan Africa	Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Michael Vinikoor, M.D. Professor MHIGH Senior Scientist mjv3@uab.edu	Malawi, Zambia	Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Eric Wallace, M.D. Professor MHIGH Senior Scientist elwallace@uabmc.edu	Central and South America	Department of Medicine
Emily Wong, M.D. Associate Professor MHIGH Scientist ewong@uabmc.edu	South Africa	Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Majd Zayzafoon, M.D., Ph.D., MBA Professor; Associate Dean, International Medical Education MHIGH Senior Scientist mzayzafoon@uab.edu	Central America, China, Middle East, Taiwan	International Medical Education