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Meet the Team

At UGHE, our staff and faculty come from diverse backgrounds, united by a shared commitment to advancing equity in health education. Guided by our core values of accompaniment, commitment, integrity, and humility, we work tirelessly to promote social justice and support those in need. We strive to listen, learn, and collaborate, fostering an environment of academic integrity and intellectual curiosity.

Oluwaseun Ojomo, MBBS, MSPH, MSc

Project Administrator, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program

Abebe Muche, PhD

Head of Anatomy, Basic Medical Sciences

Adeline Mugeni, MD

Deputy Head of Department, Internal Medicine

Adriana Uwamahoro

Administrative Assistant

Alain Patrick Irere Hirwa

E-learning coordinator

Alemayehu Amberbir, MPH, PhD

Chair, Center for Population Health

Alexandre Edgar Murinzi, MD, MSc

Lecturer, Simulations and Skills Track

Amanda Williams

Adjunct Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Indiana Emergency Care

Amedee Ndizeye, BME

Simulation & Immersive Technologies Engineer

Anatole Manzi, PhD, MPhil, MPH

Assistant Professor | Primary Institution: Partners In Health

Andre Ndayambaje

Health Services Coordinator

Ange Gloria Umuhoza

Lecturer

Angela Mutesi

Project Facilitator

Anne Sumner, MD

Assistant Professor | Primary institution: National Institutes of Health

Annet Mukagatsinzi

One Health Outreach Officer

Annie Cibwe

Data Manager

Anselme Shyaka, PhD

Faculty

Anteneh Gadisa Belachew, MD, FACS,FCS

Head of Department of Surgery

Ariane Ndayikeje

Clinical Faculty, Pediatrics

Arlene Nishimwe, MD, MSc

Lecturer

Arlette Bizimana, MD

Medical Doctor (Treating Physician)

Atenchong Ngwibete, PhD, MMW, MPH, RN

Nursing Programs Manager

Augustine Ndaimani, RN, PhD

Chair, Centre for Nursing and Midwifery

Barnabas Alayande, MBBS, PgDTh, MBA, FMCS

Co-Chair of the Center for Equity in Global Surgery

Belise Kaneza

Laboratory Assistant

Bella Santhiana Izere

Lecturer

Biniam Ewnte, PhD

Deputy Head of Department, Surgery

Birhanu Abera Ayana, PhD

Deputy head in the Department of OBGYN

Callixte Cyuzuzo, Msc, MPH

Research Assistant

Carole B. Segal

Board Member, UGHE; President of the Segal Family Foundation

Catherine Uwimana, MSc, RN

Lecturer

Celine Joyeuse Mbabazi

Administrative Assistant

Chandler Villaverde, MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor | Primary institution: University of Washington

Chany Uwase

Coordinator, One Health

Charif Niyiragira

Administrative Assistant

Charlene Tuyishime, MBA

Coordinator, Innovation Centre

Charles Okot Odongo

Deputy Chair, Basic Medical Sciences

Chester Kalinda, PhD

Faculty, EBGHD

Christian Rwakirenga, MD

Lecturer, Simulations and Skills Track

Christophe Mumaragishyika

Administrative Assistant

Christopher C. Moore, MD

Associate Professor | Primary institution: University of Virginia

Christopher Calahan, MD, MPH

Deputy Chair

Claudine Sugira

Manager, Academic Partnerships and The Paul Farmer Collaborative

Cyprien Shyirambere, MD

Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics, Department of Clinical Medicine

Daniel Maweu, MSN, MPH, RN

Clinical Nursing Education Specialist

Daniel Seifu Melka, PhD

Dean of Research, Innovation, and Quality; Director of IGHER

Darius Bazimya, MA

Manager, Palliative Care Program

Darlene Bigirumwami, MD

Lecturer

Deborah Umucyo

Coordinator, Centre for Gender Equity

Denis Regnier, PhD

Associate Professor in Anthropology & Lead Faculty for Global Health Equity and Social Medicine, Institute of Global Health

Dennis Hirwe

Senior Projects Manager

Deogratias Ruhangaza, MD, MMed (Path)

Assistant Professor, Pathology

Derbew Fikadu Berhe, PhD

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Dhammika Atapattu

Professor | Primary institution: California University of Science and Medicine

Divine Iradukunda

Administrative Assistant

Dr. Placide Sesonga

Clerkship and Internship Coordinator

Dr. Zelalem Mengistu

Head of Department OBGYN

Eden Abate

Lecturer

Elysee Nzashimimana

Communications, Marketing & Public Relations Coordinator

Emily Wroe, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Partners in Health

Emmanuel Manirakiza, MD

Adjunct Faculty | Primary institution: King Faisal Hospital

Emmanuel Ngwakongnwi, PhD

Head of Research Projects and Trainings

Ephrem Daniel Sheferaw

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Equlinet Misganaw Amare

Faculty, Health Professional Education Program

Eric Twizeyimana

Research Assistant

Esther Gaga Mukampabuka, MSc

Administrative Assistant

Esther Ntiyaduhanye

Coordinator, One Health

Ezechiel Bizimana

Laboratory Assistant

Falida Mutoniwase

Coordinator, Health Professional Education Program

Fintirimam Yakubu Sambo Donga

Research Associate

Fred Mugabo, MD

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

Frederick Sarfo, PhD

Head of Biochemistry

Gabriel Makiriro, MD

Lecturer

Gebreselassie Agazi Fitsum, MD, MSc

Program Manager, Kikundi Community of Practice

Georges Bucyibaruta

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, iPrOTeCT

Giuseppe James Raviola, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Harvard Medical School

Gloria Ufitinema

Career & Alumni Coordinator

Gordon Green

Professor | Primary institution: California University of Science and Medicine

Harmut Schmit

Associate Professor

Helen Ewing, DHSc, MN, RN

Senior Faculty, Center for Nursing and Midwifery

Hiba Abuelgasim, PhD

Chair, Education Development and Quality Center

Honorable Sabin Nsanzimana, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCP

Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Ministry of Health, Rwanda

Honorable Tharcisse Mpunga, MD, MSc

Lecturer | Primary institution: Kigali University Teaching Hospital (CHUK)

Ibrahim Olayinka

Deputy Head of Department, Pediatrics

Irenee Nshimiyimana

Laboratory Assistant

Janna Schurer, PhD

Associate Professor, One Health

Jean Baptiste Niyibizi, MSc

Head, Basic Sciences Laboratory

Jean Baptiste Ukwizabigira, MA, PMP

Lecturer, Practicum

Jean Claude Sabato

Recruitment, Gender & Inclusion Coordinator

Jean Paul Majyambere, MD

Assistant Professor, Surgery

Jean Paul Ndayizeye, MD

Lecturer

Jean Pierre Akingeneye

Administrative Assistant

Jim Yong Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

Chancellor, UGHE; Co-Founder, Partners In Health

Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD

Chancellor, UGHE; Co-Founder, Partners In Health

Joe Rhatigan, MD

Adjunct Professor | Primary institution: Harvard Medical School

Joel M. Mubiligi, MD

Assistant Professor, Chief Innovation & Growth Planning Officer, Partners In Health

Joelly Mafurebo, MD

Lecturer

Jonathan Abayo

Lecturer

Joseph Kalibbala, MSc

Lecturer

Joseph Rhatigan, MD

Chair of the Board, UGHE; Associate Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Director of the Hiatt Global Health Equity Residency Program.

Jovial Thomas Ntawukuliryayo

Research Governance Coordinator

Kaveh Khoshnood, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor | Primary institution: Yale University, School of Public Health

Kelly Mutoni, MD, MSc

Lecturer

Kelsey Ripp, MD

Assistant Professor, Lead of the Point of Care Ultrasound Curriculum

Kwizera Emmanuel

Administrative Assistant

Lesley King

Board Member, UGHE; Board Member, Partners In Health

Leslie Kanyana

Coordinator, Elentra and Digital Resources

Lilian Nantume

Project Coordinator

Lisa Hirshhorn, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School

Louis Mujyuwishi, MD, MMED, Pediatrician

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Madhu Varma

Assistant Professor | Primary institution: California University of Science and Medicine

Maria Albin Qambayo, PhD

Faculty for Leadership Course

Marie Jeanne Akimanizanye

Administrative Assistant

Marie Josee Dukuzimana

Research Assistant

Michael Boah, MPH, PhD

Research Scientist

Michee Nshimayesu, MPH

Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant

Mireille Umutesi

Program Manager

Mulugeta Tenna Wolde

Faculty, MGHD

Nadine Karema

Board Member, UGHE; Executive Director, Partners In Health in Rwanda

Nadine Mugisha

Research Assistant

Natalie McCall, MD, MPH

Chair of Division of Clinical Medicine

Natnael Shimelash, MD, MSc

Head, East Africa Biodesign Fellowship Program

Nicaise Nsabimana, MD

Assistant Professor, Oncology

Nicole Kanyana, MD

Lecturer

Oda Munyura, MD

Research Associate

Odette Nishimwe

Research Assistant

Olana Wakoya Gichile, MD, MSc

Lecturer and Medical Education Coordinator

Olive Dushimimana

Quality Assurance and Monitoring Assistant

Olutayo Ajayi, PhD

Head of Physiology

Ophelia Dahl

Board Member, UGHE; Co-Founder and Board Member, Partners In Health

Ornella Masimbi, MD, MSc

Manager, Simulation and Skills Center

Oscar Nsanzimana

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Othniel Nimbabazi, MSc

Partnerships and Development Coordinator

Pacifique Ufitinema, MD

Coordinator, One Health

Pascal Bihizimana, MD

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

Patrick Orikiriza, PhD

Chair, Basic Medical Science

Paul Farmer, MD, PhD (1959-2022)

Visionary Founder, and First Chancellor

Paul Otiku, MPH

Lecturer- Evidence Based Global Health Delivery

Paulin Basinga, MD, PhD

Board Member, UGHE; Africa Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Peter Weinstock, MD, MPH

Chair, Centre for Transformative Learning Technologies

Phaedra Deidre, PhD

Director, One Health

Philip Cotton OBE MD FRCGP IntFRSE

Vice Chancellor, UGHE

Phuoc Le, MD, MPH

Associate Professor | Primary institution: University of California: Berkeley

Phyllis Uwase Kabano, MSc

Administrative Assistant

Pierrette Ngutete Mukundwa, MD, MSc

Lecturer

Prince Murindwa, MSc

Lecturer, Principles of Global health Equity

Prince Rwagasore

Research Associate, COHERS

Rahel Gebre

Professor, Head, Department of Ob/Gyn

Rashidah Nambazira

Lecturer

Rex Wong, DPT, MPH, MS

Director, Bill and Joyce Cummings Institute of Global Health

Robert Ojiambo, PhD

Assistant Professor, Chair, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Head of Physiology

Robert Riviello, MD, MPH

Professor | Primary institution: Harvard Medical School

Robert Riviello, MD, MPH

Co-chair & Adjunct Professor

Roselyne Niyigena

Academic Partnerships Assistant

Rosine Musafiri

Executive Assistant

Roy Nobhojit, PhD

Chair, Centre for Leadership in Global Health

Royhaan Folarin

Assistant Professor, Anatomy

Ruth Uwase

Project Coordinator, COHERS

Sage Marie Consolatrice Ishimwe, MD, MPH

Lecturer

Sandrine Umutoni

Administrative Assistant

Shannon Marika Borrel

Program Manager for Content Development and Resilient Health Systems

Sharon Omondi

Project Facilitator

Sheila Davis, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN

Board Member, UGHE; CEO, Partners In Health

Shivon Byamukama, PhD

Deputy Vice Chancellor for Administrative and Financial Affairs, UGHE

Simon Pierre Bigirimana, MD

Lecturer

Solomon Nega Techane, MD

Head of Department of Internal Medicine

Straton Habumuremyi, MBA

Administrative Assistant

Tambo Ernest, PhD

Grants Writer

Tayechalem Girma, PhD

Director, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program

Tefera Tadesse Jimma, PhD

Health professions Education Specialist

Torsten Schoneberg

Professor | Primary institution: University of Leipzig

Tsion Yohannes

Chair, Centre for Gender Equitys

Ursin Bayisenge, MD, MSc, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Valentine Nyirahabimana

AdminIstrative Assistant

Vivian Keza

Administrative Assistant

Yves Ndayambaje

Administrative Assistant

Zahir Kanjee

Adjunct Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Harvard Medical School

Ziad Khatib

Associate Professor | Primary institution: Austrian Agency for Health and Food Security

Zohray Talib, MD

Professor, Head, Department of Internal Medicine

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Meet the Team

Oluwaseun Ojomo, MBBS, MSPH, MSc

Abebe Muche, PhD

Adeline Mugeni, MD

Adriana Uwamahoro

Aimable Uwimana

Akiiki Florence Bitalabeho, PhD

Alain Patrick Irere Hirwa

Alemayehu Amberbir, MPH, PhD

Alexandre Edgar Murinzi, MD, MSc

Amanda Williams

Amedee Ndizeye, BME

Anatole Manzi, PhD, MPhil, MPH

Andre Ndayambaje

Ange Gloria Umuhoza

Angela Mutesi

Anne Sumner, MD

Annet Mukagatsinzi

Annie Cibwe

Anselme Shyaka, PhD

Anteneh Gadisa Belachew, MD, FACS,FCS

Anthony Kiuna

Ariane Ndayikeje

Arlene Nishimwe, MD, MSc

Arlette Bizimana, MD

Atenchong Ngwibete, PhD, MMW, MPH, RN

Augustine Ndaimani, RN, PhD

Barnabas Alayande, MBBS, PgDTh, MBA, FMCS

Belise Kaneza

Bella Santhiana Izere

Biniam Ewnte, PhD

Birhanu Abera Ayana, PhD

Callixte Cyuzuzo, Msc, MPH

Carole B. Segal

Catherine Uwimana, MSc, RN

Celine Joyeuse Mbabazi

Chandler Villaverde, MD

Chany Uwase

Charif Niyiragira

Charlene Tuyishime, MBA

Charles Okot Odongo

Chester Kalinda, PhD

Christian Rwakirenga, MD

Christophe Mumaragishyika

Christopher C. Moore, MD

Christopher Calahan, MD, MPH

Claudine Sugira

Cyprien Shyirambere, MD

Daniel Maweu, MSN, MPH, RN

Daniel Seifu Melka, PhD

Darius Bazimya, MA

Darlene Bigirumwami, MD

Deborah Umucyo

Denis Regnier, PhD

Dennis Hirwe

Denys Ndangurura, RN, MPH

Deogratias Ruhangaza, MD, MMed (Path)

Derbew Fikadu Berhe, PhD

Dhammika Atapattu

Divine Iradukunda

Dr. Placide Sesonga

Dr. Zelalem Mengistu

Eden Abate

Elysee Nzashimimana

Emily Wroe, MD, MPH

Emmanuel Manirakiza, MD

Emmanuel Ngwakongnwi, PhD

Ephrem Daniel Sheferaw

Equlinet Misganaw Amare

Eric Twizeyimana