Leadership

Board of Directors

Paulin Basinga, MD, PhD

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

Ophelia Dahl

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

Sheila Davis, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN

Board Member, UGHE; CEO, Partners In Health

Nadine Karema

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

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

Chancellor, UGHE; Co-Founder, Partners In Health

Lesley King

Board Member, UGHE; Board Chair, Partners In Health

Joseph Rhatigan, MD

Chair of the Board, UGHE; Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Carole B. Segal

Board Member, UGHE; President of the Segal Family Foundation

Omotade (Tade) Akin Aina

Board Member, UGHE; Senior Program Director, Higher Education and Research in Africa, International Program

Fred St Goar, MD

Board Member, UGHE; Fogarty Innovation Vice Chairman

Zahirah McNatt, MHSA, DrPH

Board Member, UGHE; Deputy Commissioner for the Centre for Health Equity and Community Wellness; and Chief Equity Officer at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the Health Department)

Founder

Paul Farmer, MD, PhD (1959-2022)

Visionary Founder, and First Chancellor

Leadership

Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD

Chancellor, UGHE; Co-Founder, Partners In Health

Prof Philip Cotton OBE MD

Vice Chancellor, UGHE

Abebe Bekele, MD, FCS, FACS

Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research, UGHE

Shivon Byamukama, PhD

Deputy Vice Chancellor for Administrative and Financial Affairs, UGHE

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Paulin Basinga, MD, PhD

Ophelia Dahl

Sheila Davis, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN

Nadine Karema

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

Lesley King

Joseph Rhatigan, MD

Carole B. Segal

Omotade (Tade) Akin Aina

Fred St Goar, MD

Zahirah McNatt, MHSA, DrPH

Founder

Paul Farmer, MD, PhD (1959-2022)

Leadership

Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD

Prof Philip Cotton OBE MD

Abebe Bekele, MD, FCS, FACS

Shivon Byamukama, PhD

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