Faculty
School of Medicine
Abebe Bekele, MD, FCS (ECSA), FACS
Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Professor of Surgery
Basic Medical Sciences
Charles Okot Odongo
Assistant Professor, Head of the Department of Pharmacology
Robert Ojiambo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Chair, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Head of Physiology
Patrick Orikiriza, PhD
Assistant Professor, Head of the Department of Microbiology
Abebe Muche, PhD
Associate Professor and Head of Human Anatomy
Deogratias Ruhangaza, MD, MMed (Path)
Assistant Professor, Pathology
Jean Paul Ndayizeye, MD
Lecturer
Arlene Nishimwe, MD, MSc
Lecturer
Nicole Kanyana, MD
Lecturer
Jean Baptiste Niyibizi, MSc
Lecturer, Laboratory
Leslie Kanyana
Coordinator
Clinical Medicine
Natalie McCall, MD
Associate Professor, Chair of the Division of Clinical Medicine
Barnabas Alayande, MD
Assistant Professor
Olana Wakoya Gichile, MD, MSc
Lecturer and Medical Education Coordinator
Zohray Talib, MD
Professor, Head, Department of Internal Medicine
Rahel Gebre
Professor, Head, Department of Ob/Gyn
Cyprien Shyirambere, MD
Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics, Department of Clinical Medicine
Oscar Nsanzimana
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Louis Mujyuwishi, MD, MMED, Pediatrician
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Jean Paul Majyambere, MD
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Pascal Bihizimana, MD
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Fred Mugabo, MD
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Nicaise Nsabimana, MD
Assistant Professor, Oncology
Simon Pierre Bigirimana, MD
Lecturer
Gabriel Makiriro, MD
Lecturer
Dr. Placide Sesonga
Clerkship and Internship Coordinator
Straton Habumuremyi, MBA
Administrative Assistant
Adjuncts
Madhu Varma
Assistant Professor | Primary institution: California University of Science and Medicine
Dhammika Atapattu
Professor | Primary institution: California University of Science and Medicine
Harmut Schmit
Associate Professor
Robert Riviello, MD, MPH
Professor | Primary institution: Harvard Medical School
Torsten Schoneberg
Professor | Primary institution: University of Leipzig
Gordon Green
Professor | Primary institution: California University of Science and Medicine
Anne Sumner, MD
Assistant Professor | Primary institution: National Institutes of Health
Honorable Tharcisse Mpunga, MD, MSc
Lecturer | Primary institution: Kigali University Teaching Hospital (CHUK)
Christopher C. Moore, MD
Associate Professor | Primary institution: University of Virginia
Chandler Villaverde, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor | Primary institution: University of Washington
Zahir Kanjee
Adjunct Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Harvard Medical School
Amanda Williams
Adjunct Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Indiana Emergency Care
Joe Rhatigan, MD
Adjunct Professor | Primary institution: Harvard Medical School
Kelsey Ripp, MD
Assistant Professor, Lead of the Point of Care Ultrasound Curriculum
Giuseppe James Raviola, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Harvard Medical School
Bill and Joyce Cummings Institute of Global Health
Rex Wong, DPT, MPH, MS
Director, Bill and Joyce Cummings Institute of Global Health
Chester Kalinda, PhD
Assistant Professor
Joseph Kalibbala, MSc
Lecturer
Maria Albin Qambayo, PhD
Assistant Professor
Jean Baptiste Ukwizabigira, MA, PMP
Lecturer
Prince Murindwa, MSc
Lecturer
Paul Otiku, MPH
Lecturer
Natnael Shimelash, MD, MSc
Head, East Africa Biodesign Fellowship
Charlene Tuyishime, MBA
Coordinator
Kwizera Emmanuel
Administrative Assistant
Adjuncts
Emily Wroe, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Partners in Health
Phuoc Le, MD, MPH
Associate Professor | Primary institution: University of California: Berkeley
Kaveh Khoshnood, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor | Primary institution: Yale University, School of Public Health
Fredrick Kateera, MD, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Partners in Health
Joel M. Mubiligi, MD
Assistant Professor, Chief Innovation & Growth Planning Officer, Partners In Health
Anatole Manzi, PhD, MPhil, MPH
Assistant Professor | Primary Institution: Partners In Health
Lisa Hirshhorn, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School
Honorable Sabin Nsanzimana, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCP
Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Ministry of Health, Rwanda
Emmanuel Manirakiza, MD
Adjunct Faculty | Primary institution: King Faisal Hospital
Ziad Khatib
Associate Professor | Primary institution: Austrian Agency for Health and Food Security
Institute of Global Health Equity Research (IGHER)
Daniel Seifu Melka, PhD
Dean of Research, Innovation, and Quality; Acting Director of IGHER
Alemayehu Amberbir, MPH, PhD
Chair, Center for Population Health
Emmanuel Ngwakongwi, MPH, PhD
Head, Research Projects and Training
Sage Marie Consolatrice Ishimwe, MD, MPH
Lecturer
Michael Boah
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center For Population Health, IGHER
Centre for Equity in Global Surgery (CEGS)
Abebe Bekele, MD, FCS (ECSA), FACS
Co-chair, Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Professor of Surgery
Robert Riviello, MD, MPH
Co-chair & Adjunct Professor
Barnabas Alayande, MBBS, PgDTh, MBA, FMCS
Assistant Professor
Derbew Fikadu Berhe, PhD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Pierrette Ngutete Mukundwa, MD, MSc
Lecturer
Divine Iradukunda
Administrative Assistant
Educational Development and Quality Centre
Hiba Abuelgasim Fadlelmoula Abdelrahman, PhD, MPH, MBBS
Chair, Educational Development and Quality Centre (EDQC)
Anthony Kiuna
Lecturer, Academic Librarian
Falida Umutoniwase
Administrative Coordinator
Alain Patrick Irere Hirwa
Instructional Technologist Assistant, e-Learning
Centre for One Health
Phaedra Henley, PhD, MES, BMSc
Chair, Assistant Professor, Center for One Health
Janna Schurer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Anselme Shyaka,DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ursin Bayisenge, MD, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Agazi Gebreselassie, MD, MSc
Lecturer
Pacifique Ufitinema,MD, MSc
One Health Coordinator
Uwase Zihiga Ruth, MSc
COHERS Project Coordinator
Leila Dusabe
Research Assistant
Chany Uwase
Administrative Coordinator
Adriana Uwamahoro Ineza
Administrative Assistant
Adjuncts
Martin Ntawubizi
Assistant Professor | Primary institution: University of Rwanda School of Veterinary Medicine
Julius Nziza
Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Gorilla Doctors
Kelsey Ripp, MD
Assistant Professor | Primary institution: University of Washington
Community Health and Social Medicine
Florence Akiiki Bitalabeho, MD
Assistant Professor, Head, Department of Community Health and Social Medicine
Sandra Isano, MSc
Lecturer
Denys Ndangurura, MPH, RN
Lecturer
Grace Iliza Ndatinya, MSc
Lecturer
Aimable Uwimana, MSc
Lecturer
Adjunct
Thomas Albert Ndayisaba
Lecturer | Primary Institution: Partners in Health
Centre for Nursing and Midwifery
Augustine Ndaimani, RN, BScNS (Hons), MScNS, PhD
Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Centre for Nursing and Midwifery
Catherine Uwimana, RN, BScNS (Hons), MScNS
Lecturer
Phillisters Ariko
Lecturer
Esther Gaga
Administrative Assistant
The Centre for Leadership in Global Health Equity
Nobhojit Roy, MD, PhD
Chair of the Center for Leadership in Global Health
Mireille Umutesi
Program Manager
Ernest Tambo, PhD
Implementation Research Scientist
Ange Gloria Umuhoza
Curriculum and Content Faculty
Michee Nshimayesu
M&E Assistant
Vivian Keza
Admin Assistant
Centre for Gender Equity
Tsion Yohannes
Lecturer, Chair, Center for Gender Equity
Tayechalem Moges Girma, MA, LLM, PhD
Assistant Professor
Rashidah Nambaziira, MSc
Lecturer
Deborah Umucyo
Coordinator
Christophe Habimana
Admin Assistant
Centre for Transformative Learning Technologies (CTLT)
Peter Weinstock, MD, PhD
Chair
Christopher Calahan, MD, MPH
Deputy Chair
Ornella Masimbi, MD, MSc
Lecturer and Manager of the Simulation Centre
Humanities and Social Sciences
Denis Regnier, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor, Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthony Kiuna
Lecturer
Mpinga Rwabuhihi
Academic Admin Assistant
Adjuncts
Matthew Basilico, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Harvard University
Eugene Richardson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Harvard University