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Meet the Team

Welcome to UGHE’s Staff Directory, a showcase of the passionate professionals advancing our mission. Here, you’ll find the dedicated faculty, researchers, and staff who make up UGHE community. With diverse expertise and a shared commitment, they are united in transforming global health through education, equity, and excellence

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Abebe Bekele, MD, FCS (ECSA), FACS

Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Professor of Surgery

Abebe Bekele, MD, FCS (ECSA), FACS

Co-chair, Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Professor of Surgery

Abebe Bekele, MD, FCS, FACS

Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research, UGHE

Abebe Muche, PhD

Associate Professor and Head of Human Anatomy

Alemayehu Amberbir, MPH, PhD

Chair, Center for Population Health

Amanda Williams

Adjunct Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Indiana Emergency Care

Anatole Manzi, PhD, MPhil, MPH

Assistant Professor | Primary Institution: Partners In Health

Anne Sumner, MD

Assistant Professor | Primary institution: National Institutes of Health

Arlene Nishimwe, MD, MSc

Lecturer

Barnabas Alayande, MBBS, PgDTh, MBA, FMCS

Assistant Professor

Barnabas Alayande, MD

Assistant Professor

Carole B. Segal

Board Member, UGHE; President of the Segal Family Foundation

Chandler Villaverde, MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor | Primary institution: University of Washington

Charlene Tuyishime, MBA

Coordinator

Charles Okot Odongo

Assistant Professor, Head of the Department of Pharmacology

Chester Kalinda, PhD

Assistant Professor

Christopher C. Moore, MD

Associate Professor | Primary institution: University of Virginia

Cyprien Shyirambere, MD

Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics, Department of Clinical Medicine

Daniel Seifu Melka, PhD

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

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

Emily Wroe, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Partners in Health

Emmanuel Manirakiza, MD

Adjunct Faculty | Primary institution: King Faisal Hospital

Fred Mugabo, MD

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

Giuseppe James Raviola, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor | Primary institution: Harvard Medical School

Gordon Green

Professor | Primary institution: California University of Science and Medicine

Harmut Schmit

Associate Professor

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)

Jean Baptiste Niyibizi, MSc

Lecturer, Laboratory

Jean Baptiste Ukwizabigira, MA, PMP

Lecturer

Jean Paul Majyambere, MD

Assistant Professor, Surgery

Jean Paul Ndayizeye, MD

Lecturer

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

John Doe

Director of Medicine

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.

Kaveh Khoshnood, MPH, PhD

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

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

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

Assistant Professor

Michael Boah

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center For Population Health, IGHER

Nadine Karema

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

Natalie McCall, MD

Associate Professor, Chair of the Division of Clinical Medicine

Natnael Shimelash, MD, MSc

Head, East Africa Biodesign Fellowship

Nicaise Nsabimana, MD

Assistant Professor, Oncology

Nicole Kanyana, MD

Lecturer

Olana Wakoya Gichile, MD, MSc

Lecturer and Medical Education Coordinator

Ophelia Dahl

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

Oscar Nsanzimana

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Pascal Bihizimana, MD

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine

Patrick Orikiriza, PhD

Assistant Professor, Head of the Department of Microbiology

Paul Farmer, MD, PhD (1959-2022)

Visionary Founder, and First Chancellor

Paul Otiku, MPH

Lecturer

Paulin Basinga, MD, PhD

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

Philip Cotton OBE MD FRCGP IntFRSE

Vice Chancellor, UGHE

Phuoc Le, MD, MPH

Associate Professor | Primary institution: University of California: Berkeley

Pierrette Ngutete Mukundwa, MD, MSc

Lecturer

Prince Murindwa, MSc

Lecturer

Rahel Gebre

Professor, Head, Department of Ob/Gyn

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

Co-chair & Adjunct Professor

Robert Riviello, MD, MPH

Professor | Primary institution: Harvard Medical School

Sage Marie Consolatrice Ishimwe, MD, MPH

Lecturer

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

Straton Habumuremyi, MBA

Administrative Assistant

Torsten Schoneberg

Professor | Primary institution: University of Leipzig

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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