Global Health Initiative

Global Health Affiliated Faculty

Global Health Affiliated Faculty within the Division of Biology and Medicine

Ruhul Abid, MD, PhD

Ruhul_Abid@Brown.edu

Research Profile

Research Interests Healthcare for Refugees and migrants, Chronic disease management using portable electronic health record system in resource-limited areas, Global cardiovascular health, Implementation science, Course and Curriculum development for global health

Countries Bangladesh, India, Saudi Arabia

Department Bio-Med Surgery
Adam Aluisio, MD

adam.aluisio@gmail.com

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Research Interests Global Health, Acute care medicine, Implementation science

Countries Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda

Department Bio-Med Emergency Medicine
Siraj Amanullah, MD, MPH

siraj_amanullah@brown.edu

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Research Interests Research, Prehospital, Disaster, Injury prevention , Trauma, Disparity, Health systems

Countries United States, Pakistan

Department Bio-Med Emergency Medicine
Odinaka Anyanwu, MD

odinaka.anyanwu@gmail.com

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Research Interests Global health equity, Antiracism, Decolonizing, Social justice, Maternal and Child Health

Countries Kenya, United States, Nigeria, Dominican Republic

Department Bio-Med Family Medicine
Shyamal Asher, MD, MBA

Shyamal_Asher@brown.edu

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Research Interests Anesthesiology

Countries Rwanda, Kenya

Department Anesthesiology
Neishay Ayub, MD

neishay_ayub@brown.edu

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Research Interests Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Global Health, Quality improvement, Epilepsy Surgery

Countries Pakistan, Zambia

Department Bio-Med Neurology
Jeffrey Bailey, MD, PhD

jeffrey_bailey@brown.edu

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Research Interests Infectious disease, Malaria, Epstein barr virus, Genomics, Cancer

Countries Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Cameroon, Uganda, DRC, Ghana, Gabon, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mali

Departments Bio-Med Pathology, Laboratory Medicine
Debasree Banerjee, MD

debasree_banerjee@brown.edu

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Research Interests Clinical exchange, AMPATH consortium

Countries Kenya

Department Bio-Med Medicine
Meagan Barry, MD, PhD

meagan_barry@brown.edu

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Research Interests Schistosomiasis, Maternal and Child Health, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Chagas Disease

Countries Philippines, Kenya, Uganda

Department Bio-Med Emergency Medicine
Tina Burton, MD, MFA

tina_burton@brown.edu

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Research Interests Neurology

Countries United States

Department Bio-Med Neurology
Gerardo Carino, MD, PhD

gcarino@lifespan.org

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Research Interests Critical Care Medical Education, Medical Ethics

Countries Germany, Italy

Department Bio-Med Medicine
Silvia Chiang, MD

silvia_chiang@brown.edu

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Research Interests Tuberculosis, Pediatrics, Adolescent health

Countries Peru, Brazil, Ukraine, South Africa

Department Bio-Med Pediatrics
Susan Cu-Uvin, MD

Susan_Uvin@Brown.edu

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Research Interests HIV, HPV, Cervical cancer, Reproductive health

Countries Bangladesh, Kenya

Departments Bio-Med Obstetrics, Gynecology
Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie, MD

kdapaahafriyie@lifespan.org

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Research Interests Peri-operative management, Inpatient medicine

Countries Ghana

Department Bio-Med Medicine
Alethea Desrosiers, PhD

alethea_desrosiers@brown.edu

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Research Interests Mental health, Vulnerable youth and families, Implementation science, Capacity building

Countries Colombia, Sierra Leone, Ecuador

Departments Bio-Med Psychiatry, Human Behavior
Don Dizon, MD

don_dizon@brown.edu

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Research Interests Oncology, Clinical Trials, Cancer Screening, Cancer Prevention, Survivorship

Countries Georgia, Bangladesh, Philippines

Department Bio-Med Medicine
Craig Eberson, MD

Craig.eberson@gmail.com

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Research Interests Scoliosis, World pediatric project, Silver fellowship

Countries Honduras

Department Bio-Med Orthopedics
Timothy Flanigan, MD

Timothy_Flanigan@Brown.edu

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Research Interests HIV, AIDS, Substance abuse

Countries Ukraine

Department Bio-Med Medicine
Hamish Fraser, MBChB, MSc

hamish_fraser@brown.edu

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Research Interests Health-Informatics, EHR, Data-science, Machine-learning, Evaluation

Countries Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria

Department Center for Biomedical Informatics
Joseph Friedman, MD, MA

Joseph_friedman@brown.edu

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Research Interests Neurology instruction at university teaching hospitals in East Africa and Ghana

Countries Ghana

Department Bio-Med Neurology
Jennifer Friedman, MD, MPH, PhD

Jennifer_Friedman@Brown.edu

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Research Interests Schistosomiasis, NTDs, Maternal Child health, STH

Countries Philippines, Uganda, Brazil

Department Bio-Med Pediatrics
Stephanie Garbern, MD, MPH

stephanie_garbern@brown.edu

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Research Interests Global emergency care, Decolonizing global health, Sepsis, Digital technologies, Machine learning

Countries Bangladesh, Rwanda

Department Bio-Med Emergency Medicine
Meghan Geary, MD

meghan_geary@brown.edu

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Research Interests Adult Refugee Primary Care

Countries United States

Department Bio-Med Medicine
Alicia Genisca, MD

alicia.genisca@brownphysicians.org

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Research Interests Education, Pediatric emergency, Ultrasound, Predictive modeling

Countries Bangladesh, Belize, Nepal

Department Bio-Med Emergency Medicine
Fizza Gillani, PhD

Fizza_Gillani@Brown.edu

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Research Interests Global Health, Public Health, HIV/AIDS Epidemic Education, Epidemic, Electronic Health Records, Medical Informatics, Healthcare Analytics

Countries Pakistan, United States

Department Bio-Med Medicine
Star Hampton, MD

Brittany_Star_Hampton@brown.edu

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Research Interests Obstetric fistula, Surgery, Non-profit work

Countries Rwanda

Department Bio-Med Medical Affairs
Alison Hayward, MD, MPH

alison.hayward@brownphysicians.org

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Research Interests Safe water and sanitation, Obstetric fistula, Community health education, FOAMed, Climate change

Countries Uganda, United States

Department Bio-Med Emergency Medicine
Rami Kantor, MD

rkantor@brown.edu

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Research Interests HIV, Drug resistance, Transmission networks, Treatment monitoring

Countries Kenya, India

Department Bio-Med Graduate Postdoc Affairs
Naz Karim, MD, MPH

nazkarim5@gmail.com

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Research Interests United States: President of Global Emergency Medicine Academy with projects geared towards DEI, Rwandan residency development and sustainability, Director of the Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship, research on epidemiology of injury, teaching the WHO / ICRC Basic Emergency Care course

Countries Rwanda

Department Bio-Med Emergency Medicine
Julia Katarincic, MD

julie_katarincic@brown.edu

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Research Interests Sustainability, Education, Mentoring of in-country trainees

Countries Honduras, Guatemala, Ecuador

Department Bio-Med Orthopedics
Alexis Kearney, MD, MPH

alexis_kearney@brown.edu

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Research Interests Emergency medicine development, Infectious disease, Outbreak response, Healthcare associated infections

Countries Ecuador, United States

Department Bio-Med Emergency Medicine
Ramu Kharel, MD, MPH

ramu_kharel@brown.edu

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Research Interests Emergency Care, Trauma care, Poison Center & Toxicology, Rural Healthcare, Community Health Workers

Countries Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Rwanda

Department Bio-Med Emergency Medicine
Michael Koster, MD

mkoster@lifespan.org

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Research Interests Infection, Pneumonia, Meningitis, Sepsis, Collaborative partnerships

Countries Haiti, Rwanda

Department Bio-Med Pediatrics
Jonathan Kurtis, MD, PhD

Jonathan_Kurtis@Brown.edu

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Research Interests Malaria vaccine, Schistosomiasis vaccine, Drug development

Countries Kenya, Philippines

Departments Bio-Med Pathology, Laboratory Medicine
Carol Lewis, MD, FAAP

carol_lewis@brown.edu

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Research Interests Refugee Health, Medical home, Primary Care, Health equity, Linguistic equity/CLAS

Countries United States

Department Bio-Med Pediatrics
Oriane Longerstaey, MD

oriane_longerstaey@brown.edu

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Research Interests Emergency medicine, Global emergency medicine, Health education

Countries Armenia, Rwanda

Department Bio-Med Emergency Medicine
Kyle Denison Martin, DO, MA, MPH

kyle_martin@brown.edu

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Research Interests Climate change, Infectious disease, Equity, Capacity building, Injury prevention

Countries Rwanda, Haiti, United States

Department Pre-College and Undergraduate Programs
Patrick McGann, MD, MS

patrick_mcgann@brown.edu

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Research Interests Sickle cell, Anemia, Hematology, Iron deficiency, Pediatrics

Countries Angola, Kenya, Ghana

Department Bio-Med Pediatrics
Taro Minami, MD, FACP, FCCP

taro_minami@brown.edu

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Research Interests Point-of-Care Ultrasound POCUS globally, Japan/Brown Student exchange program

Countries Japan, Kenya

Department Bio-Med Medicine
Katelyn Moretti, MD

katelyn_moretti@brown.edu

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Research Interests Climate change, Heat impacts

Countries United States

Department Bio-Med Emergency Medicine
Matthew Murphy, MD

matthew_murphy@brown.edu

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Research Interests Social and Structural Determinants of Health, Disease Prevention

Countries Spain, Mali, Chile

Department Bio-Med Medicine
Nicole Nugent, PhD, MA

Nicole_Nugent@brown.edu

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Research Interests Traumatic stress, Child mental health, Resilience, Biomarkers, Social support

Countries United States

Departments Bio-Med Psychiatry, Human Behavior
Melissa Palma, MD, MPH

melissa_palma@brown.edu

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Research Interests Public Health, Health education, Family medicine, Community based participatory research, Filipino health

Countries United States, Philippines

Department Bio-Med Family Medicine
Hareem Park, MD

hareem_park@brown.edu

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Research Interests Global health education for residents and trainees, Pre-departure training, Building educational curricula

Countries Rwanda, Haiti

Department Bio-Med Pediatrics
Andrea Parker, MD

andfishe@gmail.com

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Research Interests Surgical education, Curriculum development, Surgical residency, COSECSA

Countries Kenya

Department Bio-Med Surgery
Robert Parker, MD

robert_k_parker@brown.edu

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Research Interests Global surgery, Surgical education, Quality improvement, Surgical outcomes, Gastrointestinal disease

Countries Kenya

Department Bio-Med Surgery
Carolyn Pearce, MD, MPH

carolyn_pearce@brown.edu

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Research Interests Family medicine, Point of care ultrasound, Global Health Education

Countries United States, Kenya, Ghana

Department Bio-Med Family Medicine
Tanya Rogo, MD

tanya_rogo@brown.edu

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Research Interests Pediatric global health education, HIV

Countries Rwanda, United States, Kenya

Department Bio-Med Medical Education
Martha Sanchez, MD

martha_sanchez@brown.edu

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Research Interests HIV, Tropical Medicine

Countries Dominican Republic, United States

Department Bio-Med Medicine
Katherine Siddle, PhD

katherine_siddle@brown.edu

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Research Interests Infectious disease, Genomics, Epidemiology, Pathogen evolution

Countries Nigeria, United States, Senegal

Departments Bio Med Psychiatry, Human Behavior
Katherine F. Smith, PhD

Katherine_Smith@brown.edu

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Research Interests Planetary health, Infectious disease ecology, STEM Education

Countries United States

Department Bio-Med Medical Affairs
C. James Sung, MD

jsung@wihri.org

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Research Interests Women's Pathology, GYN Pathology, Breast Pathology, Exchange Program, Visiting Fellowship

Countries Taiwan

Department Bio-Med Medical Education
Daria Szkwarko, DO, MPH

szkwarkd@gmail.com

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Research Interests Tuberculosis prevention, Project ECHO, Point of care ultrasound, Care cascades, Advancing health equity

Countries United States, Kenya

Department Bio-Med Medical Education
Jie Tang, MD, MPH

jie_tang@brown.edu

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Research Interests CKD epidemiology, ESRD care, Kidney transplant

Countries China, Kenya, Ghana

Department Bio-Med Medicine
Karen Tashima, MD

ktashima@lifespan.org

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Research Interests Assisting with the Brown Medical Student exchange with medical schools in Rostock, Germany and Tubingen, Germany

Countries Germany

Department Bio-Med Medicine
Scott Triedman, MD

Scott_Triedman@Brown.edu

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Research Interests Oncology capacity building, Workforce training, Care prioritization, Radiation oncology, Implementation science, Barriers to care access

Countries Rwanda, Haiti, Lesotho, Liberia

Department Bio-Med Radiation Oncology
Methodius Tuuli, MD, MPH, MBA, MA

mtuuli@wihri.org

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Research Interests Global perinatal health, Maternal mortality, Maternal morbidity, Postpartum hemorrhage, Child neurodevelopment

Countries Ghana

Departments Bio-Med Obstetrics, Gynecology
Jennifer Unger, MD, MPH

Jennifer Unger <jennifer_unger@brown.edu

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Research Interests Maternal health, Neonatal health, Digital health, Socio-behavioral interventions, Health systems improvement

Countries Kenya, United States

Departments Bio-Med Obstetrics, Gynecology
Grace Wanjiku, MD, MPH

grace_wanjiku@brown.edu

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Research Interests Point of care ultrasound use in low resource settings

Countries Kenya

Department Bio-Med Emergency Medicine