Leadership Team

The Global Health Work Group (GHWG) Leadership Team consists of two SPH faculty co-chairs and a graduate assistant as the coordinator. Together, they manage the GHWG’s membership and are constantly working to provide faculty, community, and student members with opportunities and resources in global health.

Claudia Muñoz-Zanzi, DMV, MPVM, Ph.D.
Co-Chair
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
munozzan@umn.edu

Kelly Searle, Ph.D.
Co-Chair
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
ksearle@umn.edu

GHWG Advisory Committee

The GHWG Advisory Committee serves as a liaison between each SPH division and the GHWG. In addition to facilitating communication and promoting the GHWG within each SPH division, the Advisory Committee provides guidance and advice on GHWG projects and events.

Cavan S. Reilly, Ph.D.
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science (BHDS)
reill017@umn.edu

Zobeida Bonilla, Ph.D., MPH
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
zbonilla@umn.edu

Bruce H. Alexander, Ph.D.
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
balex@umn.edu

GHWG SPH Faculty Members

Because the GHWG is housed under the SPH, we invite all SPH faculty involved or interested in global health to join as GHWG faculty members.

Linda Bane Frizzell, PhD
lfrizzel@umn.edu

Lynn Blewett, PhD
Division of Health Policy and Management
blewe001@umn.edu

Rhonda Jones-Webb, PhD
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
jones010@umn.edu

Hyun Kim, ScD
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
kimx4804@umn.edu

Shalini Kulasingam, PhD, MPH
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
kulas016@umn.edu

Alan Lifson, MD, MPH
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
lifso001@umn.edu

Russell Luepker, MD, MS
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
luepk001@umn.edu

James D. Neaton, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science (BHDS)
neato001@umn.edu

Michael T. Osterholm, PhD
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
mto@umn.edu

Kelly Searle, PhD
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
ksearle@umn.edu

Matt Simcik, PhD
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
msimcik@umn.edu

M. Kumi Smith, PhD
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
smi00831@umn.edu

Irina Stepanov, PhD
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
stepa011@umn.edu

William Toscano, PhD
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
tosca001@umn.edu

GHWG Community Members

We are pleased to include community members in the GHWG because global health is not limited to the SPH. If you are interested or experienced in global health and are UMN faculty outside of the SPH, staff at the SPH or UMN, alumni of the SPH, or a community member, we invite you to join the GHWG as community members. If you receive our emails as a GHWG community member and would like to be featured on this membership page, please email us at ghsph@umn.edu! We’d love to highlight the breadth of experiences our community members contribute to the GHWG!