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.

Susan Arnold, PhD, CIH
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
arnol353@umn.edu

Saonli Basu, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
saonli@umn.edu

Raiza Beltran, PhD
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
belt0013@umn.edu

Jeff Bender, DVM, MS
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
bende002@umn.edu

Jesse Berman, PhD
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
berma186@umn.edu

Ann Brearley, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
brea0022@umn.edu

Dana Carroll, PhD, MPH
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
dcarroll@umn.edu

Thierry Chekouo, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
tchekouo@umn.edu

Erjia Cui, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
ecui@umn.edu

Biyue Dai, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
biydai@umn.edu

Jose Debes, MD, PhD, MS
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
debes003@umn.edu

Horacio Duarte, MD, MS
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
hduarte@umn.edu

Eva Enns, PhD
Division of Health Policy and Management
eenns@umn.edu

Mark Fiecas, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
mfiecas@umn.edu

Linda Bane Frizzell, PhD
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
lfrizzel@umn.edu

Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD
Division of Health Policy and Management
gaug0015@umn.edu

Weihua Guan, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
wguan@umn.edu

Lisa Harnack, DrPH, RD, MPH
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
harna001@umn.edu

Kyle X. Hill, PhD, MPH
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
kxhill@umn.edu

Trân Huỳnh, PhD, CIH
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
huyn0098@umn.edu

Byeonghwa Jeon, PhD
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
bjeon@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

Joseph Koopmeiners, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
koopm007@umn.edu

Katy Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA
Division of Health Policy and Management
kbk@umn.edu

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

Karen Kuntz, ScD
Division of Health Policy and Management
kmkuntz@umn.edu

Benjamin Langworthy, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
langw019@umn.edu

Eric Lock, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
elock@umn.edu

Richard MacLehose, PhD
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
macl0029@umn.edu

Thomas Murray, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
murra484@umn.edu

Manka Nkimbeng, PhD, MPH, BSN
Division of Health Policy and Management
manka@umn.edu

Jonathan Oliver, PhD
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
joliver@umn.edu

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

Theresa L. Osypuk, SD
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
tosypuk@umn.edu

Harrison Quick, PhD, MS
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
quic0038@umn.edu

Todd Rockwood, PhD
Division of Health Policy and Management
rockw001@umn.edu

B.R. Simon Rosser, PhD, MPH
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
rosser@umn.edu

Kyle Rudser, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
rudser@umn.edu

Sandra Safo, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
ssafo@umn.edu

Lianne Siegel, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
siege245@umn.edu

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

Tetyana Shippee, PhD
Division of Health Policy and Management
tshippee@umn.edu

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

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

Weihong Tang, PhD
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
tang0097@umn.edu

Gillian Tarr, PhD, CPH
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
gtarr@umn.edu

Traci Toomey, PhD, MPH
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
toome001@umn.edu

Drissa M. Toure, MD, PhD, MPH
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
dtoure@umn.edu

David Vock, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
vock@umn.edu

Caitlin Ward, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
ward-c@umn.edu

Elizabeth Wattenberg, PhD
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
watte004@umn.edu

Rachel Widome, PhD
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
widom001@umn.edu

Julian Wolfson, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
julianw@umn.edu

Xiao Zang, PhD
Division of Health Policy and Management
xzang@umn.edu

Lin Zhang, PhD
Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science
zhan4800@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!