Steering Committee Members | Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health

Name	Association	Email
Megan Amerson-Brown, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor, UAB Department of Pathology MHIGH Associate Scientist	mamersonbrown@uabmc.edu
Waldemar Carlo, M.D.	Professor, UAB Department of Pediatrics MHIGH Senior Scientist	wacarlo@uabmc.edu
Victor Garcia-Martinez, Ph.D.	Professor and Chair, UAB Department of Microbiology MHIGH Senior Scientist	jvgarcia@uab.edu
Hassan Ghomrawi, Ph.D., MPH	Professor and Vice Chair of Research and Innovation, UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery MHIGH Senior Scientist	hghomrawi@uabmc.edu
Lily Gutnik, M.D., MPH	Assistant Professor, UAB Department of Surgery MHIGH Associate Scientist	lgutnik@uabmc.edu
Renee Heffron, Ph.D., MPH	Professor, UAB Department of Medicine; Director, Center for Aids Research MHIGH Senior Scientist	rheffron@uabmc.edu
Matthew Heimann, M.D.	Associate Director for Educational Programs, Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health; Associate Professor, UAB Department of Emergency Medicine MHIGH Scientist	mheimann@uabmc.edu
German Henostroza, M.D.	Professor, UAB Department of Medicine; Director, William Crawford Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine	germanh@uab.edu
Meghan Hofto, M.D., MPH, DTMH	Associate Professor, UAB Department of Pediatrics MHIGH Scientist	mhofto@uabmc.edu
James Johnston, M.D.	Professor, UAB Department of Neurosurgery; Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship Program, Children's Hospital of AL MHIGH Senior Scientist	jmjohnston@uabmc.edu
Adrienne Lahti, Ph.D.	Professor and Chair, UAB Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology MHIGH Senior Scientist	alahti@uabmc.edu
Matthew Larrison, M.D.	Professor, UAB Department of Radiology MHIGH Senior Scientist	mlarrison@uabmc.edu
Albert Manasyan, M.D.	Associate Professor, UAB Department of Pediatrics; Head, Department of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia MHIGH Scientist	albert.manasyan@cidrz.org
Simon Manga, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor, UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology MHIGH Associate Scientist	smanga@uab.edu
Douglas Morgan, M.D., MPH	Professor, UAB Department of Medicine MHIGH Senior Scientist	morgandr@uab.edu
Stephen Obaro, M.D., MPH	Associate Director for Faculty Engagement and Service Initiatives, Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health; Professor, UAB Department of Pediatrics MHIGH Senior Scientist	sobaro@uabmc.edu
Rena Patel, M.D., MPH, MPhil	Associate Director for Global Health Research, Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health; Associate Professor, UAB Division of Infectious Disease MHIGH Scientist	renapatel@uabmc.edu
Isabel Scarinci, Ph.D., MPH	Professor and Vice-Chair of Global & Rural Health, UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology MHIGH Senior Scientist	scarinci@uab.edu
Adrie JC Steyn, Ph.D.	Professor, UAB Department of Microbiology; Africa Health Research Institute MHIGH Senior Scientist	adrie.steyn@ahri.org
Alan T.N. Tita, M.D., Ph.D.	Senior Associate Dean for Global and Women’s Health, UAB Heersink School of Medicine; Director, Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health; Professor, UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology MHIGH Senior Scientist	atita@uabmc.edu
Michael Vinikoor, M.D.	Professor, UAB Department of Medicine; Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia MHIGH Senior Scientist	michael.vinikoor@cidrz.org
Nayana Vuppala, MPH	Medical Student Global Health Interest Group Liaison, UAB Heersink School of Medicine	nayanavuppala@uab.edu
Eric Wallace, M.D.	Associate Director for Telehealth Initiatives, Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health; Chief Medical Information and Digital Health Officer, UAB Health System; Professor, UAB Department of Medicine MHIGH Senior Scientist	elwallace@uabmc.edu
Emily Wong, M.D.	Associate Professor, UAB Department of Medicine; Africa Health Research Institute MHIGH Scientist	emily.wong@ahri.org
Majd Zayzafoon, M.D., Ph.D., MBA	Professor, Associate Dean, International Medical Education, UAB Heersink School of Medicine MHIGH Senior Scientist	mzayzafoon@uab.edu