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Meet the Medical College of Wisconsin Global Health Equity Faculty

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Lolia Abibo, MD

Assistant Professor; Justice Equity Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Pediatrics; Global Health Pathway Advisor, Pediatrics

labibo@mcw.edu

GHE Course: Introduction to Chronic Diseases in Global Health

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Ronald Anguzu, MBChB, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor

ranguzu@mcw.edu

GHE courses: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Global Health Statistics, Maternal and Child Health in Developing Countries

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Kirsten Beyer, PhD, MPH, MS

Professor, Division of Epidemiology; Director, PhD Program in Public & Community Health; Co-Director, Global Health Pathway; Co-Director, GEO Shared Resource; Adjunct Associate Professor, Geography, UW-Milwaukee

kbeyer@mcw.edu

GHE Course: Global Environmental Health; GEO Resource: Health & Medical Geography; Cancer & Health Disparities; Geographic Information Systems; Epidemiology

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Kelli Brown, MPH, DrPH

Assistant Professor, Assistant Director of Education

kelbrown@mcw.edu

GH Course: Introduction to Global Health Equity

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Linda Caples, PhD

Director, Office of Continuing Professional Development

GHE course: Ethics in Qualitative Research

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Laura Cassidy, MS, PhD

Professor and Director, Institute for Health & Humanity; Director of Community Health; Associate Dean Global Health

lcassidy@mcw.edu

GHE Course: Epidemiologic Research Methods

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Matthew Dellinger, PhD

Associate Professor

mdellinger@mcw.edu

GHE Course: How to Build Health Research Partnerships with Native American Communities; Digital Storytelling for Public Health

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Julia Dickson-Gomez, PhD

Professor

jdickson@mcw.edu

GHE Course: Global Health Initiatives

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Tifany Frazer, MPH

Director, Office of Global Health

tfrazer@mcw.edu

GHE Course: Thesis Work Preparatory Course

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Brian Jackson, MS, EdD

Assistant Professor

brjackson@mcw.edu

GHE course: Digital Storytelling for Public Health; How to Build Health Research Partnerships with Native American Communities

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Constance Shumba, PhD

Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Social Sciences, Institute for Health & Humanity, Director, Master of Science Global Health Equity

cshumba@mcw.edu

GHE Course: Introduction to Global Health Equity

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Samantha L. Wilson, PhD

Associate Professor

slwilson@mcw.edu

GH course: Health and Forced Migration

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Adjunct Faculty

Harriet Babikako, PhD, MPH, MBChB
Lecturer - Makerere University College of Health Sciences

Joseph Byonanebye, PhD, MPH
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Craig Fleisher PhD MBA 
Adjunct Professor
GHE Course: Global Health Consulting and Research Methods; Researching, Analyzing and Profiling Global Health Trends, Issues, Policies, and Stakeholders

Susan Giaimo, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
GHE course: Comparative Health Politics and Policy; Global Health Initiatives

Elizabeth Gonese, MPH, PhD
GH Course: Infectious Disease Epidemiology

German Gonzalez MD MPH 
Adjunct Assistant Professor 

Simon Kasasa, PhD, MS
Senior Lecturer - Makerere University School of Public Health

Claire Reuning, MA
GH Course: Health and Forced Migration

Laurieann Klockow, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
GHE course: Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics

Alexandre Martins, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
GHE Course: Ethics and Global Health

Roy Mayega MPH PhD 
Adjunct Assistant Professor
GHE Course: Community Health Needs Assessment

Sebastian Ssempijja, MS PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor 

Leah Rouse, PhD, ABPP, Cop
Counseling Psychologist - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
GHE Course: Multicultural Mental Health Guidelines for Working with First Nations Persons

Tenzin Wangmo, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
GHE course: Fragile Lives: Understanding Vulnerability in Old Age

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