2025 Executive Planning Committee


UAB Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health, Heersink School of Medicine

  • Alan T. N. Tita, MD, PhD
  • Rena Patel, MD, MPH
  • Matthew Heimann, MD
  • Michelle Feese, MPH
  • Abril Agnew, MPH
  • Kristin Garrett, MPH
  • Audrey Shreiner, MS, MA

UAB Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Heersink School of Medicine

  • Rubin Pillay, MD, PhD
  • Heather Milam
  • Carlos Cardenas, PhD
  • Deneka Henry

UAB Heersink School of Medicine

  • Simon Manga, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Waldemar Carlo, MD, Department of Pediatrics
  • Hassan Ghomrawi, PhD, MPH, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Renee Heffron, PhD, MPH, Division of Infectious Diseases and Center for AIDS Research
  • Meghan Hofto, MD, Department of Pediatrics
  • Adrienne Lahti, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
  • Douglas Morgan, MD, MPH, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

UAB School of Nursing and PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for International Nursing at the UAB School of Nursing

  • Ada Markaki, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, FAAN
  • Kelly Resco-Summers, DNP, MADM, RN
  • Chris Hickman, MSIS, BSE
  • Lisa Theus, MPH
  • Shea Polancich, PhD, RN, FAAN

UAB Institute for Human Rights, College of Arts and Sciences

  • Tina Kempin Reuter, PhD
  • Waltina Josephat
  • Kala Bhattar
  • Amber Wagner, PhD

Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia/UAB

  • Carolyn Bolton-Moore, MD (UAB)
  • Albert Manasyan, MD (UAB)
  • Michael Vinikoor, MD (UAB)
  • Monde Muyoyeta, Bsc, MBChB, PhD

Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India

  • Arathi Rao, MBBS, DGO, PhD, MPH