Who We Are
K. M. Venkat Narayan, MD, MSc, MBA
Ruth and O.C. Hubert Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology
Emory University
Rollins School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Principal Investigator, PH-LEADER Academy for NCDs
Emory University
P. Rafael Lozano Ascencio, MD, MSc
Director, Center for Health Systems Research; Senior Researcher "Level F"
National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
Director of Latin American and Caribbean Initiatives
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Principal Investigator, PH-LEADER Academy for NCDs
National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
K.S. Reddy, MD, DM, MSc
President
Public Health Foundation of India
Principal Investigator, Public Health Leadership and Implementation Academy for NCDs
Public Health Foundation of India
Mohammed K. Ali, MBChB, MSc, MBA
Associate Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Program Director, PH-LEADER Leadership and Implementation Academy for NCDs
Emory University
Dr. Ali leads sessions on implementation science, program, intervention and organizational design.
Shifalika B. Goenka, MBBS, PhD
Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi (IIPH-D) and the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
Program Director, PH-LEADER Leadership and Implementation Academy for NCDs
Public Health Foundation of India
Dorairaj Prabhakaran, MD, DM, MSc
Professor of Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Public Health Foundation of India
Executive Director
Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC)
Program Director, Public Health Leadership and Development Academy for NCDs
Public Health Foundation of India
Gabriela Torres-Mejía, MD, PhD
Director, Department of Chronic Diseases
Center for Population Health Research, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Program Director, PH-LEADER Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Faculty
Sugarman, David
Center for Global Health, Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) Non-Communicable Diseases Team Lead
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dean Surbey, MA, MBA
Associate Dean
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Suzanne Mason
Manager of Global Learning Programs
Emory Global Health Institute, Emory University
Aryeh D. Stein, MPH, PhD
Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health and Department of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Damon Meharg
Assistant Director, Media Relations, and Multi-Platform Journalist
Emory Health Sciences Communications
William H. Foege, MD, MPH
Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Gates Fellow
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Mauricio Hernández-Ávila, MD, MPH, PhD
Vice Minister of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Mexico's Ministry of Health
Carlos del Rio, MD
Professor and Chair, Hubert Department of Global Health
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine
Hortensia Reyes-Morales, MD, MSc, DrSc
Deputy Director, Quality of Health Care
Ministry of Health, Mexico
Laura Magana-Valladares, MS, PhD,
Academic Dean
National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
Nikhil Tandon, MBBS, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Head, Capacity Building
Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India
Ron Z. Goetzel, Ph.D.
Research Professor and Director
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Institute for Health and Productivity Studies (IHPS)
Vice President, Consulting and Applied Research
Truven Health Analytics, and IBM Company
Michael Goodman, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Edward W. Gregg, PhD
Chief, Epidemiology and Statistics Branch, Division of Diabetes Translation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH
Vice President for Global Health
Emory University
Holly W. Korshun
Director of Research Communications
Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University
Joseph Lipscomb, PhD
Professor of Health Policy and Management
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Deborah A. McFarland, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, and Department of Health Policy and Management
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
George A. Mensah, MD, FACC
Senior Advisor
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, U.S. National Institutes of Health
Michael Pratt, MD, MPH
Senior Advisor for Global Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Melva Robertson, MA
Assistant Director, Media Relations
Health Sciences Communications, Emory University
Brandon Smith, PhD
Founder
The Workplace Therapist, LLC
Adjunct Faculty in the Practice of Management Communication
Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Richard Smith, MD
Director
UnitedHealth Chronic Disease Initiative
David A. Ross, ScD
Director
Public Health Informatics Institute, Task Force for Global Health
Kenneth Thorpe, PhD
Robert W. Woodruff Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy & Management
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Peter Topping, PhD
Associate Professor in the Practice of Organization and Management
Roberto C. Goizueta Business School, Emory University
2015-16 Participants
Mariana Buziashvilli, MD, PhD
Epidemiologist
National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases
Jonathan A. Colasanti, MD, MSPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University
Jamario Skeete, MBBS
Clinical Advisor
Australian Government Direct Aid Program, Barbados
Medical Doctor
Department of Internal Medicine, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados
Yousef Housawi, MBBS
Consultant and Head of the Genetics Section, Consultant Pediatrician and Clinical Geneticist
King Fahad Specialist Hospital - Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman Housawi, MBChB, MSc, MSHA
Consultant Nephrologist & Transplant Physician, Chairman
Multi-organ Transplant Research Committee, Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Department, Multi-organ Transplant Center (MOTC), King Fahd Specialist Hospital
Addison St. John, MBBS
Clinical Research Fellow
U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Standardized Hypertension Treatment Barbados Pilot Project
Karsor K. Kollie, PA, BSc, MPH
Program Director
Neglected Tropical Diseases and Non-communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Monrovia, Liberia
Saad Al Daama, MD
Chairman
Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital
Rabab Al Attas, MD, D(ABHI), D(ABMLI)
Head
Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (HIL), Immunology Laboratories
Chair
Department of Pathology and Laboratory medicine (DPLM)
Hazim M. Al Eid, MBBS, FRCSC
Pediatric Otolaryngologist
Head, ENT Section, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Adnan Al Wosaibai, MD
Deputy Residency Program Director
King Fahad Specialist Hospital - Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Consultant, Pediatric Anesthesia and Chronic Pain Management
King Fahad Specialist Hospital - Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Oscar Efrén Zazueta, BA, MD
Research Associate
State Ministry of Health
Professor of Epidemiology
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Olivia Lingdao Chilian Herrera, BS, MSc
Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP), Mexico
María Fernanda Kroker Lobos, MSPH, PhD
Research Scientist
Institute of Nutrition of Central America y Panama (INCAP)
Maria Fernanda Cobo Armijo, LLM
Research Assistant, Public Health Law
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP)
Lidia G. Compeán Ortiz, PhD, MSN
Research Professor
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, School of Nursing
Diego Sánchez-Moreno, BS, MS
Technical Assistant
Division of Health Promotion, Ministry of Health, Mexico
David Emmanuel Castañeda Vasquez, MD
Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, MBBS, MD, MBA
Public Health Specialist and Associate Professor of Prventive and Social Medicine
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
Shivangi Vats, PGDHM, BPT, CCSR
Senior Coordinator, Program Monitoring and Evaluation
Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
Shamanna Bindiganavale Ramaswamy, MD, DNB, MSc
Associate Professor
School of Medical Sciences at University of Hyderabad, India
T. S. Selvavinayagam, MD, DPH, DNB
Joint Director, Department of Health and Family Welfare
Government of Tamil Nadu, India
Sailesh Mohan, MD
Senior Research Scientist & Adjunct Associate Professor
Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), New Delhi, India
Roopa Shivashankar MBBS, MD
Senior Research Associate
Centre for Control of Chronic Conditions (CCCC) and Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
Preet K. Dhillon, PhD, MPH
Senior Scientific Officer and Epidemiologist
Public Health Foundation of India
Padma Mudalappa Rajagopal, MBBS, MDRT
Deputy Director of NCDs
Department of Health & Family Welfare, Karnataka, India
Leimapokpam Swasticharan, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer and Directorate General of Health Services
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India
Jerard M. Selvam, MD
Deputy Director and State Nodal Officer, NCD Intervention Program
Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu, India
Gauravi Mishra, MD
Associate Professor and Physician
Department of Preventive Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
Aparna Manoharan, MS, PhD
Head of Research and Advocacy
IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health (ICTPH), Thanjavur, India.
Head of Research
SughaVazhvu Healthcare
Ambuj Roy, MD, DM
Clinical Cardiologist and Additional Professor of Cardiology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
Ajay Vamadevan Sarala, MPH, PhD
Research Scientist
Centre for the Control of Chronic Conditions, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
2014-15 Participants
Lorena Calderon
Technical Officer, Office of Non Communicable Diseases
Ministry of Health and Social Protection, Colombia
Gisele Rodrigues, BS, MS
Technical Analyst of Social Policies, Department of Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion Department
Ministry of Health, Brazil
K. Karsor Kollie, BSc, MPH
Director of the Non-Communicable and Neglected Tropical Disease Program
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Liberia
Beatrice Lydia Mwagomba, MBBS, MSc
Epidemiologist and National Program Manager for NCDs Control Program, NCDs and Mental Health Unit
Ministry of Health, Malawi, Southern Africa
Claudia Vargas, MPH
Chief of the Research Department
Health Institute of the State of Mexico
Omar Silverman, MD, MSc
Research Assistant, Health Systems and Services Innovation Division
National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
Luis Gutiérrez, MD, MPH
Research Professor of the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health Department
Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Jeemon Panniyammakal, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi
Vivek Singh, MBBS, MPH
Public Health Specialist, Indian Institute of Public Health
Public Health Foundation of India
Rajmohan Panda, MD, MPH
Senior Public Health Specialst
Public Health Foundation of India
K. Anusuya Devi, MSc, M.Phil, PhD, MCA, RD
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics
PSG College of Arts and Science, India
Katia Gallegos, MSc, PhD
Health Researcher, Department of Epidemiological Investigation and Health Services
Mexican Social Security Institute
Sandeep Bhalla, MD, DNB
Public Health Specialist, Center of Excellence Cardio Metabolic Risk Reducation in South Asia
Public Health Foundation of India
Harikrishnan Sivadasanpillai, MD. MBBS, DM, FRCP
Professor, Cardiology
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
Rosalba Rojas, MD, PhD
Chief of the Department of Methods in Public Health, Center for Population Health Research
National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
Karla Moreno, BS, MSc
Researcher, Center for Evaluation and Surveys Research
National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
Amit Dias, MD, DTM&H, DGM
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Preventative Medicine
Goa Medical College, Bambolim
Chairperson
Sangath
Rajiv Chhibber, M.A., B.A.
Senior Manager, Head Media Relations
Public Health Foundation of India
Alejandra Cantoral, ScM, ScD
Researcher, Statistics Department
National Institute of Public Health
Thriveni S Beerenahally, PhD, MBBS, PGDHM, MPH, DFID
Faculty
Institute of Public Health, Bangalore
Betania Allen, PhD
Researcher, Medical Sciences "D"
National Institute of Public Health of Mexico
Instructor, Qualitative Research Methods
National Institute of Public Health of Mexico
2013-14 Participants
Meenakshi Sharma, PhD
Scientist E, Program Officer for Cardiovascular Diseases, Neurosciences and Biomedical Engineering
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India
Marcela Rodríguez-Flores, MD, MS
Attending Physician, Internal Medicine
Obesity and Eating Disorders Clinic, National Institute of Medical and Nutrition Sciences Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Attending Physician, Internal Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical Center, Institute for Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE)
Gabriela Ríos Cázares, MD, MPH
Collaborator
National Institute of Geriatrics (INGER) of Mexico
Mónica Ramírez Vargas, MD, MPH
Deputy Director of Social Participation in Health
Ministry of Health, México DF
Coordinator, Public Health and Preventive Medicine Clinical Rotation
General Directorate for Health Promotion, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico
Sharmila A. Pimple, MBBS, MD
Professor and Physician, Department of Preventive Oncology
Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
P. C. Negi, MBBS, MD, DM
Professor and Head, Department of Cardiology
Indira Ghandi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Sergio Meneses-Navarro, MD, MS, PhD
Investigator, Regional Center of Public Health Research, Chiapas, Mexico
National Institute of Public Health
Pablo Méndez Hernández, MD, MHS, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Director, Masters in Public Health Program
Autonomous University of Tlaxcala State, Mexico
Head, Health Research
Tlaxcala State Department of Health, Mexico
Javier Isaac Maldonado Figueredo, MD
Specialist, Cardiovascular Group, Office of Non-Communicable Diseases
Ministry of Health and Social Protection, Bogotá, Colombia
Anantha Kumar S R, MBBS, MPhil, MPH
Tutor and Coordinator, Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health Management
Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad
Adriana Garduño Alanís, MHS, PhD
Chief, Research Unit
Mónica Pretelini Sáenz Maternal-Perinatal Hospital, Toluca, Mexico
Ankush Desai, MBBS, MD, DM
Consultant, Department of Endocrinology
Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa, India
Kavita Chauhan, BS, MSc, MS
Health Promotion Specialist and Adjunct Assistant Professor
Health Communication Division, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi
Silvania Suely Caribé de Aráujo Andrade, BS, MPH
Epidemiologist, Department of Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance
Secretariat of Health Surveillance (SVS), Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil
2016-17 Participants
Mesrak Nadew, MPH, MSc, MD
Associate Director of Special Health Projects
The Carter Center
Gina Sharma, BA
Manager - External Communications, Digital Media Lead
Public Health Foundation of India
Eduardo Bustos Vazquez, MSc, MD
Health Systems Researcher
National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
Irene Yameogo Ngendakumana, MD, Master in Community Health for the Management of STD and HIV/AIDS programs, MPH
Deepa Mohan, PhD
Senior Scientist
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
Ravishankar Holenarasipur Puttaramu, MBBS, PGDCC
Physician
Community Health Centre Hirisave, Hassan District, Karnataka
Ramesh Chand Chauhan, MBBS, MD
Epidemiologist, Assistant Professor of Community Medicine
Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry
Dilip Kumar Jha, MSc, MPhil
Senior Research Project Manager
Public Health Foundation of India
Sourabh Kumar Sinha, MPhil
Project Manager
Public Health Foundation of India
Dimple Kondal, MPhil, PhD
Biostatistician
Public Health Foundation of India
Arun Pulikkottil Jose, MD, MBBS
Program Manager
Public Health Foundation of India
Manoj Joshi, PGDHHM
Senior Program Coordinator
Public Health Foundation of India
José Castell Martínez, MPH, MS
Medical Epidemiologist
Mexican Institute of Social Security
Gautam Majumdar, MD
Assistant Professor
Radiotherapy Department, Agartala Government Medical College
Medical Superintendent
Regional Cancer Centre, Agartala
Head Doctor
BRAM Nursing School
State Nodal Officer
NCD Program, Tripura
Siddharudha Shivalli, MBBS, MD
Assistant Professor
Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, India
Farhad Rezvan, MD
Paul T. Francis, MD, MBBS
Associate Professor, Consultant
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin
Sumit Malhotra, MBBS, MD
Assistant Professor of Community Medicine
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Anuradha Aggarwal Monga, BDent, MBA
Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
Certificate Course of Evidence Based Diabetes Management, Public Health Foundation of India
Ana Cristina García Ulloa, MD, MSc
Responsible of Medical Care
Center of Comprehensive Care for the Patient with Diabetes, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición
Swati Srivastava, MPH, BDS
Research Associate
Public Health Foundation of India
Binod Kumar Patro, MD, MBBS
Associate Professor
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar
Elezebeth Mathews, MPH, PhD
Program and Quality Control Manager
Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
Mitehkumar Bhanderi, MPH, MBBS
District Health Officer
Government of Gujart, India
Hortensia Castañeda-Hidalgo, PhD, MSN
Academic Dean
Tampico School of Nursing, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico