Our Team

We are united in our commitment to provide cutting-edge policy, and clinically relevant analyses on cardiometabolic diseases.

HPACC Leadership

  • Rifat Atun, FRCP

    Health Systems Innovation (HSI) Lab, Harvard University (USA)

    Rifat is a professor of Global Health Systems at Harvard University and the Director of Global Health Systems Cluster at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

  • Till Bärnighausen, MD

    Heidelberg University (Germany), Harvard University (USA) and Africa Health Research Institute (South Africa)

    Till is the Alexander von Humboldt University Professor at the Heidelberg University, and Director of the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. Moreover, he is Senior Faculty at the Wellcome Trust’s Africa Health Research Institute (ARHI) in South Africa and adjunct professor of Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

  • Justine I. Davies, MD (Res)

    University of Birmingham (UK), University of Witwatersrand and Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

    Justine is Professor of Global Health Research at the Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, an honorary professor at the University of Witwatersrand and an extraordinary professor of Global Surgery at Stellenbosch University.

  • David Flood, MD

    University of Michigan (USA)

    David is a research fellow at the Institute for Health Policy and Innovation and a clinical lecturer at the Division of Hospital Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan.

  • Pascal Geldsetzer, ScD

    Stanford University (USA)

    Pascal is an assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Primary Care and Population Health at the Department of Medicine, Stanford University. Furthermore, he is an affiliate of the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health.

  • Lindsay Jaacks, PhD

    University of Edinburgh (UK), Public Health Foundation (India) and Harvard University (USA)

    Lindsay is a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellow and Chancellor’s Fellow in the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security at the University of Edinburgh and is a visiting professor at the Public Health Foundation of India. Moreover, she is an affiliate of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

  • Jennifer Manne-Goehler, MD

    Harvard Medical School (USA)

    Jennifer is a physician-scientist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in the Division of Infectious Diseases and a clinical fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

  • Maja E. Marcus, PhD

    Harvard Medical School (USA), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

    Maja is a DAAD PRIME Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Harvard Medical School, and the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

  • Michaela Theilmann, PhD

    Harvard Medical School (USA)

    Michaela is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Harvard Medical School.

  • Sebastian Vollmer, PhD

    University of Göttingen (Germany)

    Sebastian is a professor of Development Economics and currently serves as Director of the Centre for Modern Indian Studies at the University of Göttingen.

HPACC Collaborators

  • Anne Abio, MPH

    University of Turku (Finland)

    Anne is a PhD student and researcher in the Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group in the Division of Clinical Neurosciences at the Turku Brain Injury Centre, Turku University Hospital and the University of Turku.

  • Mohammed K. Ali, MD

    Emory University (USA)

    Mohammed is a professor in the departments of Global Health and Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the School of Medicine at Emory University.

  • Krishna K. Aryal, PhD

    Public Health Promotion and Development Organization (Nepal)

    Krishna works with the Save the Children Country Office Nepal and is also affiliated with the Public Health Promotion and Development Organization in Kathmandu.

  • Ashish Awasthi, PhD

    Indian Institute of Public Health and Public Health Foundation (India)

    Ashish is an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Public Health and Public Health Foundation of India.

  • Silver K. Bahendeka, MD

    St Francis Hospital and Uganda Martyrs University (Uganda)

    Silver is a senior consultant physician for Diabetes and Endocrinology at St Francis Nsambya Hospital and works at the Uganda Martyrs University.

  • José R. Banegas, MD

    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)

    José is a professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)/University Hospital La Paz Research Institute (IdiPAZ) and CIBER (public research consortium) in Epidemiology and Public Health.

  • Sanjay Basu, MD

    Station Health (USA)

    Sanjay is a primary care physician and epidemiologist. He is the Co-Founder and Chief of Clinical at Station Health, a home- and community-based organization to assist Medicaid beneficiaries, and a provider at San Francisco's Integrated Care Center for unhoused people.

  • Omar Yaxmehen Bello-Chavolla, MD PhD

    National Institute for Geriatrics in Mexico City (Mexico)

    Omar is an Associate Professor working at the Division of Research of the National Institute for Geriatrics in Mexico City, and an instructor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico

  • Brice W. Bicaba, MD

    Institut National de Santé Publique (Burkina Faso)

    Brice works at the Institut National de Santé Publique in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

  • Pascal Bovet, MD

    Ministry of Health (Republic of Seychelles) and University Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté) (Switzerland)

    Pascal is an associate professor at the University Center for Primary Care and Public Health in Lausanne, Switzerland, and also works as a consultant for the Ministry of Health in Victoria, Seychelles.

  • Luisa Campos Caldeira Brant, MD

    Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) (Brazil)

    Luisa is an active clinical cardiologist and Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. She is also a researcher at The ELSA-Brasil cohort study and the "Global Burden of Disease" Brazil Network, and a 2021 Emerging Leader of the World Heart Federation.

  • Garry Brian, MD

    The Fred Hollows Foundation (New Zealand)

    Garry previously was Medical Director at The Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand in Auckland.

  • Hermann Bussmann, MD

    Heidelberg University (Germany)

    Hermann is a senior scientist at the Department of Applied Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology of the Heidelberg University.

  • Simiao Chen, ScD

    Heidelberg University (Germany), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College (China)

    Simiao is the Head of Research Unit for Population Medicine, Economics and Policy at Heidelberg Institute of Global Health at Heidelberg University in Germany and a visiting professor at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College in China.

  • Albertino Damasceno

    Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique), University of Porto (Portugal)

    Albertino is a cardiologist and Full Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique

  • Ina Danquah, PhD

    Heidelberg University (Germany)

    Ina is Robert Bosch Junior Professor for Sustainable Nutrition in sub-Sahara Africa at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health.

  • Jan-Walter De Neve, MD ScD

    School of Public Health, San Diego State University (USA)

    Jan-Walter is a tenured full Professor and founding Director of the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Program, Division of Global Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, San Diego State University. 

  • Matthew Dunn, MPH

    University of North Carolina (USA)

    Matthew is a PhD student at the Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina.

  • Cara Ebert, PhD

    Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (Germany)

    Cara is a senior researcher at the RWI (Leibniz Institute for Economic Research), the deputy head of RWI's Berlin Office and a research affiliate at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics

  • Sarah M. Frank, MSc

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)

    Sarah is a PhD student in the Nutrition Department at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is also affiliated with the Carolina Population Center and the Global Food Research Program at UNC.

  • Mongal S. Gurung, PhD

    Ministry of Health (Bhutan)

    Mongal is a senior research officer in the Health Research and Epidemiology Unit at the Ministry of Health in Thimphu, Bhutan.

  • David Guwatudde, PhD

    Makerere University (Uganda)

    David is a professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University.

  • Corine Houehanou, PhD

    University of Parakou (Benin)

    Corine works at the National School of Public Health at the University of Parakou in Benin.

  • Maxime Inghels, PhD

    University of Lincoln (UK)

    Maxime is a research fellow at the Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health, at the University of Lincoln.

  • Jutta MA Jorgensen, MD

    University of Copenhagen (Denmark)

    Jutta works at the Mnazi Mmoja Referral Hospital in Zanzibar and is a researcher and PhD student at the Department of Public Health, Global Health Section at the University of Copenhagen.

  • Khem B Karki, DM

    Tribhuvan University (Nepal)

    Khem is an associate professor at the Institute of Medicine at Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu.

  • Tabea K. Kirschbaum

    Heidelberg University (Germany)

    Tabea is a doctoral student at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health.

  • Julia M. Lemp, MSc

    Heidelberg University (Germany)

    Julia is a doctoral student at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health.

  • Deborah C. Malta, MD

    Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) (Brazil)

    Deborah is a physician, epidemiologist, associate professor, and researcher at the UFMG School of Nursing. Moreover, Deborah is a CNPQ Researcher, coordinator of the Global Burden of Diseases network in Brazil and member of the Scientific Committee of the Global Burden of Diseases Study.

  • Joao S. Martins, PhD

    Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e (Timor-Leste)

    Joao is the Rector of the Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e (UNTL) and is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the UNTL in Dili, Timor-Leste.

  • Mary T. Mayige, PhD

    National Institute for Medical Research (Tanzania)

    Mary is a principal research scientist at the Clinical and Laboratory Research Department at the National Institute for Medical Research in Dar es Salaam.

  • Briar McKenzie, MDiet

    The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales (Australia)

    Briar is a PhD candidate, research associate and Accredited Practicing Dietitian, within The George Institute for Global Health’s Food Policy Division.

  • Lena Merkel, MSc

    German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM)

    Lena is a doctoral student and junior researcher at the GIGA and in the infectious Diseases Epidemiology Group at BNITM.

  • Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, MSc

    Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Iran)

    Sahar is a researcher at the Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute at Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran.

  • Harriet Moore, ScD

    University of Lincoln (UK)

    Harriet is a lecturer of Human Geography at the University of Lincoln and lead for the research group Development, Inequalities, Resilience and Environments (DIRE) at the University of Lincoln School of Geography.

  • Omar Mwalim, MPH

    Universal Health Coverage Zanzibar Project (Tanzania)

    Omar is a project coordinator at the Universal Health Coverage Zanzibar Project, a PhD student at the University of Bergen and is affiliated with the Ministry of Health in Zanzibar City.

  • Kibachio Joseph Mwangi, MD

    Ministry of Health (Kenya)

    Kibachio is the head of the Department of Strategic National Public Health Programs at the Ministry of Health, Kenya.

  • Michael Ni, MD

    The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

    Michael is a Clinical Associate Professor and a psychiatric epidemiologist in the School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine and the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at The University of Hong Kong.

  • Bolormaa Norov, MD

    National Center for Public Health (Mongolia)

    Bolormaa is a senior researcher at the Nutrition Department at the National Center for Public Health in Ulaanbaatar.

  • Jonas Prenissl, MD

    Heidelberg University (Germany)

    Jonas is a medical doctor, journalist, and research associate at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health.

  • David Peiris, PhD

    University of New South Wales (Australia)

    David is Director of the Global Primary Health Program and Co-Director of the Centre for Health Systems Science at the George Institute for Global Health. He is a conjoint professor in the Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney, and a practising general practitioner.

  • Isabelle von Polenz, MD MSc

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Germany)

    Isabelle is a medical doctor based in Munich with an MSc in Global Health.

  • Sabrina Rhode, MD

    Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (Germany), University of Göttingen (Germany), University Eye Clinic (Germany)

    Sabrina is a doctoral candidate at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, the Centre for Modern Indian Studies at the University of Göttingen, and a Physician at Hanover Medical School.

  • Fernando Rodríguez Artalejo, MD

    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and IMDEA-Food (Spain)

    Fernando is a professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid UAM) and IMDEA-Food, where he leads the Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology Group (CNEG).

  • Peter Rohloff, MD

    Center for Indigenous Health Research (Guatemala) and Harvard Medical School (USA)

    Peter is the chief medical officer for Wuqu' Kawoq, Maya Health alliance and associate physician at the Departments of Global Health Equities and General Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.

  • Rebecca Schindlmayr

    Heidelberg University (Germany)

    Rebecca is a medical student and affiliate at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health.

  • Jacqueline Seiglie, MD

    Harvard University (USA)

    Jacqueline is an endocrinologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, an instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a global health fellow at the MGH Center for Global Health.

  • Till Seuring, PhD

    Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (Luxembourg)

    Till is a research associate at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).

  • Dorit Stein, MSc

    Harvard University (USA)

    Dorit is a PhD Student in Population Health Sciences (Health Systems) in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

  • Nikkil Sudharsanan, PhD

    Technical University of Munich (Germany)

    Nikkil is an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science for Disease Prevention and Health Care.

  • Felix Teufel, MD

    Emory University (USA)

    Felix is a PhD candidate in Global Health and Development at Emory University, where he conducts research on the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of chronic disease care in low- and middle-income countries.

  • Jacqui Webster, PhD

    The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales (Australia)

    Jacqui is Head of Advocacy and Policy Impact and Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction at the George Institute for Global Health and a Professor at the University of New South Wales.

  • Vanessa Wolthaus

    University of Göttingen (Germany)

    Vanessa is a medical student at University Göttingen and is currently working on her medical doctoral thesis.

  • Mark Woodward, PhD

    University of New South Wales (Australia) and Imperial College London (UK)

    Mark works in the Professorial Advisory Unit, and co-directs the Global Women's Health Program, at The George Institute for Global Health. Mark is Professor of Medical Statistics at the University of New South Wales and Chair of Statistics, Epidemiology and Women's Health in the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, and has honorary professorships at Dundee University (UK), Mahidol University (Thailand) and the University of the West Indies.

  • Yongle Zhan, MM

    The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

    Yongle is a PhD student at the School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong.

  • Tiffany Ma

    The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

    Tiffany is a PhD Candidate at the School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong with a broad interest in global mental health.