Staff & Advisory Councils

The Scientific Advisory Council provides general advice and guidance to the Medical Research Program on its Clinical Research Career Ladder and Innovations in Clinical Research programs.

Chair - Andrew Schafer, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College

Vivian Cheung, M.D.
Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Neurology
Professor, Department of Human Genetics
University of Michigan

Benjamin L. Ebert, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Medical Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Jose C. Florez, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Talmadge E. King, Jr., M.D.
Dean, Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D.
President George H.W. Bush Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
Division Director, Professor, Vice-Chair-Medical Genetics
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Christopher V. Plowe, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.S.T.M.H.
Director, Duke Global Health Institute
Professor of Medicine and Global Health
Duke University

Daniel J. Rader, M.D.
Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Rochelle Walensky, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Child Well-being Program

Lola Adedokun, M.P.H.
Program Director for Child Well-being and Director for the African Health Initiative
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Rumeli Banik, Ph.D.
Program Officer for Child Well-being
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McKenzie Bennett
Program Associate for Child Well-being and Associate for the African Health Initiative
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Advisory Board Members

Rosemary Chalk
Advisory Board Chair
Former Director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council

Kimber Bogard, PhD
Director, Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally
National Academy of Medicine

Eric Brettschneider, JD, MA
First Deputy Commissioner
NYC Administration for Children's Services

Angela Diaz, MD, MPH
Director
Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center

Felton Earls, MD
Emeritus Professor
Harvard Medical School

Maxine Hayes, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor
University of Washington School of Public Health

Jacqueline Pata
Director
National Congress of American Indians

Deborah Phillips, PhD, MA
Professor of Psychology
Georgetown University Public Policy Institute

African Health Initiative

Lola Adedokun, M.P.H.
Director for the African Health Initiative and Program Director for Child Well-being
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McKenzie Bennett
Associate for the African Health Initiative and Program Associate for Child Well-being
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The African Health Advisory Council provides advice and guidance to the foundation staff on the African Health Initiative.

African Health Advisory Council Members

Ties Boerma, MD, PhD
Director, Department of Measurement and Health Information Systems
World Health Organization

Jo Ivey Boufford, MD
President, New York Academy of Medicine
Foreign Secretary, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Mickey Chopra, MD, PhD
Global Solutions Lead: Service Delivery, Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice
World Bank

Alex Ezeh, PhD
Executive Director
African Population and Health Research Center

Roger I. Glass, MD, PhD
Director, Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health

Demissie Habte, MD
Former International Director
James P. Grant School of Public Health
BRAC University

Charles Hongoro, PhD
Research Director, Health Systems Financing
Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation

Marian Jacobs, MD
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Cape Town

Adetokunbo O. Lucas, MD
Adjunct Professor of International Health
Harvard School of Public Health

Cheikh Mbacke, PhD
Independent Consultant

David Sanders, MBChB, DCH, MRCP, DTPH
Founding Director and Professor
School of Public Health, University of Western Cape

Building Bridges Program

Zeyba Rahman
Senior Program Officer for the Building Bridges Program (DDFIA)
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Linda Artola
Program Associate for the Building Bridges Program (DDFIA) and Operations Assistant
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Advisory Council Members

The Advisory Council guides the Building Bridges Program with overarching and subject specific advice.

Abdullah Antepli
Chief Representative of Muslim Affairs
Duke University

Anisa Mehdi
Emmy Award-winning Journalist
Fulbright Scholar in Jordan

Hind Makki
Founder, Side Entrance blog
Co-Founder, Muslim ARC

Hussein Rashid
Adjunct Professor of Comparative Religion
Barnard College
Media commentator and columnist

Peter Awn
Dean and Professor, School of General Studies
Professor of Islam and Comparative Religion
Columbia University

Shahed Amanallah
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Affinis Lab

Theodore Levin
Arthur R. Virgin Professor of Music
Dartmouth College

Finance

Eileen Oberlander
Controller / Director of Finance

Thomas Carney
Accounting Manager

Christopher Anthony
Accounting Manager

Lynn Pipitone
Senior Accountant

Jacqueline Guzzi
Senior Accountant

Keri Rice
Accounts Payable Associate

Human Resources

James Eodice, MBA/MHRM
Human Resources Director

Veronica Mayes
Human Resources Associate

Nicole Cruz
Human Resources Assistant

Information Services

Guli Basu
Director of Information Systems

Tulika Bhalla
Information Systems Analyst