Thomas B Campbell, MD - Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine; Division of Infectious Disease and Microbiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Dr. Campbell joined the faculty of the Infectious Diseases Division in 1995 after completing clinical and research training in infectious diseases in the University of Colorado Denver Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program.
He is a graduate of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and he completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern.
Dr. Campbell is the Principal Investigator of the Colorado AIDS Clinical Trials Unit. His research interests are the use of antiretrovirals to treat HIV infection and its complications, particularly Kaposi’s sarcoma.
Fernando Holguin, MD - Director, Asthma Program at the Center for Lungs and Breathing and Executive Director, Latino Research and Policy Center at the Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz.
A native of Mexico City, Dr. Holguin attended medical school at La Salle University. He continued his postgraduate education at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia where as chief resident, he successfully completed an internal medicine residency. He then continued his training with a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care.
Dr. Holguin returned to Mexico where he joined the National Institute of Public Health and developed research programs in respiratory and cardiovascular health studying the effects of air pollution. He was recruited back to Emory University as an assistant professor and joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a medical epidemiologist. During his tenure as Emory faculty, Dr Holguin directed the Grady Hospital Asthma Clinic and obtained his master’s degree in public health and epidemiology.
He continued his academic career as associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh, where he co-directed the Asthma Institute, directed the Clinical and Translational Research Center at Montefiore Hospital and founded the Pulmonary Translational Research Core at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Dr. Holguin currently directs the Asthma Program at the Center for Lungs and Breathing at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and is the Executive Director for the Latino Research and Policy Center at the Colorado School of Public Health.
Over his career, Dr. Holguin has been awarded several teaching and research awards and has received funding by the CDC, Environmental Protection Agency and National Institutes of Health among others. He has authored and co-authored over 120 papers and is internationally known for his work in asthma and COPD; currently serves as the co-chair of the American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Task Force on severe asthma.
Alana C Jones - Director, Office of International Affairs, University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz.
Alana Jones is the Executive Director of the Office of International Affairs (OIA) at the University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus. OIA facilitates collaborative and innovative global engagement for the university through International Enrollment Management, International Student and Scholar Services, the ESL Academy, Global Education, International Operations and Cohort Management, as well as through international marketing and communications, and international financial and operational compliance. Prior to joining the university in 2012, Alana managed international research and learning endeavors for eight years in the United States Antarctic Program and then for ten years at Earthwatch Institute.
Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman, MD - Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz.
Following emergency medicine residency training, Nee-Kofi pursued dual fellowship training in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Global Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. His current global health research and projects focus on innovative approaches to low-resource prehospital education, clinical outcomes and effectiveness research, predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa.
He is actively engaged in strengthening community-based emergency response, developing novel prehospital assessment strategies, and improving outcomes in interfacility emergency referrals. To accomplish this, Dr. Mould-Millman partners internationally with several academic, government and private healthcare and EMS agencies, most extensively in Ghana and South Africa. Projects from these successful collaborations have resulted in several peer-reviewed publications and international conference presentations.
In 2013, Dr. Mould-Millman Chaired the African Federation for Emergency Medicine’s 2nd Prehospital Consensus Conference, resulting in landmark consensus paper regarding development and advocacy for effective African out-of-hospital emergency care systems. He is currently leading an expert panel towards reaching consensus in standardization of African prehospital education and standards of care.
Lee S Newman, MD, MA, FCCP, FACOEM - Director, Center for Health, Work & Environment, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz. Dr. Newman is the founding Director of the Center for Health, Work and Environment and of the NIOSH-funded Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC).
Dr. Newman is a Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and a Professor of Epidemiology in the Colorado School of Public Health. He is also Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Science and Critical Care Medicine in the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
Taking a Total Worker Health® approach to integrating worksite health promotion and health protection, as recommended by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is a focus of Dr. Newman’s research, teaching, and consulting. He and his colleagues advise employers on how to improve worker health, reduce injuries, improve worker well-being and improve productivity. In the Center for Global Health, he is collaborating with faculty to introduce Total Worker Health in Latin America.
Dr. Newman received his Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Amherst College and his Masters of Arts degree in social psychology from Cornell University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He earned his MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, completed internship and residency in InternalMedicine at Emory University School of Medicine, and pulmonary fellowship at the University of Colorado Denver/National Jewish Health, including three years post-doctoral research in both immunology and occupational/environmental medicine. He is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary medicine.
Pamela Prag, CNM, MS, MPH - Certified Nurse Midwife and Global Health Program Director, University of Colorado College of Nursing, Anschutz.
Pamela Prag completed her undergraduate work in nursing at Biola University, her master's degree at the University of Colorado specializing in midwifery then completed her MPH also at CU focusing on Global Health. She is passionate about collaborative global health projects and has developed an ongoing relationship with Scheer Memorial Hospital College of Nursing in Banepa, Nepal. Through this work, she has established venues for students from a broad range of academic disciplines to complete field work related broadly to public health at the community level and midwifery training in the hospital setting. As well, she is actively engaged as support faculty to the first midwifery training program in Nepal. As current director of Global Health at the College of Nursing, she is involved in creating future coursework and site development in Malawi. She remains in clinical practice with the University Nurse Midwives.
Jonathan M Samet, MD - Dean and Professor of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz.
Dr. Samet, a pulmonary physician and epidemiologist, is Dean and Professor of Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health. Previously, he held the positions of Distinguished Professor and Flora L. Thornton Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and Director of the USC Institute for Global Health.
His career has centered on epidemiologic research on threats to public health and using research findings to support policies that protect population health. His research has addressed indoor and outdoor air pollution, smoking, radiation risks, cancer etiology and outcomes, and sleep-disordered breathing. His work in global health has addressed the tobacco epidemic, environmental hazards, and non-communicable diseases. He has been involved with numerous committees related to use of scientific evidence in characterizing risks and decision-making.
For three decades he has authored and edited the reports of the Surgeon General on smoking and health, including serving as Senior Scientific Editor for the 50th Anniversary 2014 report. Dr. Samet received the 2004 Prince Mahidol Award for Global Health awarded by the King of Thailand, the Surgeon General’s Medallion in 1990 and 2006, the Edward Livingston Trudeau Medal from the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association, the Fries Prize for Improving Health, and the Luther L. Terry Award for Distinguished Career from the American Cancer Society. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Eric A F Simoes, MBBS, DCH, MD - Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Infectious Disease at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz.
Dr. Simoes carried out many of the studies that provide the scientific foundation for the WHO Integrated Case Management of Childhood Illness.
Over the past twenty years, he has successfully collaborated with researchers throughout the world, as well as, in Colorado on respiratory infections in premature infants. He has conducted numerous collaborative studies on the epidemiology, prevention and treatment and pathogenesis of respiratory infections (both viral and bacterial) in India the Philippines, Europe and Indonesia. His work with premature infants over the 20 years has in part led to the development and licensure of 2 products for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prophylaxis (RSV –IGIV, and palivizumab). These studies carried out; in premature infants have assessed the effects of prevention of RSV on long term respiratory morbidity.
He has a broad background in infectious diseases with specific training and expertise in epidemiology and molecular virology.
Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH, FACP - Director, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado, Anschutz.
Dr. Wynia’s career has included developing a research institute and training programs focusing on bioethics, professionalism and policy issues (the American Medical Association (AMA) Institute for Ethics) and founding the AMA’s Center for Patient Safety.
His research has focused on novel uses of survey data to inform and improve the practical management of ethical issues in health care and public policy. He has led projects on a wide variety of topics related to ethics and professionalism, including public health and disaster ethics, and inequities in health and health care.
He has served on committees, expert panels and as a reviewer for the Institute of Medicine, The Joint Commission, the Hastings Center, the American Board of Medical Specialties, federal agencies, and other organizations. Dr. Wynia is the author of more than 140 published articles, chapters and essays, co-editor of several books, and co-author of a book on fairness in health care benefit design.
Dr. Wynia is a past president of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), and has chaired the Ethics Forum of the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Ethics Committee of the Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM).
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