Christine Hunter, MN, CNM
Senior Lecturer, UW School of Nursing
I am a graduate of the University of Colorado health Sciences School's nurse-midwifery program. I have been a practicing midwife for 20 years and am currently the program director for the graduate nurse-midwifery education program here. My international experience includes work as a consultant providing education development for local midwives and US students, maternal health program development for community health workers, and clinical midwifery service work in counties including Ethiopia, Vietnam, Tanzania and Guatemala.

Jane M. Simoni, Ph.D.
Professor, UW Department of Psychology - Web link...
I am a clinical health psychologist, and a Professor in the Department of Psychology and Women’s Studies at the University of Washington. My research interests lie primarily in clinical and clinical health psychology. I direct the practicum program in the Department of Psychology and teach Minority Mental Health. I study coping with trauma, chronic illness, and other stressful life events and am particularly interested in whether individuals from historically oppressed or stigmatized groups experience unique stressors or exhibit culturally specific coping processes. Much of my research, therefore, targets ethnic/racial minorities, women, gay men and lesbians, and persons living with HIV. The health disparities and unmet needs in the oppressed communities I study have motivated my efforts to develop and empirically test culturally relevant disease prevention and health promotion interventions. I have been involved as a primary investigator, co-investigator and consultant on HIV related projects in Seattle, Beijing, Mexico and Kenya.

Randall C. Kyes
Professor/Scientist & Head, Division of International, UW/Washington National Primate Research Center - Web link...
I am a primatologist and my research focus is on conservation biology and the human-environment interface. My work is primarily field-based and involves extensive international collaboration in multiple countries around the world. My colleagues and I are particularly interested in assessing how humans are impacting wild populations of primates as well as the emerging infectious disease risk posed by primates. We also conduct field training programs in conservation biology for university students and professionals, and provide community outreach education for children in rural villages.

Susan Bolton
Professor , UWCollege of Forest Resources/ Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Susan Bolton, Ph.D., P.E. has graduate degrees in ecology and engineering and is a registered professional engineer. She is a Professor in the College of Forest Resources at the University of Washington. Most of her research has dealt with land-use effects on surface water quality and quantity as well as the effects on riparian and aquatic ecosystems. She co-authored an extensive document for WA DOT, DOE, and WDFW on ecological issues in floodplain corridors and co-edited on a book on restoration of Puget Sound rivers. Most recently she was asked to write the section on 'Principles of Ecological Engineering' for the Encyclopedia of Ecology. She is also active in Engineers without Borders and works on projects dealing with international sustainable development in Costa Rica and in Bolivia. The Bolivia project is installing improved cookstoves to improve indoor air quality and is doing a health assessment to document the effects of the stove on health.

Wendy Johnson, MD, MPH
Director of New Initiatives, Health Alliance International & UW Global Health - Web link...
Dr. Johnson has over 10 years of experience in public and international health as a clinician, teacher, policy-maker, technical advisor and manager. She is currently Director of New Initiatives for Health Alliance International, developing new projects and coordinating HAI's policy advocacy work. Previously, she directed HAI's programs in Mozambique. Her responsibilities included overall project management (including a large PEPFAR grant and several other USAID funded projects), policy advocacy, coordination of research and training, and project development. Previously, Dr. Johnson served as Medical Director of the Cleveland Department of Public Health. She also served as Coordinator of the Urban Health Track for Case Western Reserve University's Masters in Public Health Program and as a clinical instructor for Family Practice residents. Dr. Johnson completed her undergraduate and medical education at Ohio State University, her Family Practice Residency at the University of New Mexico, and holds a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. Her career has been focused on work with marginalized populations both in the US and internationally, especially in the areas of maternal-child health, HIV and urban health. In addition to Mozambique, she has worked, volunteered, or provided technical assistance to projects in Chile, Mexico, Haiti, India, El Salvador, and Guatemala, Ethiopia, Cote d'Ivoire and Colombia.