Our Team

Meet our faculty, staff, and trainees at the University of Washington who drive our Center’s research forward.

Center Directors

Grace John-Stewart
MD, MPH, PhD

Irene Njuguna
MBChB, MS, MPH, PhD

Patricia Pavlinac
MS, PhD

Alyson Shumays
MPH

Anjuli Wagner
MPH, PhD

Faculty

Alison Drake
MPH, PhD

Donna Denno
MD, MPH
Associate Director, Pediatrics

Linda Eckert
MD
Associate Director,
Obstetrics & Gynecology

Brandon Guthrie
MPH, PhD

Anna Larsen
MPH, PhD

Arianna Means
MPH, PhD

Sylvia LaCourse
MD, MPH

Jennifer Slyker
MS, PhD

Kristin Beima-Sofie
MPH, PhD

Sarah Benki-Nugent
MS, PhD

Bhavna Chohan
MS, PhD

John Kinuthia
MBChB, MMed, MPH

Christine McGrath
MPH, PhD

Ferdinand Mukumbang
MS, PhD

Elizabeth Maleche Obimbo
MBChB, MMed, MPH

Jillian Pintye
MPH, PhD

Keshet Ronen
MPH, PhD

Benson Singa
MBChB, MPH

Kirk Tickell
MBBS, MPH, PhD

Indi Trehan
MD, MPH

Dalton Wamalwa
MBChB, MMed, MPH

Chairs of the Founding Departments

Barbara Goff
MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology

Leslie
Walker-Harding
MD
Pediatrics

Heidi van Rooyen
PhD
Global Health

Center Operations Staff

Stephanie
Edlund-Cho
MSW
Program Manager

Caroline Kangas
BA
Grant Specialist

Chris Kealy
BA
Kenya Finance Manager

Mary Madden
MA
Grant & Contract Manager

Angie Windus
BA
Budget Fiscal Analyst

Research and Data Staff

Hannah Atlas
MPH
Research Manager

Emily Begnel
MPH, PhD
Research Scientist

Tessa Concepcion
MPH, PhD
Research Coordinator

Mareme Diakhate
MPH
Data Manager

Jaclyn Escudero
MPH
Research Manager

Marguerite (Maggie) Fenwood Hughes
MS, MSW
Research Manager

Erika Feutz
MPH
Data Manager

Sean Galagan
MPH
Senior Data Manager & Analyst, Data Team Lead

Laurén Gómez
MPH
Senior Research Coordinator

Dieudonne Hakizimana
MA, PhDc
Research Scientist

Sarah Hicks
MPH, PhD
Research Coordinator

Wenwen Jiang
MPH, PhD
Data Manager & Analyst

Anya Lewin
BA
Program Operations Specialist

Ariana Magedson
BSW
Research Coordinator

Rishika Mohanty
MPH
Research Coordinator

Jill Neary
MPH, PhD
Research Scientist

Lincoln Pothan
BA
Research Coordinator

Sonia Rao
MPH
Program Specialist

Olivia Schultes
MS
Data Manager & Analyst

Katy Sharrock
MSc
Data Manager & Analyst

Sarah Shaw
MPH, PhD
Research Scientist

Ruchi Tiwari
MPH, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar

Jenna Udren
MPH
Research Scientist