{"id":14412,"date":"2020-08-21T08:26:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T15:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/?page_id=14412"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:57:38","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/about-us\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet our faculty, staff, and trainees at the University of Washington who drive our Center’s research forward.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Center Directors<\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nGrace John-Stewart<\/b><\/a>
\nMD, MPH, PhD
\n<\/i><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nIrene Njuguna<\/b><\/a>
\nMBChB, MS, MPH, PhD\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nPatricia Pavlinac<\/strong><\/a>
\nMS, PhD\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nAlyson Shumays<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nAnjuli Wagner<\/strong><\/a>
\nMPH, PhD\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n
<\/div>\n
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Chairs of the Founding Departments<\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n\"\"\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nBarbara Goff<\/b><\/a>
\nMD
\nObstetrics & Gynecology<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nLeslie
\nWalker-Harding<\/b><\/a>
\nMD
\nPediatrics<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nHeidi van Rooyen<\/b><\/a>
\nPhD
\nGlobal Health <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Faculty<\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nAlison Drake<\/a>
\n<\/b>MPH, PhD\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nDonna Denno<\/b><\/a>
\nMD, MPH
\nAssociate Director, Pediatrics\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

\"\"
\nLinda Eckert<\/b><\/a>
\nMD
\nAssociate Director,
\nObstetrics & Gynecology\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nBrandon Guthrie<\/a>
\n<\/b><\/b>MPH, PhD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

\"\"
\nDavid Taylor Hendrixson<\/a><\/strong>
\nMD, MPH<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nAnna Larsen<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH, PhD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nArianna Means<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH, PhD\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nSylvia LaCourse<\/strong><\/a>
\nMD, MPH\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nJennifer Slyker<\/strong><\/a>
\nMS, PhD\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nKristin Beima-Sofie<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH, PhD\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nSarah Benki<\/strong><\/a>
\nMS, PhD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nBhavna Chohan<\/b><\/a>
\nMS, PhD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nJohn Kinuthia<\/a><\/b>
\nMBChB, MMed, MPH\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nChristine McGrath<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH, PhD\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nFerdinand Mukumbang<\/b><\/a>
\nMS, PhD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nElizabeth Maleche Obimbo<\/b><\/a>
\nMBChB, MMed, MPH<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nJillian Pintye<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH, PhD\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nKeshet Ronen<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH, PhD\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

\"\"
\nBenson Singa<\/a>
\n<\/b><\/b>MBChB, MPH\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

\"\"
\nKirk Tickell<\/b><\/a>
\nMBBS, MPH, PhD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n\"\"\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

\"\"
\nIndi Trehan<\/strong><\/a>
\nMD, MPH\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nDalton Wamalwa<\/b><\/a>
\nMBChB, MMed, MPH\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n

Center Operations Staff<\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nStephanie
\nEdlund-Cho<\/b><\/a>
\nMSW
\nProgram Manager\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nCaroline Kangas<\/a>
\n<\/b>BA
\nGrant Manager\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nChris Kealy<\/b><\/a>
\nBA
\nGrant Manager\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

\"\"
\nMary Madden<\/strong><\/a>
\nMA
\nGrant Manager\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nAngie Windus<\/b><\/a>
\nBA
\nBudget Fiscal Analyst<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

Research and Data Staff<\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nHannah Atlas<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH
\nResearch Manager\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\n<\/b>Emily Begnel<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH, PhD
\nResearch Scientist\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

\"\"
\nTessa Concepcion<\/a>
\n<\/strong>MPH, PhD
\n<\/strong>Research Coordinator\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nMareme Diakhate<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH
\nData Manager & Analyst\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

\"\"
\nJaclyn Escudero<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH
\nResearch Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

\"\"
\nMarguerite (Maggie) Fenwood Hughes<\/strong><\/a>
\nMS, MSW
\nResearch Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

\"\"
\nErika Feutz<\/a>
\n<\/b>MPH
\nData Manager & Analyst\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

\"\"
\nSean Galagan<\/strong><\/a>
\nMPH
\nSenior Data Manager & Analyst, Data Core Lead<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

\"\"
\nLaur\u00e9n G\u00f3mez<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH
\nSenior Research Coordinator\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

\"\"
\nDieudonne Hakizimana<\/strong><\/a>
\nMA, PhDc
\nResearch Scientist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n

\"\"
\nSarah Hicks<\/strong><\/a>
\nMPH, PhD
\nResearch Scientist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nWenwen Jiang<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH, PhD
\nData Manager & Analyst<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

\"\"
\nCienn Joyeux<\/strong>
\nMPH
\nData Manager & Analyst\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nAriana Magedson<\/a>
\n<\/b>BSW
\nResearch Coordinator\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nRishika Mohanty<\/a>
\n<\/b>MPH
\nResearch Coordinator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n\"\"
\nJillian Neary<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH, PhD
\nResearch Scientist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

\"\"
\nTia Paganelli<\/strong>
\nMPH, PhDc
\nResearch Scientist\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nLincoln Pothan<\/strong><\/a>
\nBA
\nResearch Coordinator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\n<\/b>Sonia Rao<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH
\nProject Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n\"\"
\n<\/b>Olivia Schultes<\/b><\/a>
\nMS
\nData Manager & Analyst<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n

\"\"
\nAparna Seth
\n<\/b>MPH, PhD
\nData Manager & Analyst<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

\"\"
\nKaty Sharrock<\/a>
\n<\/b>MSc
\nData Manager & Analyst<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

\"\"
\nSarah Shaw<\/strong><\/a>
\nMPH, PhD
\nResearch Scientist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

\"\"
\nRuchi Tiwari<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH, PhD
\nPostdoctoral Scholar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n\"\"
\nJenna Udren<\/b><\/a>
\nMPH
\nResearch Scientist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet our faculty, staff, and trainees at the University of Washington who drive our Center’s research forward.   Center Directors Chairs of the Founding Departments Faculty   Center Operations Staff Research and Data Staff<\/p>\n

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