Global Health Research Interest: Nursing

Countries: Australia, Brazil, Guyana, Ireland, Singapore, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Dr. April Kapu is an accomplished healthcare executive with over 30 years in the field, including 19 years as a critical care nurse practitioner. Dr. Kapu is the Associate Dean for Strategic Partnerships and Global Affairs at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in Nashville, Tennessee. Before her current roles, she served as an associate chief nursing officer for advanced practice at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where she established advanced practice infrastructure and expanded advanced practice models of care across the health system. Dr. Kapu is frequently consulted for her expertise in advanced practice leadership and has presented in many national and international forums authored chapters in advanced practice nursing textbooks and published manuscripts in numerous peer-reviewed medical and nursing journals. She holds several professional roles, including Fellow for the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Past President and Fellow for AANP, and Fellow for the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Kapu has received several awards, including Vanderbilt's "Transformational Nurse Leader of the Year," Tennessee Hospital Association's "Nurse of Clinical Distinction," and nationally, Modern Healthcare's "2022 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives." She holds a master's and doctoral degree in nursing from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. 

Global Health Research Interests: Clinical Pharmacology, Education and Training (Capacity Building), Genetics, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacology, Tuberculosis

Countries: Brazil, Haiti, Malawi, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Global Health Research Interests: Clinical Pharmacology, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB)

Country: South Africa

Dr. Dooley is Professor and the Addison B. Scoville, Jr., Chair in Medicine and the Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is a clinical pharmacologist and infectious diseases physician.  She earned her MD from Duke University, MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and PhD at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She also completed her clinical pharmacology and infectious diseases fellowships at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on tuberculosis (TB) therapeutics. She is a lead investigator for trials of therapeutics for drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB, TB-HIV, and pediatric TB meningitis. She is the Chair of the TB Transformative Science Group of the ACTG and chair of CDC's Tuberculosis Trials Consortium's CRUSH-TB trial. She serves as a consultant to the World Health Organization on TB therapeutics and pharmacology.  She has a special interest in ensuring that novel therapeutics for TB are available to all, including priority populations such as children, people with HIV, and pregnant women.

Claire Davis Posey serves as a Senior Population and Public Health Manager for the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health. In this role, she directs programming and operations for a portfolio of grant-funded education and training programs in low-resource settings, including sites in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. She primarily works in the areas of education capacity-building, global surgery/global anesthesia, maternal and child health, noncommunicable diseases, and workforce development. Claire holds a master’s degree in international development from American University. She received her undergraduate degree from Birmingham-Southern College, where she majored in Human Rights and Spanish. Claire is also a proud Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Ecuador).

Sarah Crane is an international educator and global development worker with over 10 years of experience in the field. With a passion for creating innovative solutions to complex challenges, she has worked in a variety of roles both domestically and abroad.

For the past four years, Sarah has held the role of Associate Director for the Humphrey Fellowship Program at Vanderbilt University where she supported the programming of professional and leadership development workshops, communicated with various stakeholders including the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), Institute for International Education (IIE), the Tennessee Department of Education, Vanderbilt faculty and staff, alongside local partnering individuals, institutions, and organizations; led program logistics; and more.

Prior to joining the Humphrey Fellowship staff, Sarah worked as a Marketing Consultant for multiple international nonprofits and businesses based in Nashville after spending six years working in Uganda. During her time overseas, she focused on educational support, leadership development, and cross-cultural collaboration at a secondary school in Western Uganda.

Sarah is passionate for change, growth, and holistic support of education access and teacher support in underserved areas and developing contexts. She is always curious to learn, problem-solve, and bring a vision of ubuntu to the work she does. Sarah believes education is one of the best levers for change we have available today and is excited to bring that work into partnership with the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health.

Global Health Research Interests: Anesthesia, Global Health Policy, Health Policy

Country: Croatia

Dr. Havidich is double boarded in pediatric and adult anesthesiology with over twenty years of clinical experience. She practices at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Havidich has served in various academic and leadership roles, including developing practice guidelines, chairing task forces, founding medical societies, advancing graduate medical education, conducting research, and mentoring the next generation of physician-scientists. She was awarded a full scholarship from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, where she focused on leadership development, the science of healthcare delivery systems, and outcomes research.

Dr. Havidich’s current academic interests include advancing the quality of care and safety for surgical patients, outcomes research, international economic development projects, strategies to mitigate the emigration of health care professionals, and the science of healthcare delivery.