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Naji Abumrad,
M.D., F.A.C.S.

John L. Sawyers Professor of Surgery

School of Medicine

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David M. Aronoff,
M.D.

Director

Division of Infectious Diseases

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Gregory F. Barz,
Ph.D.

Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology

Blair School of Music

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William Brumskine,
MBChB, Dip HIV Man(SA)

Clinical Research Site Leader

The Aurum Institute NPC - Rustenburg CRS

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James Chappell,
M.D., Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Department of Pediatrics

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Violet Chihota,
BSc Honours, MSc, PhD

Senior Researcher: TB

The Aurum Institute

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Amy Chomsky,
M.D.

Professor

Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

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Gavin Churchyard,
MBBCh, FCP (SA), MMed, PhD

Group Chief Executive Officer

The Aurum Institute
David Allen Clark,
MBBCh, BCom, DHSM, MBA

Group COO / CEO: Southern Africa

The Aurum Institute

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William Cooper,
M.D., M.P.H.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair

Pediatrics

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James Crowe,
M.D.

Director

Vanderbilt Vaccine Center

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Mark Denison,
M.D.

Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics

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Jerod Denton,
Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology Research

Department of Anesthesiology

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Neerav Desai,
M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Health

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Avery Dickins de Girón,
Ph.D.

Executive Director and Senior Lecturer

Center for Latin American Studies

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Jenny Dyer,
Ph.D.

Executive Director

Hope Through Healing Hands

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Kathryn Edwards,

Sarah H. Sell and Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Pediatrics

Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program

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Quentin Eichbaum,
PhD, MPH, MFA, FCAP

Director

Vanderbilt Pathology Program in Global Health

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Edward (Ted) Fischer,
Ph.D.

Professor

Anthropology

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Sapna S. Gangaputra,
M.D., MPH

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

School of Medicine

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John A. Graves,

Associate Professor

Health Policy

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Carlos Grijalva,
M.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor

Health Policy

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Barry Grimm,
DO

Assistant Professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Scott Osborn Guthrie,
M.D., F.A.A.P.

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Natasha Halasa,
M.D., M.P.H.

Professor and Craig-Weaver Chair in Pediatrics

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Lara Harvey,
MD

Assistant Professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Rick (Frederick) Haselton,
Ph.D.

Professor

Biomedical Engineering

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Elizabeth Heitman,
Ph.D.

Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine

UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Brian Heuser,
Ed.D., M.T.S.

Associate Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy

Peabody College

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Julián Hillyer,
Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences

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Rachel Idowu,
MD, MPH

CDC Branch Chief for HIV Care and Treatment, Mozambique
James Craig Innes,
MBChB, Masters in Epidemiology

Clinical Director - Clinical Research Division

The Aurum Institute

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Annet Kirabo,
PhD, MSc, FAHA

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Department of Medicine, VUMC
John Koethe,
MD, MSCI

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

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Scott S. Lee,
M.D., PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

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Galina Lepesheva,
Ph.D.

Research Professor

Biochemistry

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Harold Newton Lovvorn, III,
M.D.

Associate Professor

Pediatric Surgery and Pediatrics

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Anita Mahadevan-Jansen,
Ph.D.

Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Biomedical Engineering

School of Engineering

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Peter R. Martin,
M.D., M.Sc.

Professor

Pharmacology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Matthew McEvoy,
M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology

Division of Multispecialty Adult Anesthesiology

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Catherine McGowan,
M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

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Tara McKay,
Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Medicine, Health, and Society

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Jonathan Metzl,
M.D., Ph.D.

Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology

Vanderbilt University

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Bonnie Miller,
M.D.

Professor of Clinical Surgery

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Abelardo Moncayo,
Ph.D.

Director, Vector-Borne Disease Section

Tennessee Department of Health

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Donald Moore,
Ph.D.

Professor of Medical Education and Administration

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Kelly L. Moore,
M.D., M.P.H.

Deputy Director

Immunization Action Coalition

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Lloyd Mulenga,
MBCHB, MSc, MMED, PhD

National HIV Program Coordinator

Ministry of Health, Zambia

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Wilbroad Mutale,
M.B.Ch.B, Ph.D.

Professor

University of Zambia School of Public Health

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Robert Naftel,
M.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurological Surgery

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James Netterville,
M.D.

Mark C. Smith Professor of Otolaryncology

Department of Otolaryncology

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Mark Newton,
M.D., F.A.A.P.

Professor

Department of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, VUMC

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Tanya Nielson,
BPharm and MSc

Managing Director: Clinical Research Division

The Aurum Institute

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Regina Osih,
MD, MPH

Senior Technical Expert: TB/HIV

The Aurum Institute
Cynthia Paschal,
Ph.D.

Associate Dean

Biomedical Engineering

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Jessica M. Perkins,

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Human & Organizational Development

Peabody College

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Dino Rech, MBBCH, MBA,

COO: Health Programmes

The Aurum Institute
Graham Reside,
Ph.D.

Executive Director

Cal Turner Program in Moral Leadership for the Professions

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John Paul Rohde,
MD, FAAEM

Director

Division of Global Emergency Medicine

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Brent Savoie,
M.D., J.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology & Radiological Sciences

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Mavis Schorn,
Ph.D., C.N.M.

Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academics

School of Nursing

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Bryan Shepherd,
Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Biostatistics

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Xiao-Ou Shu,
M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

Ingram Professor of Cancer Research

Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center

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Bantayehu Sileshi,
M.D.

Assistant Professor

Anesthesiology

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Christopher Sizemore,
DO

Section Director

Women's Global Health
Joseph "Jay" A. Smith, Jr.,
M.D.

William L. Bray Chair and Professor

Urology

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Paul Sternberg,
M.D.

G.W. Hale Professor and Chair

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

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Jeffrey G. Stovall,
M.D.

Associate Professor

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Sarah V. Suiter,
Ph.D., M.S.

Assistant Professor of the Practice, Human & Organizational Development

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John Tarpley,
M.D., FWACS, FACS

Emeritus

Department of Surgery

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Margaret Tarpley,
MLS

Adjunct Instructor

Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Yuri van der Heijden,
M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

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Emilio Valverde Gonzalez,
D.Phil

Country Director: Mozambique

The Aurum Institute

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Bart Victor,
Ph.D.

Cal Turner Professor of Moral Leadership

Owen Graduate School of Management

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Robert Wallis,
MD, FIDSA

Chief Scientific Officer

The Aurum Institute
Camila Walters,
M.D.

Assistant Professor

Anesthesiology

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Bahr Weiss,
Ph.D.

Research Professor of Psychology and Human Development

Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University

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David Wright,
Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Vanderbilt University

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Lindsey E. Zamora,
MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Section for Global Women's Health
Wei Zheng,
M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

Professor and Chief, Division of Epidemiology

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Carol Cathleen Ziegler,
DNP, APRN, NP-C, RD

Assistant Professor of Nursing, Global Health Coordinator

School of Nursing

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Laurence J. Zwiebel,
Ph.D.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Biological Sciences, Professor of Biological Sciences and Pharmacology

Department of Biological Sciences and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University

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