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GLOBAL HEALTH PATHWAY MENTOR LIST 2007-2008

Division

Specialty/Research Focus

Country/Region of Interest

Institution

E-mail

 

CARDIOLOGY

 

Woubeshet Ayenew

Ischemic heart disease, Ethiopian community

Ethiopia

HCMC

waydoc@gmail.com

Daniel Duprez

Ischemic heart disease

 

HCMC

Dupre007@umn.edu

Steve Goldsmith

Management of CHF in resource-limited areas

 

HCMC

Srg_hcmc@yahoo.com

Ron Johannsen

Infectious heart disease, acute coronary syndrome in developing world

 

HCMC

rcjohannsen@msn.com

 

ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES

 

Antoinette Moran

Diabetes in tropical countries

 

UMN

Moran001@umn.edu

 

GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY, & NUTRITION

 

Mohamed Hassan

Gastroenterology

 

UMN

Hassa042@umn.edu

 

GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

 

Michael Kim

Evaluation of int’l medical education programs

Vietnam

 

Kimxx031@umn.edu

Nina Bacaner

Chronic health concerns of immigrants

VFR Travelers

 

CUHCC

Bacan002@umn.edu

 

GENETICS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEMATOLOGY, ONCOLOGY, TRANSLANT

 

Randy Hurley

Hematology in the tropics & in immigrants, laboratory medicine, HIV related cancers, palliative care

Tanzania

Regions

Randy.W.Hurley@HealthPartners.com

Navneet Majhail

Bone marrow transplant, cervical cancer

 

UMN

Majha001@umn.edu

Mimi Yu

Hepatocellular cancer

 

Cancer Center, UMN

mimiyu@umn.edu

 

INFECTIOUS DISEASES & INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE

 

Fozia Abrar

Environmental degradation, cross-cultural health of Somali community

Somalia

Center for Int’l Health, Regions

Fozia.A.Abrar@HealthPartners.com

Cristina Baker

Infection and nutrition, TB

 

ID, UMN

Bake0088@umn.edu

Paul Bohjanen

Pathogenesis of HIV & immune system, opportunistic infections: Cryptococcus, TB

Uganda

Microbiology / ID, UMN

Bohja001@umn.edu

David Boulware

HIV immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

Uganda (IM Site coordinator)

ID, UMN

Boulw001@umn.edu

Winston Cavert

HIV & opportunistic infections

Uganda

ID, UMN

Caver003@umn.edu

Elisabeth Emerson

Portable medical records, maternal child health, WHO national guidelines, Burmese-Thailand border

Thailand

VA

Elisabethemerson@gmail.com

Susan Kline

Infection control

Nepal

ID, UMN

Kline003@umn.edu

Stacene Maroushek

LTBI infection

Malaria in immigrant children

 

HCMC

Stacene@umn.edu

Phil Peterson

TB, Water supply and health

 

ID, UMN

Peter137@umn.edu

Ayesha Rashid

Biliary flukes

Pakistan

ID, UMN

Rashi005@umn.edu

Jonathan Ravdin

Amebiasis, mucosal immunity

 

UMN

Ravdi001@umn.edu

R. Bryan Rock

TB pathogenesis, CNS & extra-pulmonary TB, TB management, TB: current issues in diagnostics & therapeutics

 

ID, UMN

Brock1007@msn.com

Jonathan Sellman

Leptospirosis

 

ID, Regions

Sell0049@umn.edu

Bill Stauffer

Avian flu surveillance, refugee screening, malaria, travel medicine

Tanzania (IM Site coordinator)

ID, UMN

Stauf005@umn.edu

Steve Swanson

Pediatric refugees & travel medicine

Rwanda

HCMC

Stephen.Swanson@co.hennepin.mn.us

Jo-Anne Van Burik

Immuno-suppressed transplant patients

 

ID, UMN

Vanbu004@umn.edu

Patricia Walker

Refugee and  immigrant health, health disparities, travel medicine

Thailand (IM Site Coordinator)

 

Patricia.F.Walker@healthpartners.com

 

NEPHROLOGY / RENAL & HYPERTENSION

 

Jeffrey Connaire

Difficult to control hypertension in immigrants

 

VA

Conna002@umn.edu

Christine Johns

Nephrology & infectious diseases in immigrants and developing world

Thailand

UMN

John6598@umn.edu

Mark Rosenberg

 

Thailand

Medicine, UMN

Rosen001@umn.edu

Li Ping Tan

Non-infectious renal diseases in immigrants and in developing world

 

UMN

Tanxx117@umn.edu

 

RHEUMATIC & AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL HEALTH COURSE FACULTY

 

Dick Adair

Immigrant health

 

ABN

Adair001@umn.edu

Ombosola Akinsete

HIV in African immigrants

Nigeria

Regions

Akins001@umn.edu

Jason Baker

HIV, cardiovascular disease

 

HCMC

Baker459@umn.edu

Kiran Belani

 

India

Children’s Hospital

Kiran.belani@childrensms.org

Kumar Belani

Anesthesiology & pain management in developing countries

India (IM Site coordinator)

UMN

Belan001@umn.edu

Jeff Bender

Animal & human health issues

 

UMN, St. Paul campus

Bende002@umn.edu

Chris Bowron

 

 

ABN

bowroncs@lycos.com

Kathleen Culhane-Pera

Research in international settings

Hmong health care

Cross cultural care/ethics

Thailand

Regions

kathiecp@yahoo.com

Diana Cutts

Nutritional issues in immigrant children in US

 

HCMC

Diana.cutts@co.hennepin.mn.us

Scott Davies

Histo, Blasto, Cocci, Paracocci

 

HCMC

Scott.davies@co.hennepin.mn.us

Aaron DeVries

Emerging infections

 

MDH

Devri011@umn.edu

Sarah D’Heilly

Influenza, internet surveys

 

UMN: ID, VA

sdheilly@yahoo.com

Katherine Fennelly

Immigrant health, immigrant policy in US

 

UMN, Humphrey Institute

Benne007@umn.edu

Greg Filice

Tobacco use in developing world

 

VA

Gregory.filice@va.gov

Lorene Gilliksen

OB/Gyn in developing world, midwifery

Cameroon

HealthPartners Woodbury Clinic

Gilli018@umn.edu

Keith Henry

HIV

 

 

keithh6680@aol.com

Cindy Howard

DPT, pertussis, ORT, Uganda

Uganda

UMN

drcindy@umn.edu

Michelle Hulse

Pediatric TB

 

 

Michelle.hulse@childrensmn.org

Billie Juni

Laboratory medicine: leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis and malaria

 

MDH

Billie.Juni@health.state.mn.us

Edward Kaplan

Global Control Strategies for Streptococcus and Rheumatic Fever

 

Pediatrics, UMN

Kapla001@umn.edu

Daniel Keyler

Snake, scorpion, and venomous spider bites in the U.S.

 

HCMC

Keyle001@umn.edu

Neelay Kothari

Infection control

 

UMN

Koth0036@umn.edu

Georgi Kroupin

Torture survivors and mental health issues in immigrants

Russia

Center for Int’l Health

Georgi.V.Kroupin@healthparters.com

Kevin Larsen

Acculturation, use of interpreters, health literacy

Panama, Costa Rica

HCMC

Kevin.larsen@co.hennepin.mn.us

Alan Lifson

Global epidemiology of HIV infection/transmission, prevention of HIV infection

Kenya

Epidemiology, UMN

Lifso001@umn.edu

Noe Mateo

Rickettsial infections

Philippines

Regions

Mateo005@umn.edu

Ken McMillan

Bush surgery

Congo

American Indian Community Development

Kenneth.mcmillan@earthlink.net

Peter Melchert

Pre- and post-surgical management

Ghana, Liberia

ABN

Melch001@umn.edu

Steven Miles

Refugee & disaster relief, bioethics, American Refugee Committee

 

UMN

Miles001@umn.edu

Matt Morgan

Chemical threats

 

Regions

Matthew.W.Morgan@healthpartners.com

David Neitzel

Epidemiology of insect vectors: mosquitoes & ticks, identification of vector insects in the lab

 

MDH

David.Neitzel@state.mn.us

Michael Osterholm

Influenza & avian influenza in developing countries

 

School of Public Health, UMN

mto@umn.edu

Mrinal Patnaik

Kala azar (visceral leishmaniasis), snake envenomations

India

UMN

Patna009@umn.edu

Mikhail Perelman

Cross-cultural health issues in Russian community

Russia

Regions

Mikhail.X.Perelman@healthpartners.com

Bill Pomputius

Typhoid fever

 

Children’s Hospital

Bill.Pomputius@childrensmn.org

Douglas Pryce

Vitamin D, cancer screening in immigrant populations, Somali community, Health issues of pilgrims to Hajj

 

HCMC

Douglas.pryce@co.hennepin.mn.us

Rosemary Quirk

Chronic diseases in developing countries

Laos

Allina Medical Clinic

rosequirk@yahoo.com

Rob Reardon

Practical use of ultrasound in ER

 

HCMC

Rob.Reardon@co.hennepin.mn.us

Cheryl Robertson

Refugee health,international nursing

 

School of Nursing, UMN

Rober007@umn.edu

Frank Rhame

HIV prevention & care in resource-poor areas, politics of funding

Ukraine, Russia

ABN

Frank@biostat.umn.edu

Miguel Ruiz

Latino populations

Honduras

Regions

Miguel.Ruiz@healthpartners.com

Nadia Sam-Agudu

Malaria pathophysiology

Ghana

Pediatrics, UMN

agudu@umn.edu

Mark Sannes

HPV infection and vaccine strategies in developing countries

 

Park Nicollet

sannem@parknicollet.com

Joni Scheftel

Rabies

 

MDH

Joni.Scheftel@state.mn.us

Ann Settgast

Clinical diagnosis and management of visceral leishmaniasis, Medicins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders),refugee and immigrant health

Ethiopia

Regions

Ann.M.Settgast@healthpartners.com

Margaret Simpson

Sexually transmitted diseases

 

HCMC

Margaret.Simpson@co.hennepin.mn.us

Kirk Smith

Salmonellosis/Shigella/Campylobacter

 

MDH

Kirk.Smith@co.hennepin.mn.us

Wendy Sutherland

Epidemiology of TB

 

MDH

Wendy.Sutherland@health.state.mn.us

David Thompson

Horizontal and vertical approaches to vaccination

 

HCMC

David.Thompson@co.hennepin.mn.us

Dean Tsukayama

TB diagnostics, TB/pulmonary, TB treatment, biological threats, atypical mycobacterium

 

HCMC

Tsuka001@umn.edu

Meghan Walsh

Disease surveillance from public health perspective

 

HCMC

Meghan.Walsh@co.hennepin.mn.us

Jon White

Scrub typhus

Laos

 

White146@umn.edu

David N. Williams

Immigrant health

 

HCMC

Willi086@umn.edu

Betty Wu

Sedation and pain control management in developing countries

 

Children’s Hospital

Betty.Wu@childrensmn.org

 

   

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