Faculty and Staff
Pierre Buekens, MD, PhD
Director
Dean, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
W.H. Watkins Professor of Epidemiology
Andrea Lee Meyer
Director of Global Health Research
Sergio Sosa-Estani, MD, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Gabriela Cormick, MS
Research Fellow
Michele Mervis
Project Assistant
Executive Committe
Executive committee members also serve as fellows of the Center. Members of the executive committee are responsible for leading the Center and for developing a strategic plan to promote CEBGH services and activities to the Tulane faculty community.
Members of the executive committee identify and investigate innovative approaches to global health issues and priorities. They also oversee the planning of a scientific program for seminar series, newsletters and thematic workshops.
Current Executive Committee Members
Pierre Buekens, MD, PhD
Dean, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
W. H. Watkins Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Patty Kissinger, BSN, MPH, PhD
Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Kate Macintyre, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Global Health Systems and Development
Richard Oberhelman, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Russell Van Dyke, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Unit
Larry Webber, PhD
Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Xu Xiong, MD, DrPH
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Scientific Advisory Board
The advisory board consists of a small group of external experts with a broad range of methodological, ethical, cultural, and practical expertise in experimental research. Advisory board members are recommended by the executive committee and are appointed to three-year terms, during which time they advise the executive committee members on the development of the Center's programs.
