Our Team

Leadership and Staff

Joy Noel Baumgartner, PhDDirector

Jennifer Headley, MSWEvaluation Research Specialist

Margaret Lillie, MSc-GHAssociate in Research

Blen Biru, MSc-GHAssociate in Research

Joe Egger, PhDTechnical Expert

Osondu Ogbuoji, ScDResearch Scholar / Senior Policy Associate

Siddharth Dixit, MIDPAssociate in Research

Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, PhDAdvisor, Founding Director

Timothy Kim, PhD, MSPHPostdoctoral Associate

Minahil ShahidAssociate in Research

Faculty and Staff Affiliates

John BartlettAssociate Director for ResearchDuke Global Health Institute

Fernando R. FernholzProfessor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public PolicyDuke University Center for International Development

Lauren Franz Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Duke Global Health Institute

John GallisBiostatistician IIIResearch Design and Analysis Core

Karen O’DonnellExpert in Early Childhood DevelopmentDuke Center for Child and Family Policy

Nikita PoujaiGrants & Contracts AdministratorDuke Global Health Institute

Sowmya RajanResearch ManagerGlobal Health Innovation Center at Duke

Sharla Rent, MDNeonatologist/ Medical InstructorDepartment of Pediatrics

Kendal SwansonEconomic ConsultantDuke Sanford School of Public Policy

Liz TurnerAssistant Professor, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and Global HealthDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Krishna UdayakumarAssociate Professor of Global Health and MedicineGlobal Health Innovation Center

Lavanya Vasudevan Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health Duke Family Medicine & Community Health

Gavin YameyProfessor of the Practice of Global Health and Public PolicyCenter for Policy Impact in Global Health

Yunji ZhouBiostatistician IIResearch Design & Analysis Core

Students

Jessica MacknessMSc-GH Student

Rosarito (Mali) Clari YaluffMSc-GH Student

Jiepin CaoPhD Student in Nursing

Monica DesjardinsUndergraduate Student