HBNU Leadership Group

Principal Investigators:

Wafaie Fawzi, MBBS, DrPH

Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences, Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology and Global Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Dr. Fawzi is the Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences, Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology and Global Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a physician and epidemiologist focused on advancing global health research, education, and practice. Between 2011 and 2018, he served as Chair of the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard. He established and continues to lead the Nutrition and Global Health Program, an…

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David Hamer, MD

Professor of Global Health and Medicine
Boston University School of Public Health and Chobanian & Avesidian School of Medicine

Dr. Hamer is a Professor of Global Health and Medicine at the Boston University School of Public Health and Chobanian & Avesidian School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Dr. Hamer, a board-certified specialist in infectious diseases with a particular interest in tropical infectious diseases, has extensive field experience in neonatal and child survival research including studies of…

Claudia A. Hawkins

Claudia Hawkins, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine-Infectious Diseases
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Dr. Hawkins is an Associate Professor of Medicine-Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Her specialty is Infectious Diseases with a focus on the care of individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and viral hepatitis B and C. As Director of the Viral Hepatitis/HIV Co-infection Program within the Division of Infectious Diseases, she oversees the clinical management of patients with HIV and viral hepatitis B and C…

Douglas J. Perkins, PhD

Director and Professor of Medicine, Center for Global Health
Center for Global Health | Department of Internal Medicine at the University of New Mexico

Dr. Perkins is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Global Health in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of New Mexico. Research projects in Dr. Perkins’ laboratories are based primarily in the US and Kenya. These projects focus on various molecular aspects of the human host-immune response to parasites and viruses. One primary goal of the laboratories is to determine the role of genetic…


Co-Investigators:

Robert Murphy, MD

Executive Director, Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health | John Philip Phair Professor of Infectious Diseases
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine & McCormick School of Engineering

Dr. Murphy is the Executive Director of the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, the John Philip Phair Professor of Infectious Diseases, and a Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. Dr. Murphy’s primary research and clinical interest is in viral infections. His research includes drug development of new antiretroviral drugs and vaccines for HIV and viral hepatitis and the scale-up of therapy for AIDS, tuberculosis…

Christopher Sudfeld, ScM, ScD

Associate Professor of Global Health and Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Dr. Sudfeld is an Associate Professor of Global Health and Nutrition in the Department of Global Health and Population and Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Sudfeld’s research focuses on the interaction of nutrition and infection on maternal and child health in resource-limited settings. His research and education program is focused in three areas: Randomized trials of nutrition and infection interventions Observational studies…