Center Leadership
Joseph C. Kolars, MD, MACP
Director
Joseph Kolars is founding director of the Center for Global Health Equity, senior associate dean and professor of medicine in the University of Michigan Medical School, and director of the medical school’s Global REACH program.
John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP
Senior Advisor
John Ayanian is senior advisor for the Center and holds professorships in the Medical School, School of Public Health and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. He is the director of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI).
Amy Conger, PhD
Managing Director
Amy Conger is the managing director of the Center. Prior to joining CGHE, Amy served as the Associate Vice Provost and Director of Global Engagement at the University of Michigan. She has lived and worked in Belgium, Kyrgyzstan, and South Africa and has supported educational collaborations in numerous locations worldwide. Amy holds a faculty appointment in the School of Education's Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education.
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Faculty Leadership Team
Omolade Adunbi, PhD, MPhil, MA
Director of the African Studies Center, Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Sue Anne Bell, PhD, MSN, MS
Assistant Professor of Systems, Populations, and Leadership, School of Nursing
Co-Lead, Climate Vulnerability and Health Challenge Group
Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH
Senior Associate Dean for Global Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Senior Advisor, Vaccine Equity
Paul Clyde, PhD
President of the William Davidson Institute, Tom Lantos Professor of Business Administration, Ross School of Business
Co-Lead, Designing for Impact in Global Health Challenge Group
Joseph Eisenberg, PhD, MPH, MS
Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Co-Lead, Climate Vulnerability and Health Challenge Group
Mary Gallagher, PhD, MA
Director of the International Institute, Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor in Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights
Gary Harper, PhD, MPH, MS
Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health
Co-Lead, Empowering Women and Communities Challenge Group
Cheryl Moyer, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Michigan Medicine
Co-Lead, Empowering Women and Communities Challenge Group
Amy Pienta, PhD, MA
Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research
Co-Lead, Data Science Challenge Group
Lee Schroeder, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology, Michigan Medicine
Co-Lead, Designing for Impact in Global Health Challenge Group
Akbar Waljee, MD, MSc
Professor of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine
Co-Lead, Data Science Challenge Group, Aga Khan University Partnership Lead