CGHD Members

Primary Faculty

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    Douglas Brubaker, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Pathology
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Developmental Therapeutics Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: dkb50@case.edu

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    Adam Burgener, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Population and Cancer Prevention Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Adel Mahmoud Professorship of Global Health and Vaccines

    Email: axb1160@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2072

  • Christina Farr

    Christina Farr, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Population and Cancer Prevention Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: cxf288@case.edu

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    James W. Kazura, MD

    Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Distinguished University Professor
    School of Medicine
    Adel A. Mahmoud Professorship in Global Health and Vaccinology
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health & Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: jxk14@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4810

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    Christopher L. King, MD, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Associate Professor
    Department of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: christopher.king@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4817

  • Stephanie Langel

    Stephanie Langel, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: sxl2057@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0514

  • Gina Lewin

    Gina Lewin, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: grl48@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1650

  • David Zidar

    David Zidar, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: daz21@case.edu

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    Peter A. Zimmerman, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: peter.zimmerman@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0508

Secondary Faculty

  • Katherine Dobbs

    Katherine Dobbs, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Pediatrics
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: katherine.dobbs@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3681

  • Daniel J. Tisch, PhD

    Daniel J. Tisch, PhD, MPH

    Professor
    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Master of Public Health Program
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine
    Member of the Board of Directors
    Association for Prevention Teaching and Research

    Email: daniel.tisch@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0875

Other Members

  • Cynthia Beall

    Cynthia Beall, PhD

    Distinguished University Professor Emerita
    Sarah Idell Pyle Professor of Anthropology
    College of Arts and Sciences
    Co-Director
    Center for Research on Tibet
    College of Arts and Sciences
    Elected Member
    National Academy of Sciences
    Elected Member
    American Philosophical Society
    Elected Member
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    Fellow
    American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Member of the Board of Directors
    American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Editor-in-Chief
    Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
    Member of the Editorial Board
    American Journal of Human Biology: High Altitude, Medicine, and Biology

    Email: cynthia.beall@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2277

  • Alicia Berard

    Alicia Berard, PhD

    Adjunct Instructor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: axb1296@case.edu

    Phone:

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    W. Henry Boom, MD

    Professor
    Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
    School of Medicine
    Chief
    Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Tuberculosis Research Unit
    School of Medicine

    Email: whb@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1949

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    Henri Brunengraber, MD, PhD

    Professor Emeritus
    Department of Nutrition
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Biochemistry
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: henri.brunengraber@case.edu

    Phone:

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    Miriam Cremer, MD, MPH

    Professor
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Population and Cancer Prevention Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: cremerm@ccf.org

    Phone:

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    Michael Freeman, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine
    Center for AIDS Research
    School of Medicine

    Email: mlf62@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1260

  • David Gurarie

    David Gurarie, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
    College of Arts and Sciences
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases

    Email: david.gurarie@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2857

  • Amy Hise

    Amy Hise, MD, MPH

    Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: amy.hise@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5036

  • John L. Johnson

    John L. Johnson, MD

    Professor
    Tuberculosis Research Unit
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: john.johnson@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.2646

  • Emmitt Jolly

    Emmitt Jolly, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Biology
    College of Arts and Sciences
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: emmitt.jolly@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2721

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    Jonathan Karn, PhD

    Professor and Chair
    Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Case Center for AIDS Research
    Professor
    Department of Biochemistry
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Population and Cancer Prevention Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: jonathan.karn@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3915

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    Suet Kam Lam, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP

    Founding Faculty Director
    Andrew B. Kaufman World Medicine Pathway
    School of Medicine
    Assistant Medical Director
    Cleveland Clinic Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Pediatrics
    Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

    Email: Suet.Lam@case.edu

    Phone:

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    Sana Loue, JD, PhD, MPH

    Professor
    Department of Bioethics
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Psychiatry
    School of Medicine
    Secondary Faculty
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine
    Liaison
    Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence
    School of Medicine

    Email: sana.loue@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3743

  • Indu Malhotra

    Indu Malhotra, PhD

    Adjunct Faculty
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

  • Janet McGrath

    Janet McGrath, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Anthropology
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: jwm6@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2287

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    Roger Paredes, MD, PhD

    Head
    Department of Infectious Diseases
    Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
    Principal Investigator
    Microbial Genomics
    Institut de Recerca de la SIDA – irsiCaixa
    Associate Editor
    Journal of Infectious Diseases
    Adjunct Associate Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

  • Arsène Ratsimbasoa

    Arsène Ratsimbasoa, MD, PhD

    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Reform of Higher Education and Research
    Ministry of Higher Education and Research - Madagascar

  • Charles Kent Smith, MD

    Professor
    Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: cks@case.edu

    Phone:

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    James H. Swain, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND

    Associate Professor
    Department of Nutrition
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Didactic Program in Dietetics
    Department of Nutrition
    School of Medicine
    Secondary Faculty Appointments in Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Center for Global Health and Disease
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: james.swain@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.8554

Emeritus Faculty 

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    Charles H. King, MD

    Professor Emeritus
    Department of Pathology
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine

    Email: chk@cwru.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3667

  • Michael Lederman

    Michael Lederman, MD

    Professor Emeritus
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Center for Global Health and Diseases
    School of Medicine