Myron Cohen, MD, Director
Yeargan-Bate Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Epidemiology
Associate Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs
Global Health Director, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
Yeargan-Bate Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Epidemiology
Associate Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs
Global Health Director, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
Yuri Fedoriw is the Labcorp Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Lab Medicine and co-director of the UNC-Project Malawi Cancer Program. His research interests focus on the biology and classification of lymphoproliferative disorders, primarily associated with HIV infection. Collaborating with our team in Malawi, he runs weekly telepathology conferences to support both the clinical and research efforts. Clinically, he supports the selection and interpretation of immunohistochemical stains for cancer diagnosis, educating laboratory staff and pathologists, and verifying diagnoses in Chapel Hill. With new research funding, he is extending UNC’s telepathology cancer services from Malawi throughout sub-Saharan Africa, and ultimately developing a regional infrastructure for diagnosis and tissue-based studies. Learn more.
Director of Emerging Pathogens, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases
Co-Director, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Research
Associate Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Jonathan Juliano is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Associate Program Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program. He leads a molecular parasitology and genetics lab known as IDEEL (Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Ecology Laboratory). With over a decade of experience working overseas and in programmatic development, Juliano brings skills in strategic planning to the leadership team, with interest in strengthening the research infrastructure. Learn more.
Jeff Stringer is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of UNC’s Division of Global Women’s Health. Between 2001 and 2012, he lived full-time in Lusaka, Zambia, where he established and led the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia. His research focuses on prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, clinical epidemiology, and obstetrical outcomes. Stringer has served as PI for over $190 million in grant and contract funding and currently holds active grants from the NIH, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Learn more.
Joe Eron is the Herman and Louise Smith Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Principal Investigator of the HIV/AIDS Clinical Research Unit at UNC-CH, and the Director of the Clinical Core for the UNC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). He has been part of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group since 1993 and has held multiple leadership positions including Chair of the Optimization of ART Committee and the Cure Transformative Science Group. He is the Principal Investigator of the UNC Clinical trials Unit with sites in Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Lilongwe, Malawi and Hanoi, Vietnam. In addition, he is a leader of the UNC Acute HIV Infection research team and a collaborator in the UNC HIV Cure initiative. Learn more.
Michael Herce is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases and Director of Implementation Science at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ). His clinical work includes HIV care, tropical medicine, and tuberculosis management. His research interests are in global health equity, clinical and public health program implementation, and issues of access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for key and marginalized populations in sub-Saharan Africa. He supports the Institute’s fundraising, strategy development, and partnership building, particularly with local governments and NGO partners. He also promotes and coordinates synergies between the Institute, the Division of Infectious Diseases, and pan-university global health researchers. Learn more.
Suzanne Maman is Associate Dean for Global Health in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. As a professor of health behavior, she co-leads the Master of Public Health Program’s global health concentration, which she helped to develop. She also serves as the UNC faculty director at the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center. A national and international leader in global health research, practice and education, Maman’s work for the past 20 years has focused on the intersection of intimate partner violence and HIV/AIDS. Her work in Tanzania and South Africa has demonstrated how violence increases women’s risks for HIV infection, and how an HIV diagnosis may affect women’s experiences with violence. Programs she has developed, implemented and evaluated with global colleagues and community partners have helped mitigate women’s risks from both violence and HIV/AIDS. Learn more.
Irving Hoffman is Professor of Medicine, International Director of UNC Project-Malawi, and Director of International Operations for the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. For the past 25 years, he has worked tirelessly to ensure Malawians who seek specialty training in clinical medicine receive the training they need to work in Malawi’s academic or public settings. Among the 13 Malawians who have completed training, 12 are currently practicing in Malawi. A new library on the Project-Malawi campus honors Hoffman’s passion for making an education available to all. Learn more.
Joe Tucker is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases who has worked in China since 1999. He joined the faculty in February 2012. With a master’s degree from Harvard in Chinese Studies, Joe understands the importance of cultural competency in conducting international research. His research examines how China’s tremendous social upheaval has resulted in the resurgence of syphilis and other STIs, and how these same social forces can be marshaled to prevent and control STDs. As Director of UNC Project-China, he focuses his efforts on developing close ties with Chinese counterparts in order to spur collaborative research and training. Learn more.
Anthony Charles is the Oliver R. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Director of the Adult Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program (ECMO). In 2009, he launched the Malawi Surgical Initiative, a training program based at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe that prepares Malawian clinicians for a career in surgery. As of 2018, the MSI has increased the number of Malawian surgeons in the country from 14 to 25. The program also attracts American-trained surgeons who are passionate about global health. While the bulk of global surgery initiatives are centered in Malawi, Charles says future efforts may focus on the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases’ sites in Asia, where the need for surgeons in rural areas is great. Learn more.
Benjamin Chi is Professor of Global Women's Health with appointments in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Epidemiology. He has retained strong collaborative ties with the University of Zambia and the Zambian Ministry of Health, after living in Lusaka, Zambia, from 2003 to 2015, where he developed an extensive research portfolio focused on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), HIV care and treatment, and maternal-child health.
Clare Barrington is Assistant Professor of Health Behavior in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. She has comprehensive global health research experience in Latin America. In addition to her research on HIV among female sex workers and their regular partners in the Dominican Republic, Barrington has led or collaborated on projects in Guatemala, El Salvador and Cuba. Recently, she has begun conducting HIV-related research among the Mexican immigrant population in North Carolina. In her leadership role at the Institute, which she assumed in 2013, Clare wants to expand research activities with Latinos in North Carolina. Learn more.
Amanda Corbett is an Associate Professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and School of Medicine. She is also a member of the UNC Center for AIDS Research and the AIDS Clinical Trials Group. She joined the UNC faculty in 2003, where her responsibilities include teaching (didactic and experiential), clinical practice in the UNC infectious diseases clinic, and clinical translational research. Corbett is a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist and is a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. At the Institute, she helps to facilitate and advise research, grant proposals or other projects that have a pharmacy or pharmacology component. She also coordinates educational or service-learning activities for pharmacy students interested in working internationally. Learn more.
Robin Criffield works closely with Dr. Cohen and helps coordinate all key business areas of the Institute. She provides program management for business development and strategic planning, research program development and implementation, and general business and operations oversight as part of the leadership team. Her background is in social justice work. Prior to joining the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases, she served as associate firector for an affordable housing program for 12 years. Criffield serves on the Orange County Human Relations Committee and is a board member of Organizing Against Racism. She brings strategic thinking, business and organizational development experience, and commitment to transformative justice to help strengthen the Institute’s work.
LMIC Fellow
Nicaragua
U.S. Scholar
Peru
U.S. Scholar
Zambia
U.S. Fellow
Ghana
U.S. Scholar
Malawi
US Postdoc (UJMT-D43)
U.S. Fellow
South Africa
U.S. Scholar
Peru
Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow
Uganda
U.S. Scholar
Argentina
U.S. Scholar
China
U.S. Fellow
South Africa
LMIC Fellow
Suriname
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Epidemiology
Co-Director, Center for AIDS Research
US Postdoc (ID Path T32)
LMIC Fellow
Democratic Republic of Congo
U.S. Scholar
Suriname
U.S. Scholar
Peru
Fellowship and Training Program Coordinator
U.S. Scholar
Argentina
Surgery Fellow (T32)
LMIC Fellow
Ghana
Assistant Professor of Medicine
LMIC Scholar
Ghana
U.S. Scholar
Ghana
LMIC Postdoc (WARMHEART-D43)
U.S. Fellow
Democratic Republic of Congo
Professor of Epidemiology
Associate Professor of Health Behavior
U.S. Fellow
Liberia
U.S. Fellow
Zambia
LMIC Fellow
Uganda
Associate Professor, UNC School of Social Work
Associate Professor of Epidemiology; Director, UNC Program-Nicaragua; Associate Director, Office of International Activities
LMIC Postdoc (UJMT D43)
U.S. Fellow
South Africa
U.S. Scholar
China
U.S. Scholar
Malawi
U.S. Fellow
Peru
U.S. Fellow
Peru
LMIC Fellow
Ghana
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Ross Boyce, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center
Professor of Microbiology
Tulane University Program Co-Director
LMIC Fellow
Malawi
U.S. Scholar
Peru
LMIC Fellow
Uganda
LMIC Fellow
Peru
U.S. Scholar
Democratic Republic of the Congo
U.S. Fellow
Zambia
LMIC Fellow
Malawi
U.S. Scholar
China
Director, Malawi Surgical Initiative, UNC Project-Malawi
Associate Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine
Clayton-Dedoner Fellow
South Africa
LMIC Fellow
Peru
Johns Hopkins University Program Director
LMIC Fellow
China
Professor and Deputy Director, National Center for STD Control, China CDC
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
UNC Program Co-Director
LMIC Scholar
Zambia
LMIC Scholar
Malawi
U.S. Fellow
Peru
LMIC Postdoc (UJMT-D43)
LMIC Fellow
Zambia
U.S. Fellow
Zambia
Professor of Epidemiology
LMIC Fellow
Malawi
US Postdoc (STI/HIV T32)
U.S. Scholar
Zambia
Assistant Dean, Professsional Curriculum
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division
Associate Director of Global Engagement
Kenan Distinguished Professor of Social Medicine
Director, Center for Health Equity Research
Professor of Internal Medicine
U.S. Fellow
Peru
LMIC Fellow
Brazil
Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Vice Dean for Research
U.S. Scholar
China
Fellowship and Training Programs Coordinator
Infectious Disease Fellowship
VISA D43
Professor of Microbiology and Epidemiology
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
LMIC Scholar
Ghana
U.S. Fellow
Peru
U.S. Fellow
Sierra Leone
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Radiology
Program Director, Integrated IR Residency
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, UNC’s Physician Scientist Training Program
Associate Director for Research, UNC Internal Medicine Residency
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
Global Women's Health Fellow (T32)
US Predoc (UJMT-D43)
U.S. Scholar
India
Professor of Epidemiology; Professor and Chair, Geography, Fellow, Carolina Population Center
Professor and Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Clinical Core, UNC Center for AIDS Research
Associate Director, General Clinical Research Unit
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
US Predoc (UJMT-D43)
Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow
Bangladesh
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, UNC Infectious Diseases Clinic
Co-Director, UNC Center for AIDS Research Clinical Core
U.S. Trainee
Peru
U.S. Scholar
Sierra Leone
U.S. Scholar
South Africa
US Predoc (STI/HIV T32)
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
U.S. Fellow
Peru
U.S. Scholar
Malawi
LMIC Fellow
Peru
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program
U.S. Fellow
Zambia
U.S. Fellow
Zambia
Fulbright Fogarty Fellow
Zambia
Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, UNC HIV Cure Center
Professor; Division Head, Global Mental Health
Bradley Gaynes, MD, MPH
Professor of Psychiatry, Division Head, Global Mental Health
US Postdoc (UJMT-D43)
LMIC Scholar
India
U.S. Scholar
South Africa
U.S. Fellow
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Professor of Health Behavior
LMIC Fellow
Suriname
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Professor of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
LMIC Fellow
Sierra Leone
US Postdoc (STI/HIV T32)
LMIC Fellow
China
LMIC Fellow
Argentina
LMIC Fellow
India
Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow
Malawi
U.S. Fellow
China
U.S. Fellow
Zambia
U.S. Fellow
South Africa
Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow
Malawi
Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow
Malawi
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Professor of Social Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
U.S. Fellow
Zambia
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Immunology
Professor of Medicine
International Director, UNC Project-Malawi
Director of International Operations, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases
2023-2024 - US Postdoc (ID Path-T32)
U.S. Scholar
China
U.S. Scholar
Malawi
Professor of Medicine
Scientific Director, UNC Project-Malawi
U.S. Fellow
China
US Postdoc (ID Path T32)
LMIC Fellow
China
LMIC Fellow
China
U.S. Fellow
South Africa
Professor of Biostatistics
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, North Carolina HIV Training and Education Center
Co-Leader, UNC CFAR PrEP Scientific Working Group
UNC Site PI, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part D
U.S. Fellow
Uganda
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
Research Assistant
LMIC Postdoc (UJMT-D43)
U.S. Fellow
South Africa
Associate Professor of Medicine
U.S. Scholar
South Africa
Dean of Pharmacy
John A. and Margaret P. McNeill, Sr. Distinguished Professor
Director, Clinical Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Core, UNC Center for AIDS Research
Adjunct Professor, Med-Infectious Diseases
LMIC Fellow
Rwanda
LMIC Fellow
Uganda
Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs
U.S. Scholar
Malawi
U.S. Scholar
Peru
U.S. Scholar
Ghana
LMIC Trainee
Malawi
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
LMIC Fellow
Malawi
LMIC Postdoc (WARMHEART-D43)
U.S. Scholar
Malawi
Morehouse School of Medicine Program Director
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
U.S. Fellow
Peru
Martina Kovarova, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
U.S. Fellow
Rwanda
LMIC Fellow
India
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Immunocompromised Host Fellowship Program
U.S. Scholar
Malawi
LMIC Fellow
South Africa
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
U.S. Scholar
Peru
U.S. Fellow
Uganda
LMIC Scholar
Ghana
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology
U.S. Scholar
Ghana
LMIC Fellow
China
LMIC Fellow
Malaysia
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
LMIC Fellow
China
LMIC Fellow
Zambia
US Postdoc (UJMT-D43)
LMIC Trainee
Uganda
U.S. Fellow
Mexico
Professor of Health Behavior, Associate Dean of Global Health
Johns Hopkins University Program Co-Investigator
Medical Degree Scholar (M-CORP, D43)
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, Epidemiology and Director, HIV Cure Center
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
LMIC Trainee
Malawi
U.S. Scholar
Malawi
Associate Professor of Radiology
Associate Medical Director, Clinical Research Core Service
Pre-Award Grants Specialist
U.S. Fellow
Peru
U.S. Scholar
Peru
Professor of Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology; Assistant Dean of Graduate Education, School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
US Postdoc (UJMT-D43)
Medical Degree Scholar (M-CORP, D43)
Associate Professor of Health Behavior
US Postdoc (STI/HIV T32)
LMIC Fellow
South Africa
LMIC Fellow
Uganda
U.S. Scholar
India
Program Manager, UJMT LAUNCH
LMIC Fellow
Zambia
LMIC Postdoc (UJMT-D43)
LMIC Fellow
Uganda
LMIC Fellow
Uganda
LMIC Fellow
Ghana
LMIC Fellow
Uganda
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
LMIC Postdoc (WARMHEART-D43)
LMIC Fellow
Malawi
PhD Scholar (Visa D43)
U.S. Scholar
Uganda
LMIC Fellow
Uganda
LMIC Fellow
Democratic Republic of the Congo
U.S. Scholar
Ghana
U.S. Scholar
Zambia
LMIC Fellow
Malawi
Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow
Malawi
Tulane University Program Director
U.S. Scholar
South Africa
LMIC Fellow
South Africa
LMIC Fellow
Malawi
U.S. Fellow
South Africa
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
U.S. Fellow
China
Professor of Global Women's Health
Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases, Member, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab (IDEEL)
US Postdoc (UJMT-D43)
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
U.S. Scholar
Argentina
U.S. Fellow
Zambia
LMIC Scholar
Argentina
U.S. Scholar
Peru
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
U.S. Scholar
Malawi
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
U.S. Scholar
Malawi
U.S. Scholar
China
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Lead Program Manager
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
U.S. Fellow
Zambia
U.S. Scholar
Peru
Fulbright-Fogarty US Predoc (UJMT-D43)
U.S. Fellow
Argentina
U.S. Fellow
South Africa
U.S. Scholar
Zambia
Global Women's Health Fellow (T32)
U.S. Fellow
India
LMIC Fellow
Peru
U.S. Fellow
South Africa
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
US Predoc (STI/HIV T32)
Director, Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology
U.S. Scholar
India
LMIC Fellow
Malawi
LMIC Fellow
Sierra Leone
LMIC Fellow
Peru
LMIC Fellow
Peru
Associate Professor of Pathology and Microbiology; Director of Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine
U.S. Fellow
South Africa
U.S. Fellow
Peru
U.S. Fellow
South Africa
LMIC Fellow
Uganda
LMIC Fellow
Uganda
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases;
Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health
U.S. Fellow
China
Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow
Peru
U.S. Fellow
South Africa
Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow
China
U.S. Fellow
Uganda
LMIC Fellow
Malawi
US Predoc (UJMT-D43)
Associate Professor of Epidemiology; Director, Cervical Cancer-Fee Coalition
U.S. Fellow
China
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
U.S. Scholar
Suriname
US Postdoc (UJMT-D43)
LMIC Fellow
Zambia
U.S. Fellow
Zambia
LMIC Trainee
Uganda
US Predoc (STI/HIV T32)
As administrative director for research and compliance, Diana Stanley oversees the finance and business operations of the Institute including more than 400 research awards which total over $50 million in research funding. Stanley has over 13 years of grant management experience with both domestic and international awards. She enjoys working closely with the Institute’s international sites management teams, problem solving and working on process improvement.
U.S. Scholar
Peru
Morehouse School of Medicine Program Co-Director
Professor & Division Director, Global Women’s Health
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow
Peru
Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Global Women’s Health
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
LMIC Fellow
China
US Postdoc, Global Women's Health (UJMT-D43)
U.S. Scholar
South Africa
US Predoc (STI/HIV T32)
U.S. Scholar
Bangladesh
U.S. Scholar
Mali
William Rand Kenan Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Director, Center for Translational Immunology
Co-Director, Inflammatory Diseases Institute
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
LMIC Trainee
Malawi
U.S. Fellow
India
U.S. Scholar
Vietnam
U.S. Scholar
Peru
Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases; Director, UNC Project-China
U.S. Fellow
South Africa
LMIC Fellow
Peru
U.S. Fellow
Peru
LMIC Fellow
Peru
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Section
Leonard D. Palumbo Distinguished Professor of Gynecologic Oncology
U.S. Fellow
Zambia
U.S. Scholar
Vietnam
Fulbright-Fogarty Scholar
China
U.S. Fellow
Peru
U.S. Fellow
Argentina
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Epidemiology
Medical Director, UNC Hospitals’ Departments of Hospital Epidemiology (Infection Prevention)
Associate Chief Medical Officer, UNC Health Care
Professor of Dental Ecology
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Co-Director of HIV Services, North Carolina Department of Corrections
U.S. Fellow
Peru
Fulbright-Fogarty US Predoc (UJMT-D43)
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
U.S. Fellow
Peru
U.S. Fellow
Ghana
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Site Leader, HIV Prevention and Treatment Clinical Trials Unit at Chapel Hill
Co-Lead, UNC Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Research Working Group
U.S. Fellow
Brazil
U.S. Scholar
Uganda
LMIC Fellow
Jamacia
U.S. Scholar
South Africa
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
U.S. Fellow
Malawi
US Predoc (STI/HIV T32)
U.S. Fellow
Zambia
U.S. Scholar
Vietnam
LMIC Fellow
China