Program Leadership and Staff
![Elvin Geng, MD, MPH](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/06/Elvin_Geng-e1693948557754-280x386.jpg)
Elvin Geng, MD, MPH
HIGH IRI Director | Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: elvin.geng@wustl.edu
![Ross Brownson, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/06/Brownson_Ross_Headshot-280x386.jpg)
Ross Brownson, PhD
HIGH IRI Co-Director | Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: rbrownson@wustl.edu
![Ashley Underwood, MPH](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2022/09/Ashley-Underwood_Headshot-280x386.jpg)
Ashley Underwood, MPH
HIGH IRI Program Coordinator | Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: ashley.underwood@wustl.edu
![Thomas Odeny, MD, MPH, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2023/07/Odeny-280x386.jpg)
Thomas Odeny, MD, MPH, PhD
HIGH IRI Associate Program Director | Washington University – St. Louis
- Email: odeny@wustl.edu
![Isheeta Gupta, MD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2024/07/WhatsApp-Image-2024-07-16-at-16.55.38-e1721167292450-280x386.jpeg)
Isheeta Gupta, MD
HIGH IRI Program Support Assistant | Washington University – St. Louis
- Email: g.isheeta@wustl.edu
Core Faculty
![Elizabeth Anne Bukusi, MBChB, M.Med (ObGyn), MPH, PhD, PGD (Research Ethics), MBE](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2024/07/Prof-Bukusi-Portrait-Photo-280x386.jpg)
Elizabeth Anne Bukusi, MBChB, M.Med (ObGyn), MPH, PhD, PGD (Research Ethics), MBE
HIGH IRI Faculty | African Academy of Sciences
- Email: ebukusi@rctp.or.ke
![Carolyn Audet, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2022/08/Carolyn_Audet.2-280x386.jpg)
Carolyn Audet, PhD
HIGH IRI Faculty | Vanderbilt University and University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg
![Stefan Baral , MD, FRCPC, CCFP, MPH, MBA, MSc](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/06/Baral_S_Headshot.png.2-280x386.png)
Stefan Baral , MD, FRCPC, CCFP, MPH, MBA, MSc
HIGH IRI Faculty | Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
- Email: sbaral@jhu.edu
![Laura Beres, PhD, MPH](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2023/09/Beres_Headshot-e1694786714144-280x386.jpg)
Laura Beres, PhD, MPH
HIGH IRI Designer in Residence | Johns Hopkins University
- Email: laura.beres@jhu.edu
![Rani Elwy, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/06/Elwy_Rani_Headshot_2-1-280x386.jpg)
Rani Elwy, PhD
HIGH IRI Faculty | Alpert Medical School of Brown University
- Email: rani_elwy@brown.edu
![Maria Fernandez, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2022/04/Fernandez.4.21-280x386.jpeg)
Maria Fernandez, PhD
HIGH IRI Faculty | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
![Hikabasa Halwiindi, PhD, MPhil](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2022/08/Hikabasa_Halwindi_Headshot-1-280x386.jpg)
Hikabasa Halwiindi, PhD, MPhil
HIGH IRI Faculty | University of Zambia School of Public Health
- Email: Hikabasa.Halwindi@unza.zm
![Mark Huffman, MD, MPH](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2022/08/Huffman-Mark_Headshot-280x386.jpg)
Mark Huffman, MD, MPH
HIGH IRI Faculty | Washington University in St. Louis and George Institute for Global Health at the University of New South Wales
- Email: m.huffman@wustl.edu
![Juliet Iwelunmor, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/07/Juliet-e1633010622909-280x386.jpg)
Juliet Iwelunmor, PhD
HIGH IRI Faculty | Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice
- Email: Iwelunmorj@slu.edu
![Yodi Mahendradhata, M.Sc, Ph.D, FRSPH](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2022/08/Mahendadhrata_Yodi_Headshot-280x386.jpg)
Yodi Mahendradhata, M.Sc, Ph.D, FRSPH
HIGH IRI Faculty | Universitas Gadjah Mada
- Email: ymahendradhata@ugm.ac.id
![Ginger McKay, PhD, MA](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2022/08/McKay_Ginger_Headshot.jpg)
Ginger McKay, PhD, MA
HIGH IRI Faculty | Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: Virginia.mckay@wustl.edu
![Mosa Moshabela , MBChB, MSc, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/06/Moshabela_Mosa_Headshot-e1633010669377-280x386.jpg)
Mosa Moshabela , MBChB, MSc, PhD
HIGH IRI Faculty | University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)
- Email: Moshabela@ukzn.ac.za
![Byron Powell , PhD, MSW](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/06/Powell_B_Headshot-280x386.jpg)
Byron Powell , PhD, MSW
HIGH IRI Faculty | Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: bjpowell@wustl.edu
![Rohit Ramaswamy, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2023/07/ramaswamy_rohit_headshot-280x386.jpg)
Rohit Ramaswamy, PhD
HIGH IRI Faculty | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- Email: Rohit.Ramaswamy@cchmc.org
![Nadia Sam-Agudu , MD, CTropMed](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2022/08/Nadia_Sam_Agudu_Preferred_Headshot-280x386.jpg)
Nadia Sam-Agudu , MD, CTropMed
HIGH IRI Faculty | University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Email: nsam-agudu@ihv.umaryland.edu
![Radhika Sundararajan, MD, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/06/Sundararajan_R_Headshot-e1633009830464-280x386.jpg)
Radhika Sundararajan, MD, PhD
HIGH IRI Faculty | Weill Cornell Center for Global Health
- Email: ras9199@med.cornell.edu
![Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2023/07/harsha-280x386.jpg)
![Joseph Tucker, MD, PhD, AM](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2023/07/Tucker_J_Headshot-280x386.jpg)
Joseph Tucker, MD, PhD, AM
HIGH IRI Faculty | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Email: jdtucker@med.unc.edu
![Rajesh Vedanthan, MD, MPH](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/06/R_Vedanthan_Headshot-280x386.jpg)
Affiliated Faculty
![Till Bärnighausen, MD, PhD, ScD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/06/Barnighausen_Till_Headshot-280x386.jpg)
![Ana Baumann, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/06/baumann-walker-ana-bio-e1632860129726-280x386.jpg)
Ana Baumann, PhD
HIGH IRI Affiliated Faculty | Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: abaumannwalker@wustl.edu
![JoAnn Kirchner, MD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/06/Kirchner_J_Headshot-280x386.jpg)
JoAnn Kirchner, MD
HIGH IRI Affiliated Faculty | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Email: KirchnerJoAnnE@uams.edu
![Douglas Luke , PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/06/luke-doug-bio-1-280x386.jpg)
Douglas Luke , PhD
HIGH IRI Affiliated Faculty | Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: dluke@wustl.edu
![Enola Proctor, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/06/Proctor_E_Headshot.jpg.6-e1628526176901-280x386.png)
Enola Proctor, PhD
HIGH IRI Affiliated Faculty | Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: ekp@wustl.edu
![Rachel Tabak, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/highiri/files/2021/09/Tabak_headshot-280x386.jpg)
Rachel Tabak, PhD
HIGH IRI Affiliated Faculty | Washington University – St. Louis
- Email: rtabak@wustl.edu