Gavin Yamey is the Center’s Founder and Director. He is the Hymowitz Professor of the Practice of Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute and a Professor of Public Policy at the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy.
Osondu Ogbuoji is the Deputy Director and Research Lead at the Center. He is also a Research Scholar at the DGHI. Osondu focuses on the transition financing work undertaken at the Center.
Ipchita Bharali is a Policy Associate at the Center. Her areas of focus include domestic health financing and policy analysis, health aid transitions, health emergency preparedness at the global and national levels, and pathways to universal health coverage in various African, Asian, and Latin American countries.
Alicia Gonzalez is a Program Coordinator at the Center. She focuses on administration and operational duties both at the Center and on the Center’s projects. Alicia holds a master’s in Public Administration.
Armand Zimmerman is the Research Program Leader at the Center. He focuses on the development and use of economic evaluations and other quantitative tools to inform implementation and scale up of evidence-based health interventions and policies in low- and middle-income countries.
OMAR KARLSSON
Omar Karlsson is a visiting research fellow at DGHI and Duke Population Research Institute and a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Economic demography at Lund University in Sweden.
AYODAMOPE FAWOLE
Ayodamope Fawole is an associate in research at the Center. His work focuses on quantitative health impact assessments and policy development to strengthen national and global health systems.
SHEILLA FAITH BOSIRE
Sheilla Faith Bosire is a Research Assistant at the Center. Sheilla is a first-year master’s student in Global Health, with a background in clinical medicine working on reforming the research and development ecosystem in Africa. Her interests lie in understanding the formulation of evidence-based policy practices and how these can inform healthcare strengthening through financing.
MAGGIE CONLAN
Maggie Conlan is a Research Assistant at the center. Maggie is a Research Assistant at the center and a current Master of Science in Global Health student at the Duke Global Health Institute. She has previous experience in emergency medicine, biomedical sciences, and French. Her main interests include health economics, global health policy and finance to drive the construction of sustainable long-term solutions to health challenges.
ZHULDYZ RAKHATOVA
Zhuldyz Rakhatova is a Research Assistant at the center and a Master of Science in Global Health student at the Duke Global Health Institute. At CPIGH, she works on the R&D Ecosystem Networks Project, designing a multi-dimensional database to map R&D networks and identify key hubs and global connectivity patterns for better financing strategies. Passionate about improving access to medicine in low-resource settings, Zhuldyz leverages her background in Biochemistry to generate evidence and drive innovation in the production and distribution of medicines. Her research interests include healthcare markets, health economics and policy, and equitable access to medicines
CATHY XIANG
Collaborating Faculty
Jonathan Quick is an Associate Faculty Member of the Center. He is adjunct Professor of Global Health at DGHI, where he teaches global health policy, serves on foundation grant advisory boards, and mentors students.
Wenhui Mao is an Associate Faculty Member of the Center. She is Assistant Director of Programs at Duke Global Health Innovation Center and Innovations in Healthcare.
JUSTICE NONVIGNON
Justice Nonvignon, PhD is an adjunct faculty member at the Center. He is Adjunct Professor of Global Health at DGHI where he mentors students and collaborates with faculty on global health economics and financing. He is also Technical Director at Management Sciences for Health and Professor of Health Economics at University of Ghana School of Public Health.