School of Medicine
David Burt, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Research Interests: International Emergency Medicine,
Treatment of acute heart attack, management of acute coronary
syndromes
International Areas of Interest: Central America,
specifically Guatemala
Email: drb5p@virginia.edu
Rebecca Dillingham, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Medicine, Infectious
Diseases
Research Interests: Infectious Diseases, Global
Health, Partners in Health
International Areas of Interest: Haiti, South
Africa
Email: rd8v@Virginia.EDU
Marchel Durieux, MD, PhD
Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurological Surgery
Research Interests: Anesthesia education, in
particular teaching of neuroanesthesia
International Areas of Interest: Rwanda, East
African countries
Email: durieux@virginia.edu
Richard Guerrant, MD
Thomas H. Hunter Professor of International Medicine in the Division of
Infectious Diseases and International Health, Director of the Center for Global
Health
Research Interests: Infectious Diseases
International Areas of Interest: Brazil, Africa,
Philippines
Email: rlg9a@Virginia.EDU
Marie-Louise Hammarskjold, MD, PhD
Charles H. Ross Professor and Associate DIrector of the Myles H, Thaler
Center for AIDS and Human Retrovirus Research
Research Interests: HIV and AIIDS as well as other
Retroviral Diseases; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics;
International Student Research training
International Areas of Interest: Brazil, South Africa,
Uganda
Email: mh7g@virginia.edu
Eric Houpt, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Research Interests: Intestinal protozoa and
tuberculosis in the setting of AIDS. My group operates a field
site in Moshi, Tanzania, that investigates both new diagnostics and
host immune response to infection.
International Areas of Interest: Tanzania
Email: erh6k@Virginia.EDU
Max A. Luna, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular
Medicine
Research Interests: Cardiovascular Prevention,
Cardiovacular Diseases in Low to Middle Income Countries, Rheumatic
Heart Diseases, Echocardiography
International Areas of Interest: Latin America,
Guatemala
Email: maxluna@virginia.edu
Barbara Mann, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Research Interests: Pathogenicity of Francisella
tularensis and the human parasite Entamoeba histolytica, vaccines
Email: bjm2r@Virginia.EDU
William Petri, MD
Division Chief, Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Infectious
Diseases
Research Interests: Infectious Diseases
International Areas of Interest: Bangladesh, South
Asia
Email: wap3g@Virginia.EDU
Eileen Ryan
Section Chief, Community Services and Public Policy; Medical Director
of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy
Research Interests: Children and adolescents
charged with and convicted of serious crimes; Mental illness and
violence in juvenile offenders
International Areas of Interest: Traumatic experiences
of child refugees (Palestinian children) Traumatic grief in children
orphaned by AIDS (Botswana).
Email: er3h@virginia.edu
Michael Scheld, MD
Bayer-Gerald L. Mandell Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of
Internal Medicine; Director, Pfizer
Initiative in International Health
Research Interests: Include molecular mechanisms
of bacterial pathogenesis, sepsis and septic shock; Global Health
International Areas of Interest: Uganda
Email: wms@virginia.edu
Cirle Warren, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Infectious Diseases and International
Health
Research Interests: global health, enteric infections,
sexually-transmitted diseases
International Areas of Interest: Philippines
Email: ca6t@virginia.edu
Moses Woode, MD
Professor of Medical Education Emeritus
School of Medicine
Research Interests: Medical Education
International Areas of Interest: Ghana
Email: kaw4f@Virginia.EDU

