The APPD Global Health Learning Community (GHLC) Steering Committee directs the efforts of the GHLC. Steering Committee members are global health educators who have expressed interest in leadership and in providing increased educational resources for pediatric training programs.
adelaide barnes
Chair
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
barnesae@chop.edu
LISA UMPHREY
Vice-Chair
Colorado Children's
lisa.umphrey@childrenscolorado.org
Executive Committee
Maneesh Batra
University of Washington
Sabrina butteris
(Past Chair)
University of Wisconsin
christiana russ
(Past Chair)
Boston Children’s Hospital
Heather Crouse
(Past Chair)
Texas Children's Hospital
NIKKI ST. CLAIR
(Past Chair)
University of Wisconsin
amy rule
(Past Chair)
Emory University
steering Committee
Heather haq
Texas Children's Hospital
Kathy Ferrer
Children's National
Brittany Murray
Children's Hospital of Atlanta
Lee morris
Levine Children's Hospital
ANIK PATEL
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Rebecca mercedes
Texas Children's (Post-Doc Clinical Fellow, Pediatric GI)
duncan hau
Weill Cornell Pediatrics
clea sarnquist
Stanford Medicine
faysal saab
UCLA
Rachel Bensman
Cincinnati Children's
vivianne LEuche
University of Minnesota
adeolu armolaran
Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health
Anita Pillai
Cohen Children's
aLexandra vinograd
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
MarisSa Olson
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Global Health Coordinator)
APPD Spring Meeting 2025 (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
Amy Rule (EC), Clea Sarnquist, Heather Crouse (EC), Mercy Kumwenda (visiting scholar, Malawi), Brittany Murray, Anita Pillai, Lisa Umphrey (vice-chair), Joycelyn Dame (visitor scholar, Ghana), Anik Patel, Lee Morris, Adelaide Barnes (chair), Rachel Bensman, Heather Haq, Kathy Ferrer, and Viv Leuche.
Not pictured: Faysal Saab, Duncan Hau, Rebecca Mercedes, Alexandra Vinograd, Adeolu Armolaran, Marissa Olson
APPD Spring Meeting 2024 (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Vivianne Leuche, Nikki St. Clair (EC member), Sabrina Butteris (EC member), Brittany Murray, Anik Patel, Lee Morris, Heather Haq, Lisa Umphrey, Clea Sarnquist, Duncan Hau, Rachel Bensman, Rebecca Mercedes, Kathy Ferrer, Adelaide Barnes (vice-chair), Amy Rule (chair). Not pictured: Reena Tam, Faysal Saab
APPD Spring Meeting 2023 (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
Reena Tam, Heather Haq, Clea Sarnquist, Anik Patel, Renee Alce (2023 Global Educational Scholar, Haiti), Adelaide Barnes (vice-chair), Amy Rule (chair), Lisa Umphrey, Lee Morris, Brittany Morris, Christiana Russ (EC member), and Kathy Ferrer