An extensive network of faculty, researchers, global health practitioners and staff works with the Institute for Global Health Sciences to teach, advise, mentor and support students in the PhD program. Many of the faculty and mentors are leaders in their fields. They come from the UCSF Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry and Nursing, as well as from other UC campuses, Bay Area universities, and the wider global health community.
PhD Program Leadership
Nadia Diamond-Smith, PhD, MS
Program Director
Ali Mirzazadeh, PhD, MD, MPH
Associate Director
Twenty-two faculty members teach the core curriculum courses for the PhD program and play key roles in mentoring and advising the students.
- Patience Afulani, PhD, MD, MPH
- Nadia Diamond-Smith, PhD, MS
- Elizabeth Fair, PhD, MPH
- Sophie Huddart, PhD
- Tracy Lin, PhD
- Jenny Liu, PhD, MPP, MA
- Ali Mirzazadeh, PhD, MD, MPH
- Dominic Montagu, DrPH
- George Rutherford, MD, MPH
- Laura Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH
- Jaime Sepulveda, MD, DSc, MPH
- Lauren Suchman, PhD