Leadership
Director
Center for Global Nursing, Institute for Global Health Sciences
Maddie Wong, MS
Program Coordinator
Center for Global Nursing, Institute for Global Health Sciences
Edina Obaseki
Program Assistant
Center for Global Nursing, Institute for Global Health Sciences
Kaylee Vannoy
Program Assistant
Center for Global Nursing, Institute for Global Health Sciences
Emily Whalen
Program Assistant
Center for Global Nursing, Institute for Global Health Sciences
Core Faculty and Facilitators
David Alfon, MSN, FNP-BC, NEA-BS
Assistant Unit Director, Intensive Care Unit | UCSF Health, Mount Zion Campus
Amada Apacible, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Adult Critical Care Nurse Practitioner | UCSF Health; Assistant Clinical Professor | UCSF School of Nursing
Kimberly Baltzell, PhD, MS, RN
Professor | UCSF School of Nursing; Director | Global Action in. Nursing; Director of Partnerships | UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences
Erin Carrera, BS, RN, MBA
Clinical Coordinator | Roving Community Health Initiative, UCSF Health
Mitchel Erickson, DNP, ACNP-C
Geriatric Emergency Nurse Practitioner | UCSF Health; Associate Clinical Professor | UCSF School of Nursing
Scout Hebinck, MSN, RN-C
Quality & Safety Consultant | UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Jennifer Huggans-Zapeta, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Assistant Clinical Professor | UCSF School of Nursing
Cana Jenkins, MSN, NP
Nurse Practitioner | UCSF Health; Assistant Professor | UCSF School of Nursing
Andrea Kuster, DNP, RN, FNP
Associate Professor | UCSF School of Nursing
Jennifer Leos, MSN, RN, NI-BC
Registered Nurse Informaticist | UCSF Health
Abbey Roepke, MSN, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor | UCSF School of Nursing
Miranda Rouse, MPH
Program Coordinator | Global Action in Nursing, Institute for Global Health Sciences
Mardochee Val, MSN, CRNA
Nurse Anesthetist Supervisor | UCSF Health
Global Nursing Advisory Council
Maly Chittaphai
Nursing Director, Lao Friends Hospital for Children
Joe P Davies, BSN, RN
NCD Nurse Coordinator, Partners in Health Liberia
MaryJoy Kaimuri, PhD, MSc
Dean of the School of Nursing, Meru University of Science and Technology
Edna Tallam-Kimaiyo, PhD, MPH, RN
Health and Advanced Practice Nurse Specialist, Ministry of Health in Nairobi, Kenya
Josephine Nabulime, MSN
Registered Nurse & Nurse Leaders, Mulago National Referral Hospital
Bhawana Regmi, MSN
Assistant Professor in Nursing, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences
Josué Valdez, BSN, RN
Registered Nurse, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority
Marlilia Diaz, MSN, RN
Registered Nurse & Unit Manager, Hospital Auxilio Mutu
Executive Sponsors
Carol Dawson-Rose, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean of the UCSF School of Nursing, Associate Vice Chancellor for Nursing Affairs
Payam Nahid, MD, MPH
Executive Director, Institute for Global Health Sciences
Maddy Pearson, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Executive and Vice President of Patient Care Services, UCSF Health
