Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research

Established by Research!America in July 2006, the mission of the Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research is to increase awareness of -- and make the case for greater U.S. investment in --- research to fight diseases that affect the world's poorest nations; this includes child and maternal health, chronic diseases (such as heart disease, diabetes and tobacco-related diseases), HIV/AIDS, infantile diarrhea, intestinal parasites, neglected tropical diseases (such as hookworm, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness, river blindness and trachoma), malaria, malnutrition, obesity and under-nutrition.

Paul G. Rogers
The Rogers Society was named for the former Florida Congressman and current Research!America chair emeritus, Paul G. Rogers, to honor his contributions to health care policy and advocacy. Rogers served as U.S. Congressman from Florida from 1955 to 1979 and as chair of the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment from 1971 to 1979.

Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research 2006-07 Ambassadors
Selected in November 2006, the inaugural class of Ambassadors -- as members of the Society are called -- is composed of 27 global health research experts. These experts will serve as Society Ambassadors through June 2007.

C. Ross Anthony, PhD

Director of Global Health and Co-Director of the Center for Domestic and International Health Security, RAND

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Margaret E. Bentley, PhD

Associate Dean for Global Health, Professor of Nutrition, UNC at Chapel Hill School of Public Health

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Eric G. Bing, MD, PhD, MPH

Department of Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

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Robert Edward Black, MD, MPH

Chair, Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Michael Cappello, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Microbial Pathogenesis, and Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine

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Lois K. Cohen, PhD

Consultant, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Christopher J. Elias MD, MPH

President, PATH

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William B. Greenough, III, MD

Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Richard L. Guerrant, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases; Thomas H. Hunter Professor of International Medicine; Director, Center for Global Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine

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Scott M. Hammer, MD

Harold C. Neu Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University

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James E. K. Hildreth, PhD, MD

Director, Comprehensive Center for Health Disparities Research in HIV; Professor of Internal Medicine Meharry Medical College

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King Holmes, MD, PhD

Chair, Department of Global Health, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine

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William Holzemer, RN, PhD Professor and Associate Dean for International Programs; Director, WHO Collaborating Center, University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing

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Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center

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Michael Katz, MD Senior Vice President for Research and Global Programs, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation; Carpentier Professor, Emeritus, Pediatrics and Professor, Emeritus, Public Health, Columbia University

Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH

Vice President for Academic Health Affairs, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University

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Beverly McElmurry, EdD, RN

Professor and Associate Dean for Global Health Leadership; Director, WHO Collaborating Centre, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing

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Marjorie Muecke, PhD, RN

Assistant Dean for Global Health Programs and Adjunct Professor of Nursing,University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

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Christopher J. L. Murray, MD, DPhil

Director, Global Health Initiative, Harvard University; Richard B. Saltonstall Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University School of Public Health

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Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD

Professor of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, and Public Health, University of Michigan

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Nilda P. Peragallo, DrPH, RN

Dean and Professor, School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Miami

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Les Roberts, PhD, MPH

Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

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Leon E. Rosenberg, MD

Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University

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Thomas G. Streit, CSC, PhD

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame

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Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD

Amos Christie Chair in Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Kenneth E. Warner, PhD

Dean and Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health

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Peter F. Wright, MD

Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research Advisory Council
The Society Advisory Council was selected and established in 2006. The Advisory Council includes three Nobel Laureates and is chaired by John Edward Porter, former Illinois Congressman and current Research!America board chair. The Advisory Council selects the Ambassadors from a pool of peer-nominated global health experts.

The Honorable John Edward Porter, Chair

Dennis A. Ausiello, MD

David Baltimore, PhD (Nobel Laureate)

Gunter Blobel, MD, PhD

Barry Bloom, PhD

Ambassador Nancy G. Binker

Roger J. Bulger, MD

Thomas G. Burish, PhD

Gail H. Cassell, PhD

David R. Challoner, MD

Rita R. Colwell, PhD, DSc

Nils Daulaire, MD, MPH

Susan Dentzer

Dominick P. DePaola, DDS, PhD

Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD

Robert S. Galvin, MD

Helene D. Gayle., MD, MPH

Joseph Goldstein, MD (Nobel Laureate)

J. Warren Gorrell, Jr.

Leland Hartwell, PhD (Nobel Laureate)

Martha N. Hill, RN, PhD

John P. Howe, MD

Robert A. Ingram

Donald E. Kennedy, PhD

Gerald T. Keusch, MD

Mathilde Krim, PhD

Richard A. Lerner, MD

Alan I. Leshner, PhD

The Honorable Bob Michel

William Novelli

The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor

Herbert Pardes, MD

William A. Peck

William L. Roper, MD, MPD

Isadore Rosenfeld, MD

Allan Rosenfield, MD

Steven A. Schroeder, MD

M. Roy Schwarz, MD

John R. Seffrin, PhD

Harrison C. Spencer, MD, MPH

The Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, MD

Ciro Sumaya, MD, MPHTM

M. Cass Wheeler

Mary Woolley

Research!America
Research!America received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation  to establish the Society and provides advocacy leadership development to Society members. The organization facilitates Ambassadors' engagement in public outreach and advocacy through meetings, speaking engagements and a range of community-level activities to connect with policy makers, opinion leaders, the media and the public nationwide.