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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CUGH BOARD MEMBERS

CUGH is seeking nominations from our membership for seven new Board Members for three-year terms that will start in March 2018. If you wish to nominate yourself or an individual who meets the criteria below and is not from an institution that is already represented by someone on the current Board of Directors (see below), please do the following:

Submit a brief statement summarizing why you think this person (or yourself) would be a valuable member of the Board.
Include the nominee's bio (please keep bios brief to no more than 250 words).
Send your nominations to the CUGH Secretariat at nominations@cugh.org by August 7th, 2017.

The Nominating Committee of the Board will select the final candidates from the list of nominees by the end of September 2017. Ballots with the names of the candidates will be sent out to the CUGH Membership to vote by early October 2017 . Members will be asked to submit their votes by October 14th, 2017 . New Board Members will be announced at the CUGH Annual Meeting March 15th - 18th, 2018 in New York City.

Criteria:

Nominees must actively work in global health or a related field at an institution that is a dues-paying CUGH member in good standing.

Nominees will have strong leadership qualities, with demonstrated success in building a global health department/program, or have a strong leadership role in collaborating with his/her home institute's global health department/program.

Nominees should be willing to commit to a three-year term, be involved and participate in regularly scheduled board meetings - one annual meeting in-person and remaining meetings by telephone, -- and serve on one or more board committees. Nominees should expect to spend up to several hours per week on CUGH board activities.

Nominees will add to the diversity of the current board. We welcome applicants from a broad range of professional medical and non-medical disciplines, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and/or geographic location including being from a low or middle-income country.

Only one institution can be represented on the CUGH Board of Directors at any given time. The institutions currently represented by a voting board member who is NOT rotating off in 2018 are:

Johns Hopkins University
Stanford University
Tulane University
University of California, Davis
University of Maryland, Baltimore
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Vanderbilt University
Yale University

Responsibilities of CUGH Board Members:

Actively participate in the CUGH mission and purpose, and enhance positive working relationships with individual and institutional members

Contribute to the shaping, approving, monitoring, and implementation of the organization's activities

Assess and improve the board's effectiveness

Help guide and implement the organization's objectives, plans, and actions to maximize its capabilities and maintain financial security. This includes actively participating in fundraising and promotion of the organization

Promote the organization publicly and provide the Executive Director opportunities for the organization to be represented at events, conferences, etc.

Provide the Executive Director and other board members with knowledge about partnerships with other organizations and important contacts and potential resources that can help in the growth of the organization

Maintain confidentiality about the board's meetings, financial related issues and subject matters discussed

Provide oversight of disclosure and transparency, risk assessment, internal controls and processes designed to promote the organization's activities

Provide advice and support to the Executive Director; participate in the Executive Director's annual evaluation

Actively participate in Board of Directors meetings and committees

Suggest nominees to the Board of Directors

Time obligations include:

Attending monthly Board conference calls (approximately 60 minutes per call);
Participating on at least one Board committee; and
Attending the annual Board Retreat that coincides with the CUGH Global Health Conference.

Current CUGH Board Members:

Michele Barry, MD, FACP Senior Associate Dean for Global Health Stanford University Term ends April 2019	Patricia Davidson, PhD, MEd, RN, FAAN Dean, School of Nursing Johns Hopkins University Terms ends April 2020	Joseph Kolars, MD Senior Associate Dean, Education and Global Initiatives University of Michigan Term ends April 2020
Margaret Bentley, PhD Associate Dean, Office of Global Health University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Term ends April 2018	Samath Dharmaratne, MBBS, MSc, MD Affiliate Assist. Professor of Global Health, UW & Head/Associate Professor in Community Medicine University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Term ends April 2018	Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, FAAN Dean and the Linda Koch Lorimer Professor of Nursing Yale University Term ends April 2022
Timothy F. Brewer, MD, MPH, FACP Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary and Cross-campus Affairs University of California, Los Angeles Term ends April 2018	Quentin G. Eichbaum, MD, PhD, MPH, MFA, MMHC, FCAP, FASCP University Professor; Program Director in Global Health Vanderbilt University Term ends April 2020	Shannon Marquez, PhD, Meng Associate Professor, Director of Global Public Health Initiatives Drexel University Term ends April 2018
Pierre Buekens, MD, PhD W.H. Watkins Professor & Dean, School of Public Health Tulane University Term ends April 2020	Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH University Professor Columbia University Term ends April 2018	Virginia Rowthorn, LLM Managing Director, Law & Health Care Program University of Maryland Balitmore Term ends April 2020
Patricia Conrad, DVM, PhD Associate Dean for Global Programs, School of Veterinary Medicine University of California, Davis and Co-Director, University of California Global Health Institute University of California, Davis Term ends April 2020	Liz Grant, PhD Assistant Principal, Global Health and Director of the Global Health Academy University of Edinburgh Term ends April 2018	Judith Wasserheit, MD, MPH Chair, Department of Global Health University of Washington Term ends April 2018
Anuka Das TAC Representative University of Texas Medical Branch Term ends April 2019

Ex-Officio Board Members:

Matthew Barnhart, MD, MPH Medical Officer USAID	Vikas Kapil, DO, MPH, FACOEM Chief Medical Officer & Associate Director for Science CDC	Thomas Quinn, MD, MSC Associate Director for International Research, NIAID, NIH NIH
King K. Holmes, MD, PhD Former Chair of Global Health University of Washington	Charles Larson, MD Chair, Canadian Coalition for GH Research Canadian Coalition for GH Research	Zoe Mullan Editor, The Lancet Global Health The Lancet

Current List of CUGH Member Institutions:

Aga Khan University	St. George's University
Albert Einstein University	Stanford University
American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)	Stellenbosch University
American University of Antigua	SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
American University of Beirut	SUNY Stony Brook
Arhnold Global Health Institute at Mount Sinai	SUNY Upstate Medical University
Arizona State University	Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health
Association Of American Veterinary Medical College (AAVMC)	Texas A&M University
ASPPH	Texas Children's Hospital
Barcelona Institute for Global Health	Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso
Baylor College of Medicine	Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Ben Gurion University	Thomas Jefferson University
Boston University	Touro University
Brown University	Tufts University
Busitema University	Tulane University
Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR)	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
CGFNS International, Inc.	Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Child Family Health International	University at Buffalo
Columbia University	University of Alabama, Birmingham
CORE Group	University of Alberta
Cornell University, Weill Medical College	University of Arizona
Creighton University	University of California, Berkeley
Dartmouth College	University of California, Davis
Drexel University	University of California, Los Angeles
Duke University	University of California, Riverside
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates- ECFGM	University of California, San Diego
Emory University	University of California, San Francisco
Florida State University	University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
George Washington University	University of Chicago
Georgetown University	University of Copenhagen
Georgia State University	University of Edinburgh
Global Health Council	University of Global Health Equity
Harvard University (Harvard Global Health Institute)	University of Illinois at Chicago
Hanoi Medical University	University of Iowa
Hofstra University	University of Kansas Medical Center
Indiana University	University of Kentucky
Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica (INSP)	University of Miami
International Cancer Experts Corps, INC (ICEC)	University of Manitoba
International Service Learning	University of Maryland, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University	University of Maryland, College Park
JW LEE Center for Global Medicine	University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Global Health Program	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Kamuzu College of Nursing	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Karolinska Institutet	University of Missouri
KIIT University	University of Nebraska (College of Public Health)
Kings College London	University of New Mexico
Koc University	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Life University	University of Notre Dame
Loma Linda University	University of Pennsylvania
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Long Island University, Brooklyn	University of Pittsburgh
Loyola University	University of Southern California
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine	University of South Carolina, Global Health Initiative
Massachusetts General Hospital	University of Southern Denmark
McGill University	University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
McMaster University	University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Global Health Education
Medical College of Wisconsin	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Center for Global Health	University of Toronto
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences	University of Utah
National Taiwan University, College of Public Health	University of Virginia
New York Institute of Technology Center for Global Health	University of Washington
New York University	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Northeastern University	University of Vermont College of Medicine
Northwestern University	USAID Global Health Fellows Program II (Public Health Institute)
Ohio State University	Vanderbilt University
Ohio University	Wake Forest University
Old Dominion University	Washington State University
Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, Department of Science and Technology	Washington University in St. Louis
Princeton University	West Virginia University School of Medicine
Purdue University	Wright State University
Rice University	Yale University
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School	Yantalo Peru Foundation
San Diego State University	Yonsei University Health System
Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education	York University

The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) builds interdisciplinary collaborations and facilitates the sharing of knowledge to address global health challenges. It assists members in sharing their expertise across education, research, and service. It is dedicated to creating equity and reducing health disparities everywhere. CUGH promotes mutually beneficial, long-term partnerships between universities in resource-rich and resource-poor countries, developing human capital and strengthening institutions' capabilities to address these challenges. It is committed to translating knowledge into action.