C. Cancedda is associate physician, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and instructor in medicine and in global health and social medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
R. Riviello is director of global surgery programs, Center for Surgery and Public Health, associate surgeon, Division of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and assistant professor of surgery and of global health and social medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
K. Wilson is associate director, Global Pediatrics Program, and codirector, Global Pediatric Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, and assistant professor of pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
K.W. Scott is a medical student, Harvard Medical School, and research assistant, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
M. Tuteja is director for global health and research programs, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
J.R. Barrow is assistant dean of global and community health, executive director of the initiative to integrate oral health and medicine, and lecturer, Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
B. Hedt-Gauthier is assistant professor of global health and social medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
G. Bukhman is director of the program in global noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and social change, Harvard Medical School, cardiologist, Cardiovascular Division and the Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, senior health and policy advisor on NCDs, Partners In Health, and assistant professor of medicine and assistant professor of global health and social medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. G. Bukhman is also co-chair, Lancet Commission on Reframing Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries for the Poorest Billion.
J. Scott is faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, associate scientist, Division of Women’s Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
D. Milner is associate medical director of microbiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and associate professor, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
G. Raviola is assistant professor of psychiatry and assistant professor of global health and social medicine, Harvard Medical School, and director of the psychiatry quality programs, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
B. Weissman is vice chair emeritus of radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and professor in radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
S. Smith is chief and Distinguished Barbara N. Weissman Chair, Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, radiology lead, Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program, associate residency training director, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, co-medical director, Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, assistant director, Neil and Elise Wallace STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and associate professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
T. Nuthulaganti is director, Health Workforce, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Boston, Massachusetts.
C.D. McClain is senior associate in perioperative anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, and assistant professor of anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
B.E. Bierer is senior physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, professor of medicine (pediatrics), Harvard Medical School, and faculty director, Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
P.E. Farmer is Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard University, chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and chief, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
A.E. Becker is Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
A. Binagwaho is former Minister of Health of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda, and is currently senior lecturer, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, professor of pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, and professor of the practice of global health delivery, University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda.
J. Rhatigan is associate professor of medicine and associate professor of global health and social medicine, Harvard Medical School, associate chief, Division of Global Health Equity, and director, Hiatt Global Health Equity Residency Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
D.E. Golan is dean for basic science and graduate education, special advisor for global programs, George R. Minot Professor of Medicine, and professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, and senior physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Funding/Support: This work was conducted with funding provided to the Harvard-affiliated institutions from the Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program. Funding for the Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Additional funding for activities described in this Article was provided to Harvard-affiliated faculty by (among others) Harvard Medical School’s Burke Global Health Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Minority Award, philanthropic donations to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, internal Brigham and Women’s Hospital research grants, the Aerosmith Foundation, philanthropic donations to Boston Children’s Hospital, internal Boston Children’s Hospital research grants, Harvard University’s President’s Innovation Funds for International Experiences, the Open Society Foundations, and the Fogarty Center at the National Institutes of Health. C. Cancedda is also funded with a grant from the Abundance Foundation.
Other disclosures: None reported.
Ethical approval: Reported as not applicable.
Previous presentations: Some of the data presented in this Article were also presented as an abstract (“Participation of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital to a major academic global health initiative: Benefits to faculty, trainees, and institutions”) during the annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, March 26–28, 2015.
Correspondence should be addressed to Corrado Cancedda, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115; telephone: (617) 732-5500; e-mail: ccancedd@gmail.com.