Editors

Dr. Kate Douglass is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Global Health at George Washington University.  She completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine at Drexel University in 2005, then came to GWU to complete fellowship training in International Emergency Medicine as well as a Master of Public Health.  She has served as the director of the Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship at GWU, and she is currently the Departmental Section Chief of Global Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Douglass is specifically interested in international emergency medical systems development with a focus on sustainability, cost-effectiveness, and effective educational interventions. She also focuses on the global impact of road traffic injuries, and implications for emergency medical system's development. She has worked extensively with international medical programs and policy initiatives, including projects in India, Saudi Arabia, Zambia, Turkey, Ethiopia and Peru.   She currently directs ten post-graduate EM education programs across the nation of India, graduating trained and qualified Emergency Physicians to address India’s severe Emergency Medicine Human Resource shortage and injury epidemic.  She has worked over her career with consensus groups at the national and international level to develop guidelines for trainees embarking on global health experiences.

Dr. Douglass also served as a Senior Technical Clinical advisor for FHI360 from 2021 to 2023 as part of the global COVID response team. In this role, she supported a robust profile of countries in their pandemic response planning, providing technical expertise. Her passion for global EM systems development has been bolstered by the COVID pandemic, a crisis that further clarifies the universal need for effective emergency and acute care.

Aubrie Ford, DO is a global emergency medicine fellow at George Washington University pursuing her Master’s in Public Health. She completed medical school at TouroCOM and residency at Northwell Health in New York. Her research interests include gender issues, workplace safety and quality improvement, global capacity building and education.

Dr. Uche Anigbogu is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Global Health at George Washington University, where she practices at George Washington University Hospital and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, DC. A native of Chicago, she completed her undergraduate studies in International Comparative Studies at Duke University before earning her medical degree at Rush Medical College in Chicago. She trained in Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, then completed a fellowship in Global Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, along with a Master of Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, concentrating in Global Health and Humanitarian Studies.

Dr. Anigbogu is driven by the conviction that a person's health outcomes should never be determined by the zip code or postal code into which they were born. Her work in global health is focused on health systems development and reimagination, the use of education as a tool for equity, and the intersection where humanitarian urgency meets the long-term sustainability of development. She is especially committed to building durable systems and training the next generation of clinicians, viewing education as one of the most powerful levers for lasting, equitable change.

Her regional interests center on West Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana, and Togo, though they are not limited to these countries. She currently works in India and has previously contributed to programs in Lesotho, Pakistan, Jamaica, Ukraine, and rural and Indigenous communities within the United States. Across these varied settings, she remains motivated by the opportunity to expand access to quality emergency and acute care while learning from exceptional colleagues along the way.

Dr. Joseph (Joe) Pauly is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University, where he practices at GW University Hospital, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center in Washington, DC. A native of Gainesville, Florida, he completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor before earning his medical degree at the University of Missouri–Columbia. He trained in Emergency Medicine at MedStar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown in Washington, DC, then completed a fellowship in Global Health and International Emergency Medicine at Yale University. He also holds a Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Diploma of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

For Dr. Pauly, the practice of global health is a way to understand the complexities of humanity, illuminating both the similarities and the differences among the populations he serves. He is continually drawn to the limitless opportunities global health offers to develop new perspectives on healthcare practices, creative teaching and education strategies, and the delivery of care in varied settings.

His primary interests lie at the intersection of infectious disease and emergency medicine within the context of global health, as well as in capacity building through the education of emergency medicine learners worldwide. The majority of his infectious disease research has taken place in Thailand and India, while his emergency medicine education and capacity-building projects have centered primarily on India, Belize, and Kenya.

Dr. Mallika Manyapu is an emergency medicine physician working in Global Health at George Washington University, where she practices at United Medical Center (UMC) and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, DC. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, she completed both her undergraduate studies and her medical degree at Emory University, and went on to train in Emergency Medicine at Jacobi/Montefiore in New York. She also holds a Master of Public Health.

Dr. Manyapu is drawn to global health by a love of exploring new places, meeting new people, and seeing how medicine is practiced across different contexts and environments. Each new setting offers her a fresh perspective on how care is delivered and how systems adapt to the communities they serve.

Her areas of interest include humanitarian emergencies, workforce development, and health systems improvement. While she is not tied to any single region, she has gained experience working in India, East Africa, Jamaica, and Ukraine.