Awori J. Hayanga, MD, MPH (Chair)
jhayanga@me.com

Awori J. Hayanga MD, MPH is a surgeon training in the United States. Born and raised in Kenya, he left Africa to pursue a medical education. After graduating medical school in Europe, he moved to the United States to begin his surgical training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital before transferring to the University of Michigan for further surgical training. Acutely concerned by the relative isolation facing Kenyan surgery residents regarding access to and use of the evidence base, he is committed to an earnest attempt at bridging the technological and practice divide using the world's most valuable resource - people. In this case, academic professionals from both sides who are willing to network and practice together, and in so doing, perpetuate the very essence of a global academic teaching institution without prejudice or restriction.

Dr Hayanga's concern for environmental issues finds an outlet as he remains an active member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Environmental Studies. In 2007, Dr Hayanga was awarded the Alfred Sommer Fellowship by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for a Masters in Public Health with a focus on Health Policy. He was named a World Health Organization/ World Alliance Patient Safety Scholar and the recipient of the 2007 Resident Leadership Award by the American College of Surgeons. In 2008, he received the the American Medical Association Leadership award.

Dr Hayanga served as the 2008 Health And Human Services (HHS) Fellow as Senior Medical Advisor to the Deputy Secretary in Washington, DC.