Robert Bollinger, MD, MPH
Advisor to Glohea at JHU, The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University, and The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
Dr. Robert Bollinger is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He holds joint appointments in the Department of International Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and in the School of Nursing’s Department of Community-Public Health. Dr. Bollinger has more than 35 years of experience in international public health, clinical research and education dealing with such global health priorities as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy, dengue, antibiotic-resistant infections and other emerging diseases. He is also the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education (CCGHE) and the associate director for medicine of the Center for Global Health.
He also serves as director of both the Johns Hopkins Fogarty India Program—a component of the NIH Fogarty International Center—and the IMEC-JHU Partnership to advance applications in health care. Under Dr. Bollinger’s leadership of the Fogarty India Program, short-term and degree training has been provided to more than 100 visiting scientists at Johns Hopkins, and in-country training has been provided to more than 2,000 Indian scientists.
Dr. Bollinger’s research interests include identifying biological and behavioral risk factors for HIV transmission; characterizing the clinical progression and treatment of HIV and related infections; and implementing science research projects to optimize healthcare capacity and delivery in resource-limited settings.
Dr. Bollinger is author of more than 150 peer-reviewed research publications and 15 book chapters, including the first and largest studies of risk factors for HIV transmission in India, the cloning and sequencing of the first HIV viruses from India, the only studies characterizing the primary immune response to HIV in India, and the demonstration of increased risk of HIV acquisition with recent HSV infection and lack of circumcision.
He has been invited to participate in public health training programs and expert committees, and has been consulted for his expertise by more than 15 countries.
Dr. Bollinger has served as a member of the US Presidential Advisory Council for HIV/AIDS (PACHA) and as a member of the PACHA International Subcommittee, and is a current member of the Institute of Medicine Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety.
Working with partners in more than 20 countries, Dr. Bollinger and CCGHE faculty pioneered the development and use of distance learning and their award-winning mobile health platform emocha® in resource-limited settings.
Dr. Bollinger received an undergraduate degree from Haverford College, an M.D. from Dartmouth Medical School and an M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He completed his internal medicine training at the University of Maryland Medical Systems, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and infectious diseases.
Siam K Rezwan ‘22
Founder and Chair of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University; Editor-in-Chief of The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review; Founder and President of Glohea at JHU
Siam Rezwan a graduate of Johns Hopkins and looks forward to a career in global medicine. He is Founder and Chair of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University.
He is also Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review, a student and faculty-led global health journal for high school student authors. He is a Board Member and Program Director of BERNOSSUS, a community health and education center for underserved women and children in Bangladesh where he directs its zero-cost cleft lip and palate treatment program.
He conducts research as a part of the Clinical Research Core in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, through which he has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and presented his work at major surgical conferences.
Siam is a former Research Assistant in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Medical College of Wisconsin and Ubicomp Lab at Marquette University. He has interned at The University of Chicago Institute for Population and Precision Health, The University of Chicago Department of Public Health Sciences, GE Healthcare Japan, St. Luke’s International Graduate School of Public Health in Tokyo, the Maternal and Child Health Division of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh (ICDDRB), BRAC, and The University of Oxford Saïd Business School.
Siam is from Wisconsin where he is an Emergency Medical Technician, volunteers for his local hospice care program, and volunteers for a free clinic serving central Wisconsin’s marginalized patient population.
Christov Roberson, PhD
Advisor to Glohea at JHU and The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Roberson is a Senior Lecturer in the Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts & Sciences Department of Biology. Dr. Roberson received his Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Natalie Boyd, MBA
Advisor to Glohea at JHU and The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University
Natalie Boyd is the Senior Academic Program Coordinator in the Undergraduate Department of Public Health Studies in the Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts & Sciences.
Priyal Patel ‘25
Associate Director of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University; Associate Director of Design and Marketing of The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
Priyal is a freshman at Johns Hopkins planning to double major in Neuroscience and Public Health from New Castle, Delaware. At Hopkins, she is a member of Johns Hopkins Model United Nations as well as South Asian Students at Hopkins (SASH). Outside of Hopkins, she is involved with the Blood Bank of Delmarva and the Intercollegiate Neuroscience Research Journal.
Het Patel ‘25
Director of Admissions and Outreach and Associate Director of Programming forThe Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University; Associate Director of Design and Marketing and Director of Operations of The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
Het is a Junior at Johns Hopkins University pursuing a Bachelors and Masters in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Plainfield, Indiana. He is a Student Researcher in Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute working under the Provost's Undergraduate Research Award. At Hopkins, he has been involved with the Center of Social Concern as a treasurer for over 40 student organizations, the Learning Den as a tutor, and a board member for the Whiting School of Engineering Curriculum Committee.
Austin Chen ‘25
Associate Director of Admissions & Outreach of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University; Associate Editor of The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
Austin is a freshman at Johns Hopkins double majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Public Health from Los Angeles, California. On campus, he is a mentor of Charm City Science League, a service organization that prepares Baltimore students for Science Olympiad competitions. He is also an active member of Agara Bio and Splash at JHU. Austin has also researched cancer imaging and therapy at the Keck School of Medicine of The University of Southern California (USC).
Renat Rayhan ‘24
Associate Director of Admissions & Outreach and Associate Director of Programming & Engagement of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University; Co-Director of Outreach and Associate Director of Communications of The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
Renat Rayhan is a sophomore majoring in molecular and cellular biology from San Diego, California. He is a research intern at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in the Cardiology Department, doing research studies on inflammation and atherosclerosis. He serves as a director of outreach for a student-led national organization called College Process Prep, which coaches high school students to succeed in the college application process. Additionally, he is part of Red Cross regional deployment, which assigns people to health and disaster crises in Maryland and beyond. He also serves as a volunteer in MEDLIFE which works to serve underrepresented communities in the United States and abroad, and he is also is a member of JHU Baltimore community health organization ABC Health and Partners in Health (PIH). On campus, he performs as a piano player for the Homewood Chamber Music ensemble.
Rozanne Lim ‘25
Associate Director of Admissions & Outreach of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University; Associate Editor of The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
Rozanne is a freshman majoring in Public Health Studies and Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University, from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is a member of Blue Key Society, working in conjunction with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. She is also an active member of Tutorial Project, and tutors elementary school children one-on-one. In addition, she is a board member of JHU Chinese Student Association.
Darrell Fan ‘24
Associate Director of Outreach and Editor of The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
Darrell is a sophomore at Johns Hopkins majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology & History of Science, Medicine, and Technology from Glendora, California. He is a clinical research assistant at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center studying immunotherapeutic strategies and a Leadership Alliance SR-EIP research fellow at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University studying cardiovascular diseases.
Other than his research work, Darrell is also an Advising Fellow for Matriculate, a college advising program seeking to place low-income high school seniors into top universities, and the Programming Chair for the JHU MEDLIFE chapter, a non-profit organization improving access to medicine and education for low-income communities.
Peixi (Olivia) Ge ‘25
Associate Director of Social Media & Marketing and Associate Director of Programming & Engagement of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University
Olivia is a freshman at Johns Hopkins majoring in Public Health and Biology from Hang Zhou, China. On campus, she is involved in Advocates for Baltimore Community Health, Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations, and Smart Women Securities. Additionally, she is an assistant leader of Hopkins Collaboration Committee of Economics Club. Olivia has research interests in autoimmune diseases and healthcare systems.
Atri Surapaneni ‘25
Associate Director of Admissions & Outreach of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University; Editor of The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
Atri is a freshman at Johns Hopkins majoring in Public Health from Fremont, California. He currently is conducting medicinal chemistry research at the Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery Institute. He is also a member of the JHU Maryland Science Olympiad organization.
Sophia Stryjewski ‘25
Associate Director of Admissions & Outreach of The Global Health Leaders Conference at Johns Hopkins University
Sophia is a freshman at Johns Hopkins, majoring in molecular/cellular biology and intending on minoring in Spanish, from West Grove, Pennsylvania. She is on a pre-med track, and wants to pursue a career as a physician. She is currently involved in women’s club lacrosse at JHU.