Who We Are
Health Improvement and Promotion Alliance (HIP)-NIMA is a non-profit organization currently headquartered in Seattle. HIP will continue to partner with local Ghanaian organizations
Participants are from Ghana, the United States and Norway.
If you would like to learn more about HIP-Ghana, please contact us at .
Board Members and Officers
Jonathan D. Mayer, PhD, President, Dr. Mayer is Professor of Epidemiology, International Health, Medicine (Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), Geography, Health Services, and Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, and co-director of the Undergraduate Program in Public Health. He is an expert in infectious disease epidemiology, tropical medicine, molecular and genetic epidemiology, access to health care, policy assessment, and global health policy.
Michael Wilson, PhD, Vice President. Dr. Wilson is the Deputy Director of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, and an internationally known authority on tropical parasitology.
Joseph Oppong, PhD, Treasurer. Dr. Oppong is Professor of Geography, University of North Texas, Denton, and the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center in Fort Worth. Dr. Oppong is a specialist in both access to health care and in infectious diseases, and is a Ghanaian by birth. He is a graduate of the University of Ghana.
Julia Lowe, BA, Secretary. Ms. Lowe is a graduate of the University of Washington, having majored in International Studies and minored in Public Health.
Christopher Sanford, MD, Co-Director, UW Travel Clinic at Hall Health Center, Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine
Sandy Hoar, PA-C, MPAS. Ms. Hoar is Clinical Assistant Professor of Global Health and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, and a practicing Physician Assistant. She is an expert in health education and community health assessment.
Team Members
University of Washington
Jonathan D. Mayer, PhD. Epidemiology, infectious diseases, tropical medicine.
Courtney Donovan, PhD candidate, medical geography. Health behavior, maternal and child health, access to health care, cultural differences in health.
Donna Denno, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and International Health. Child health; pediatric infectious diseases.
Janice Bell, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Services. Social determinants of health in urban areas.
Jean Carmalt, JD, PhD student, human rights lawyer with special interests in water rights and access to water as a human right.
Julia Lowe, BA. Alumna, 2006. Expertise in public health, research surveys and international studies.
Christopher Sanford, MD, Co-Director, UW Travel Clinic at Hall Health Center, Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine
University of Ghana
Samuel Agyei-Mensah, PhD. Associate Professor in Geography, specializing in demography and medical geography (HIV and infectious diseases).
Daniel Boakye, PhD. (Noguchi), Parasitologist with extensive background in malaria, leishmaniasis, helminthic diseases.
Collins Ahorlu, PhD (Noguchi), Social epidemiologist specializing in community organization; clinical trials.
Michael Wilson, PhD. Parasitology, infectious diseases, tropical medicine.
George Owusu, PhD, Survey research in health.
Gertrude Owusu, PhD, Social science methods, survey research in health.
University of North Texas
Joseph Oppong, PhD. Professor of Geography, specializing in medical geography and access to health care.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Stig Jorgensen, Associate Professor of Geography and Health Studies, specializing in access to health care and injury epidemiology.
Ragnhild Lund, PhD, Professor of Development Studies and Geography, specializing in development studies and community development.
The George Washington University
Sandy Hoar, PA-C, MPAS. Ms. Hoar is Clinical Assistant Professor of Global Health and Health Sciences and a practicing Physician Assistant.
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