Global Health at a Crossroads

Keith Martin, MD, PC

Executive Director

Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)

Dr. Keith Martin is a physician who, since September 2012, has served as the founding Executive Director of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH). Between 1993-2011, Dr. Martin served as a Member of Parliament in Canada’s House of Commons. He held portfolios in foreign affairs, health, the environment, defense and international development. He has been on many diplomatic missions in areas in crisis around the world but particularly across Africa and worked as a physician on the Mozambique border during their civil war. He has spent many years volunteering on conservation efforts in South Africa and is a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada.

Dr. Gerald Kayingo

Executive Director, Assistant Dean and Professor

UMB Physician Assistant Leadership and Learning Academy (PALLA)

Dr. Gerald Kayingo is the executive director of the Physician Assistant Leadership and Learning Academy (PALLA) and an assistant dean and professor at the graduate school at the University of Maryland. He has extensive experience in scholarship, education, leadership, clinical practice and global health.His research interests relate to health professions education, health systems science, and the intersection of infectious diseases and substance use disorders. His clinical interests are in primary care settings as well as advancing rural and global health.