Our People
Global Emergency Team
Bhakti Hansoti, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Center for Global Emergency Care
Fellowship Director, International Emergency Medicine & Public Health Fellowship
Associate Director of Academic Program, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Emergency Care
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Expertise: HIV; Emergency Care; Implementation Science; Surveillance; COVID-19

Nicholas Pereira Risko, M.D., M.H.S.
Associate Director, Center for Global Emergency Care
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Expertise: Global Health; Emergency Care Systems Development; Health Economics

Valerie Osasu Osula, M.D.
Assistant Director, Center for Global Emergency Care
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Edbert Brian Hsu, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director, Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR)
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Expertise: Emergency Medicine

Amyna Husain, D.O.
Director, Pediatric Emergency Disaster Management
Pediatric Assistant Director, Biocontainment Unit, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise: Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Adam David Laytin, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Expertise: Trauma and Critical Care; Epidemiology; Clinical Outcomes; Emergency and Critical Care in Low Resource Settings; Global Health

Amelia Pousson, M.D., M.P.H.

Gai Cole, Dr.P.H., M.B.A., M.H.A.
Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Expertise: Emergency Operations and Response Systems, Mass Casualty

Madeleine Whalen, M.S.N., M.P.H., R.N.
Evidence-Based Practice Program Coordinator, Johns Hopkins Health System
Expertise: Evidence-based practice, Research and Quality Improvement


Linda L. Thumba, P.T., D.P.T.
Training & Capacity Building Coordinator, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Catherine Villanueva, M.S.P.H.
Research Assistant, Department of International Health, Health Systems, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Fellows
Mary Regina Bolgiano, M.D.
Instructor of Emergency Medicine

Teagan Louise Lukacs, D.O., M.P.H., M.S.
Instructor of Emergency Medicine
