Richard Wamai, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Northeastern University where he co-leads the Integrated Initiative for Global Health. He has trained in European (Helsinki, Oxford, Uppsala, London School of Economics) American (Harvard, Johns Hopkins, World Bank) and African (Nairobi, Egerton, Kumasi) institutions. He works in global health research, training, implementation and policy focusing on HIV/AIDS, neglected tropical diseases, non-communicable diseases, and health systems and policy in multiple countries across sub-Saharan Africa. His continuing scholarly interests are in evidence-based strategies for evaluating, preventing and responding to diseases and health systems challenges particularly in Africa in the context of epidemiological and eco-demographic transitions. He is driven in his work by a passion for ending the neglect, for disease- and- poverty-free communities and established the African Centre for Community Investment in Health based in Chemolingot, northern Baringo, Kenya. Wamai has published widely in the global health and development area. Here is a link to Wamai’s academic profile.