In October, Dr. Juliet Siena Lumati (formerly Okoroh), started as an Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology at Northwestern University. Dr. Lumati completed surgical residency at UCSF and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, followed by a Fellowship in Complex Surgical Oncology at Johns Hopkins University. As a 2017-2018 GloCal fellow, she conducted research on prohibitive surgical care expenditures in Ghana. Through her new appointment at Northwestern, Dr. Lumati is affiliated with the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, and the Robert Havey Institute for Global Health. Her appointment includes protected time abroad, allowing her to continue her global oncology work. This includes a clinical trial evaluating the cost of colorectal cancer treatment at Lakeshore Cancer Center in Nigeria, where she has been a visiting consultant for the last four years. Dr. Lumati’s long-term plans include improving access to cancer care in Sub-Saharan African by strengthening multidisciplinary care inclusive of surgery through health care financing.

Additionally, in November, Dr. Amber Roegner began as an Assistant Professor of One Health and Environmental Toxicology at School of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago, as well as an Institute for Racial Justice Faculty Affiliate. Her new position encompasses time for research, teaching, and service. Dr. Roegner, who as a 2015-2016 GloCal fellow conducted research in Kenya on harmful algae blooms in Lake Victoria, has a combined DVM (Veterinary Medicine) and PhD (Pharmacology and Toxicology) from the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. She seeks to address global environmental health and toxicological inequities through community-engaged work to improve human, animal, and ecological health outcomes with sustainable and mechanism-based interventions. Through highly collaborative work she has examined chronic health risks from eutrophication and freshwater algal blooms on fisher and indigenous communities through partnerships in Kenya, Guatemala, and Uruguay, and looks forward to continuing this and related efforts through her new position at Loyola.