To the YSM, YSPH, YSN, and Yale Jackson School Communities:
We are pleased to announce that Ingrid T. Katz, MD, MHS, has accepted the position of director of the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH), effective Jan. 1, 2026.
Harnessing the breadth of expertise of the Yale School of Medicine (YSM), Yale School of Public Health (YSPH), Yale School of Nursing (YSN), and the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, Dr. Katz will lead the expansion of global health activities across Yale’s campus and beyond the university. These efforts will include the development of innovative research, clinical, and educational programs that translate scientific discoveries into improved health for all and prepare future global health leaders. Dr. Katz will have a joint appointment in YSM and YSPH with a secondary appointment in YSN.
A nationally recognized physician-scientist trained in infectious diseases, Dr. Katz’s global health expertise extends from Southern Africa to Southeast Asia, where she has led and supported federally funded projects focused on improving the health of people with HIV. For the past 16 years, Dr. Katz has been a faculty member at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and an associate physician in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). For five of these years, she was the associate faculty director at Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI), co-leading programmatic work to address significant global health treats, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the systemic effects of climate change on human health.
Dr. Katz’s research focuses on developing sustainable interventions to improve engagement in care for some of the most highly vulnerable populations in Southern Africa. For nearly 15 years, she has maintained National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and long-term partnerships with the University of Cape Town and the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. Her teams have been recognized by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and by receiving a request to join the newly formed Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics.
In her roles, Dr. Katz has been dedicated to helping other scientists and physicians develop and advance their careers. At HGHI, she helped create and fundraise more than a million dollars for the LEAD fellowship, which supports women global health leaders from low- and middle-income nations. Currently, she serves on the executive board of Harvard’s Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), which provides education, training, and research opportunities for the next generation of HIV researchers. Recognizing her efforts at HMS, Dr. Katz received the A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award and the inaugural Dean’s Award for an Emerging Leader in Women’s Careers.
Dr. Katz currently serves on the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC), Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Massachusetts Medical Society, and she has been a member of Society of General Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College, a master of health science degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a medical degree from University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine.
We are grateful to the search committee, chaired by Michael Cappello, MD, and its members, Jeannette Ickovics, PhD; David Vlahov, PhD, RN; Steven Wilkinson, PhD; Inci Yildirim, MD, PhD, MSc; and Julie Zimmerman, MSc, PhD.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Katz on her new role and in welcoming her to Yale.
Sincerely,
Nancy J. Brown, MD
Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of Medicine
C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine
Azita Emami, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean of Yale School of Nursing
Linda Koch Lorimer Professor of Nursing
Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH
Dean of Yale School of Public Health
C.-E. A. Winslow Professor of Public Health (Health Policy)
Professor of Emergency Medicine