From Ebola and Zika to malaria and dengue fever, there seems to be a global health crisis around every corner. If you haven’t witnessed an outbreak in person, you’ve seen the images on TV: Patients struggle to survive, doctors cross borders to treat them, and researchers rush to develop vaccines. But there’s a tireless group of frontline caregivers that often get overlooked — both by daily news coverage and high-level decision-makers.

Don’t let the desk job fool you. Daren Wade is a man on the move. After work on four days a week, he leaves his office in the Harris Hydraulics Lab and drives to Zumba class, where he shows a group of eager dancers how to hop and bop to the beat. On Wednesdays, he [...]

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Joseph Babigumira is an assistant professor in the Department of Global Health with an adjunct appointment in the School of Pharmacy. After several years of practicing medicine in Uganda, his home country, Babigumira moved to America to pursue healthcare and pharmaceutical degrees in 2004.