Payam Nahid, MD, MPH
Dr. Payam Nahid, the Haile T. Debas Distinguished Professor of Global Health, is the Executive Director of the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences.
With over two decades of experience in global health, he specializes in clinical trials and translational research on TB and HIV/TB co-infection. Dr. Nahid has led international programs funded by NIH, CDC, USAID, and BMGF to develop new TB diagnostics and treatments. In 2009, he co-founded the Vietnam National TB Programme-UCSF Research Collaboration Unit to promote equitable international research activities. As the Senior Research Advisor for the USAID-funded Supporting, Mobilizing and Accelerating Research for Tuberculosis Elimination (SMART4TB), Dr. Nahid directs the consortium's research strategies. Dr. Nahid serves as the Director of the UCSF Center for Tuberculosis and co-leads the NIAID-funded UCSF-UC Berkeley TB Research Advancement Center (UC TRAC), which trains early-stage TB investigators. Dr. Nahid has led WHO Task Forces and international practice guidelines. He is an appointed member of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on TB (STAG TB).