Speaker profile

Jean Claude Mugunga

MD.,MS., Deputy Chief Medical Officer - Partners in Health (PIH)

Jean Claude Mugunga is a physician leader currently serving as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Partners In Health, where he leads the organization’s work related to evidence-based population health planning, economic evaluation and health financing efforts towards achieving Universal Health Coverage in site countries. His previous work experience includes working as a clinician at public facilities in Rwanda and a researcher for the Overseas Development Institute, UK, before joining PIH in 2013. He is a member of the faculty of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the Department of Global Health Equity at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and a Lecturer at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda. Dr Mugunga obtained his medical degree from the University of Rwanda and a Master of Science in Global Health Policy and Management from Brandeis University.