Caline Mattar
Caline Mattar is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University in Saint Louis where she also serves as the Section Chief for General Infectious Diseases.
She completed her medical studies at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, where she practiced medicine prior to moving to the United States to complete an Internal Medicine Residency and subsequently a fellowship in Infectious Diseases. Her academic research focuses on dissemination and implementation of infection prevention and antimicrobial resistance interventions in resources limited settings. She is currently collaborating with partners in Ghana, Honduras and Belize. She has served on multiple expert groups on Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention at the World Health Organization and chairs the Expert Advisory Group of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development Hub in Berlin. She currently serves on the board of directors for ReAct-Action on Antimicrobial Resistance Africa. She also chairs the Working4Health Global Health Workforce Network Youth Hub at the World Health Organization.
She was named the first Global Health Education and Partnerships Director at WashU’s School of Medicine. Her responsibilities include overseeing global health education and building bilateral global partnerships.
Mattar has previously served in leadership roles at international organizations such as the World Medical Association where she still serves as a policy advisor on public health and health workforce. Mattar teaches global health at the undergraduate level, as well as medical students, residents and fellows. She co-founded the Women in Global Health-Midwest Chapter in 2018.