
OUR STORY
Start with care. Then do more.
HELPING MEANS SO MUCH MORE THAN MEDICAL TREATMENT.
We combine care with other support to change lives for the better.
Our partnership is comprised of leading organizations such as the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) Faculty of Medicine and the Secretaría de Salud Estado de Puebla in Mexico, The University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School, Indiana University and so many more.
Together, we start with healthcare for patients, and then do more to empower communities, educate tomorrow’s medical experts and research breakthroughs that will truly change the health of the world.
Our vision
A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TO ENSURE HEALTH FOR ALL
We are a global network of academic health centers and universities collaborating with public health systems to ensure essential health for all people. Our model of partnership is replicable for sustainable health systems around the world.
Our hope is that one day all people, no matter where they live and what socioeconomic challenges they face, will have the healthcare and resources they need to thrive in life.

Our mission
AMPATH improves the health of people in underserved communities by working in partnership with academic health centers, ministries of health and others to build public sector health systems and promote well-being. Guided by the principle of leading with care, we:
Deliver and sustain effective healthcare services
Reduce health disparities and address social determinants of health
Develop and strengthen human capacity through training and education
Advance research that improves health
Strengthen partner institutions
BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA (BUAP)
The Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) is a public and autonomous institution consolidated at the national level, committed to the comprehensive training of critical and reflective professionals and citizens at the upper secondary, higher and postgraduate levels of education, who are capable of generating, adapting, recreating, innovating and applying knowledge of quality and social relevance. The University encourages research, creation and dissemination of knowledge, promotes inclusion, equal opportunities and links; contributes as a community of knowledge to the development of art, culture, the solution of economic, environmental, social and political problems in the region and the country, under a policy of transparency and accountability, ethical principles, sustainable development, in defense of human rights, tolerance and honesty; contributing to the creation of a proactive, productive, fair and safe society.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School was established specifically to develop, test and implement new models of cost-effective, value-based, population-focused care based on the best evidence, all the while preparing its students to be leaders in 21st century medicine. Dell Medical School is leading with a service mission, taking responsibility for the health of the population it serves with a focus on primary healthcare, population health and value-based care. UT Austin also has a highly specialized healthcare delivery and research workforce, in addition to a robust network of interdisciplinary academic partners across UT Austin who can help provide unparalleled opportunities to improve health on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border through training, capacity building and research in multiple medical specialties as well as interdisciplinary fields.
THE AMPATH CONSORTIUM
The AMPATH Consortium is a network of academic health centers that aims to foster long-term, equitable and cross-cultural partnerships with host health centers and universities that serve populations with significant unmet needs. Each institution brings their own perspective and provides its own opportunities for medical trainee exchange programs and hands-on education, in the U.S., Canada and across the globe.
Indiana University leads the AMPATH Consortium.
OUR SUPPORTERS AND SPONSORS
Our work is made possible by our generous supporters from charitable foundations to individuals and families.
Eli Lilly and Company
Eli Lilly and Company is committed to supporting the initial four years of the partnership in Mexico.
Astellas
Astellas Access to Health Initiative is supporting an AMPATH/MAPAS México two-year project to launch a community-based model for cancer prevention and early detection

Our people
BUAP LEADERSHIP
DR. LUIS VÁZQUEZ DE LARA CISNEROS
Dean
Faculty of Medicine, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP)
DRA. LIS ROSALES BAEZ
Secretary of Research and Graduate Studies
BUAP School of Medicine
UT AUSTIN LEADERSHIP
DR. TIM MERCER
Chief of the Division of Global Health
Dell Medical School
DR. RICARDO AINSLIE
Director of Education and Research
AMPATH/MAPAS México, UT Austin
DR. REBECCA COOK
Clinical Lead
AMPATH/MAPAS México
AMPATH CONSORTIUM LEADERSHIP
ADRIAN GARDNER
Executive Director
AMPATH Consortium
UT AUSTIN team
Dr. Tim Mercer
Chief of the Division of Global Health, Dell Medical School
tim.mercer@austin.utexas.edu
Dr. Ricardo Ainslie
Director of Education and Research, AMPATH/MAPAS México, UT Austin
rainslie@austin.utexas.edu
Dr. Rebecca Cook
Clinical Lead for AMPATH/MAPAS México, Dell Medical School
rebecca.cook@austin.utexas.edu
Laurie Young
Associate Director for Global Health, Dell Medical School
lauriebyoung@austin.utexas.edu
Dr. Tim Ruttan
Assistant Director for Pediatrics at AMPATH/MAPAS México, Dell Medical School
tim.ruttan@austin.utexas.edu
Beth Felker
Global Health Program Manager for AMPATH/MAPAS México, Dell Medical School
beth.felker@austin.utexas.edu
Sarayu Adeni
Senior Global Health Program Coordinator at Dell Medical School and Texas Global’s Education Abroad
sarayu.adeni@austin.utexas.edu
Stephanie Anderson
Senior Administrative Program Coordinator, Department of Population Health
stephanie.anderson@austin.utexas.edu
Dr. William Tierney
Senior Advisor to AMPATH/MAPAS México
wtierney@iu.edu
BUAP Team
Dr. Luis Vázquez de Lara Cisneros
Dean, Facultad de Medicina, BUAP luis.vazquezdelara@correo.buap.mx
Dra. Lis Rosales Baez
Secretary of Research and Post-Graduate Studies
Lis.rosales@correo.buap.mx
Dr. Victor Blanco
Co-host of AMPATH/MAPAS México seminar series
Malory Hernández Alarcon
AMPATH/MAPAS México Project Coordinator

AMPATH MÉXICO AT A GLANCE
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