Nicole McHale, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. McHale’s career has consistently centered on global health, beginning in college as a leader in Cornell’s GlobeMed chapter partnering with a community health center in Ecuador. She then served in the U.S. Peace Corps in rural Namibia, supporting village clinic operations and community health education.

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Her commitment continued through medical training with community health work in rural India, a residency rotation in Tanzania, and participation in Cornell-funded research on echocardiography, heart failure, and HIV. She further deepened this work through a Global Health Fellowship with the Botswana Harvard Partnership and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She now brings this experience to UCSF as Associate Director of the GME Global Health Pathway, preparing trainees to advance equitable, sustainable global health partnerships and address health inequities locally and globally.

Awards

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• 1st Place – Doctor’s Dilemma Competition, American College of Physicians (ACP) Kentucky Chapter, 2022
• Academic Achievement Award – Ranked top 10 in UQ-Ochsner Class of 2019, The University of Queensland/Ochsner Clinical School, 2019
• Examiner’s Award for Best Research for Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Health Student-Led Symposium, 2016
• Woodford Stage Persuasive Speaking Contest Winner, Cornell University Communications Department, 2013

Education & Training

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• MSc Global Health Policy The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 06/2027
• Global Health Fellowship Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School 06/2024
• Residency University of Louisville 06/2023
• MD University of Queensland/Ochsner Clinical School 12/2019
• BS Biological Sciences, Minor in Global Health Cornell University 05/2014

Interests

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• Medical Education
• Global Health
• Curriculum Development
• Quality Improvement

Publications (8)

• Whose voice matters? A modified Delphi study for inclusive global health competency development
  Western Group on Education Affairs (WGEA) Annual Conference; 2026 Apr 19–21; Tucson, AZ. 2026 Cobb C, Ross S, Vargas B, Scott S, Broecker J, McHale N, Tesema S, Silvers R, Ghali B, Negussie-Retta G, Arrieta M, Boscardin C.
• Whose voice matters? A modified Delphi study for inclusive global health competency development
  Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 2026 Annual Conference; 2026 Apr 9–12; Washington, DC. 2026 McHale N, Cobb C, Ross S, Vargas B, Scott S, Broecker J, Tesema S, Silvers R, Ghali B, Negussie-Retta G, Arrieta M, Boscardin C.
• Impact of bedside echocardiography in the diagnosis of heart failure in a Tanzanian hospital
  Global Heart. 2022 Kingery JR, Damas E, Mabula D, Makubi A, Mtui G, Fabian P, Kisigo G, Goyal P, Giddens McHale N, McNairy M, Fitzgerald D, Devereux R, Johnson W, Peck RN.
• Disseminated histoplasmosis from mycophenolate mofetil immunosuppression leading to hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
  Presentation, 2021 American Medical Association (AMA) Research Challenge. 2021 Giddens McHale N, Hayden S, Day M, & Krishnan P.
• A case of Rothia dentocariosa endocarditis with severe complications
  Journal of Investigative Medicine, American Federation for Medical Research. 2021 Bak E, Giddens McHale N, & Sharpe T.
• HIV-infection is associated with early development of peripheral arterial stiffness in Tanzania
  Presentation, 2020: 11th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Global Health Conference. 2020 Reis K, Fadhil S, Kisigo G, Razac Y, Helsby C, Giddens McHale N, & Kingery JR.
• Prevalence and predictors of heart failure in a Tanzanian referral hospital: a retrospective cohort study
  Presentation, 2020 Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Medicine Research Retreat. 2020 Kingery JR, Damas E, Makubi A, Joseph G, Goyal P, & Giddens McHale N.
• Type II diabetes mellitus in Indigenous Australians
  Indigenous Health Student-Led Symposium, Oct 7, 2016. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Won the Examiner’s Award for Best Research Presentation. 2016 Giddens McHale N, Blackie A, Chung J, Jin S, Manayan O, Maslov A, Masterson C, Poulton H, van den Heever J, Ye A.