Hugh is a medical student at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He received a BS in Biochemistry from Northeastern University, where he led RAISE, a student research group dedicates to using chemistry and engineering to tackle planetary health issues, and was a founding member of NUGHI, a group that organizes global health conferences to create opportunities for collaboration and learning between students and global health experts from around the world.

He is a Research Associate at the African Center for Community Engagement in Health (ACCIH) and is on the advisory board for the NEU Africa Global Initiative. Hugh is passionate about climate change and its impacts on health impacts on global populations.