Grant Wahl Wife: Who Is Celine Gounder?

Celine Gounder was the wife of Grant Wahl, an American sports journalist and soccer analyst for CBS Sports, best known for his time as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and a correspondent for Fox Sports who died on Dec. 10, 2022 after collapsing in the press box at the Lusail Iconic Stadium in Doha on December 9, 2022, while covering the 2022 World Cup Quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands.

Gounder, an American medical doctor and medical journalist who specializes in infectious diseases and global health and Wahl got married in 2001, after meeting at Princeton University, their alma mater.

She graduated from Princeton University in 1997, with a Bachelor of Arts in molecular biology and received a Master of Science in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2000, with a master’s thesis entitled Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic test for tuberculosis.

She earned a Doctor of Medicine degree in 2004 at the University of Washington School of Medicine,

While in medical school, she co-founded the International Health Group, which advocates for doctors training to serve disadvantaged people around the world.

In 2007, Gounder was listed in People Magazine’s 25 Women Changing the World in 2017 for her contributions to health care.

Gounder was also a member of the COVID-19 Advisory Board transition team of U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden.