List of experts 2017
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Aggett Peter M University of Central
Lancashire
United
Kingdom
Ethics, Nutrition, clinical
trials
Alabi Abraham M Centre de Recherches
Médicales de Lambaréné
(CERMEL)
Gabon HIV, Tuberculosis,
Microbiology
Alffenaar Jan-Willem M University Medical Center
Groningen
Netherlands Tuberculosis, clinical
pharmacology,
pharmacokinetics
Andanda Pamela F University of the
Witwatersrand
South Africa Bioethics, biomedical
research governance
Ansah Evelyn F University of Health and
Allied Sciences - Ghana
Ghana Malaria, diagnostics,
health systems
Armah George M Noguchi Memorial
Institute for Medical
Research (NMIMR)
Ghana Enteric diseases, vaccines
Ayuk Leo Njock M Bamenda Regional
Hospital
Cameroon Tuberculosis, HIV, drug
resistance
Ba Marieme F Pharmalys Senegal Drug development,
Clinical trials monitoring
Bardají Alonso Azucena F Fundación Privada
Instituto de Salud Global
Barcelona (ISGLobal)
Spain Malaria, tropical
medicine, epidemiology
Barros David M GSK I+D Spain Tuberculosis, drug
discovery, drug
development
2
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Barros Henrique M Instituto de Saude
Publica da Universidade
do Porto (ISPUP)
Portugal Public health, Research
Methodology, infectious
diseases
Bausch Daniel M World Health
Organization (WHO) -
Geneva
Switzerland Emerging infectious
diseases, Tropical
medicine, public health
Bekos Ioannis M University of Cyprus Cyprus Ethics in research
sciences
Berkhout Ben M University of Amsterdam
(UVA)
Netherlands HIV, drug resistance,
vaccine strategies
Beshah Abate
Mulugeta
M WHO - UNECA
Compound Ethiopia
Ethiopia Public health, NIDs
Biamonte Marco M Drugs and Diagnostics for
Tropical Diseases (DDTD)
United
States
Drug design, drug
development
Boeree Martin M Stichting Katholieke
Universiteit
Netherlands Tuberculosis, drug
develoment, clinical trials
Bompart Francois M Sanofi France Clinical pharmacology,
infectious diseases, ethics
Borgdorff Martien W. M Kenya Medical Research
Institute (KEMRI)/CDC
Kisumu
Kenya Infectious diseases,
epidemiology,
international health
Brewster David M Guido Valadares National
Hospital
Timor-Leste Lower respiratory
infections, Maternal and
child health
Brigden Grania F The International Union
Against Tuberculosis and
Lung Disease (The Union)
France Tuberculosis, drug
resistance
3
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Brosch Roland M Institut Pasteur France Tuberculosis, vaccines
Burtscher Doris F Medecins sans Frontieres Austria Medical anthropology,
social science
Cardosa Mary Jane F Sentinext Therapeutics Malaysia Dengue, yellow fever,
vaccines
Carroll Ryan M Massachusetts General
Hospital
United
States
Cerebral malaria, drugs,
diagnostics
Chakaya Jeremiah M Kenya Medical Research
Institute (KEMRI)
Kenya Tuberculosis, drugs,
prevention
Chilengi Roma M Centre for Infectious
Disease Research in
Zambia (CIDRZ)
Zambia Malaria, Diarrhoeal
diseases, vaccine
development
Chitsulo Lester M Ministry of Health -
Malawi
Malawi NIDs, HIV, Public health
Cobelens Frank M Amsterdam Institute for
Global Health and
Development (AIGHD)
Netherlands Tuberculosis, tropical
medicine, epidemiology
Craig Alister M Liverpool School of
Tropical Medicine (LSTM)
United
Kingdom
Malaria, drugs, vaccines
Cras Patrick M University of Antwerp Belgium Neurology, Ethics
Cressey Tim M Harvard School of Public
Health
Thailand HIV, drugs
Cuevas Luis M Liverpool School of
Tropical Medicine (LSTM)
United
Kingdom
HIV, Tuberculosis,
diagnostics
Cutting Simon M Royal Holloway,
University of London
United
Kingdom
Tuberculosis, vaccines
de Jong Bouke F Prins Leopold Instituut
voor Tropische
Geneeskunde
Belgium Tuberculosis, drug
resistance, Buruli Ulcer
4
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Delaporte Eric M Institut de Recherche
pour le Développement
(IRD)
France HIV, drugs,
implementation research
Della Pasqua Oscar M University College
London (UCL)
United
Kingdom
HIV, pharmacology,
statistics
Dias Sonia
Ferreira
F Instituto de Higiene e
Medicina Tropical
Universidade Nova de
Lisboa (IHMT)
Portugal Ethics, health systems,
emerging infections
Dockrell Hazel M London School of
Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine (LSHTM)
United
Kingdom
Tuberculosis, Leprosy,
vaccines,
Dooley Kelly F Johns Hopkins University United
States
HIV, tuberculosis, drugs
Dubovsky Filip M MedImmune/AstraZeneca United
States
Vaccines, Malaria,
Tuberculosis, Diarrhoeal
diseases
Egwang Thomas M Med Biotech Laboratories
(MBL) - Uganda
Uganda Malaria, Vaccines, Drugs,
Diagnostics
Ejigu Dawit M St Paul's Hospital
Millennium Medical
College
Ethiopia Malaria, vaccines
Engwerda Christian M Queensland Institute of
Medical Research
Australia Malaria, Leishmaniases,
immunology
Esparza José M Independent consultant United
States
HIV, Dengue, Yellow
Fever, Vaccines
Estaquier Jerome M Universite Paris
Descartes-Inserm
France HIV, Leishmaniases,
Vaccines
Evans Thomas M TomegaVax United
States
Tuberculosis, HIV,
Leishmaniases, Vaccines
5
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Figueras Albert M Catalan Institute of
Pharmacology-FICF
Spain Drug Utilisation research,
antimicrobial resistance
Fletcher Helen F London School of
Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine (LSHTM)
United
Kingdom
Tuberculosis, Vaccines,
Malaria, Health systems
Fourie Bernard M University of Pretoria South Africa HIV, tuberculosis, drugs
French Michael M RTI International United
States
NIDs, epidemiology,
implementation research
French Neil M University of Liverpool United
Kingdom
Tuberculosis, Vaccines,
Lower respiratory
infections
Gelderblom Huub M International AIDS
Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)
United
States
HIV, Vaccines,
Tuberculosis
Genton Blaise M Swiss Tropical and Public
Health Institute (Swiss
TPH)
Switzerland Malaria, vaccines
Ghannem Hassen M Council on Health
Research for
Development (COHRED)
Tunisia Epidemiology, public
health, health systems
Gheuens Jan M Independent Expert - J.
Gheuens
United
States
Tuberculosis, drugs,
vaccines, diagnostics
Gibb Diana F University College
London (UCL)
United
Kingdom
HIV, drugs
Gibson Rachel F GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) United
Kingdom
drug discovery and
development, Maternal
and child health
6
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Gnanashanmugam Devasena F National Institute of
Health (NIH)
United
States
Vaccines, Tuberculosis,
Diagnostics, Drugs
Goldblatt David M University College
London (UCL)
United
Kingdom
infectious diseases,
vaccines
Goletti Delia F National Institute for
Infectious Diseases
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Italy Tuberculosis, Diagnostics
Good Michael M Griffith University Australia Malaria, Vaccines
Grais Rebecca F Epicentre France Drugs, clinical trials
Groome Michelle F Wits Health Consortium
(PTY) LTD
South Africa diarrhoeal diseases,
vaccines, epidemiology
Gyapong Margaret F Dodowa Health Research
Centre (DHRC)
Ghana Medical anthropology,
malaria, NIDs, Maternal
and child health
Harandi Ali M University of Gothenburg Sweden HIV, Tuberculosis,
Vaccines
Hendriks Jan M Institute for Translational
Vaccinology
(Intravacc)
Netherlands Tuberculosis, Dengue,
Rabies, Human African
trypanosomiasis
Hessel Luc M Independent consultant France Tuberculosis, Vaccines,
Leprosy
Hirsch Francois M French National Alliance
for Life and Health
Sciences (Aviesan)
France Ethics
Hodel Eva Maria F Liverpool School of
Tropical Medicine (LSTM)
United
Kingdom
Malaria, drugs, clinical
trials
Holm-Hansen Carol F Norwegian Institute of
Public Health
Norway Tuberculosis, diagnostics,
drugs
7
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Houghton James M Insight, NUI Galway Ireland Ethics
Idigbe Oni M Nigerian Institute of
Medical Research (NIMR)
Nigeria HIV, Tuberculosis, health
systems
Jacon Philippe M Cepheid Europe France HIV, Tuberculosis,
diagnostics
Kagubare Mayindo
Jean
M Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
United
States
Health systems
Kajungu Dan M Makerere University
Centre for Health and
Population Research
Uganda Statistics
Kanno Teshome
Gebre
M The Task Force for Global
Health
Ethiopia Epidemiology
Karbwang Juntra F Nagasaki University Japan Malaria, drugs
Katabira Elly M Makerere University Uganda HIV, Operational
research, Epidemiology
Maternal and child health
Katzenstein Terese F Copenhagen University
Hospital (Rigshospitalet)
Denmark HIV, Microbicides, Drugs,
Malaria
Kazembe Peter M Baylor College of
Medicine Children's
Foundation
Malawi Maternal and child
health, Implementation
research, Operational
research
Kim Jerome M International Vaccine
Institute (IVI)
Korea,
Republic of
HIV, Dengue, Yellow
Fever, Vaccines
Kimutai Robert M Drugs for Neglected
Diseases Initiative (DNDi)
Kenya Malaria, Leishmaniases,
Schistosomiasis,
Onchocerciasis
Kinyanjui Samson M KEMRI–Wellcome Trust
Research Programme
Kenya Malaria, research capacity
development
8
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Kranzer Katharina F Research Center Borstel Germany Tuberculosis, drugs
Kubar Olga F St. Petersburg Pasteur
Institute
Russian
Federation
Ethics
Kumwenda Newton
Isaac
M Blantyre Health Research
and Training Trust
Malawi HIV
Kusu Ndinda F Management Sciences for
Health, Kenya
Kenya Pharmacovigilance,
pharmacoepidemiology,
regulatory affairs
Ladikas Miltos M University of Central
Lancashire
United
Kingdom
Ethics
Lamorde Mohammed M Infectious Diseases
Institute Limited (IDI)
Uganda HIV, tuberculosis, drugs
Langeland Nina F University of Bergen Norway Infectious diseases,
diarrhoeal disseases
Lankinen Kari S. M Independent Expert - K.S.
Lankinen
Finland Drug development,
Regulatory affairs
Lewis David M Imperial College London United
Kingdom
HIV, Tuberculosis,
Diarrhoeal diseases
Lindmark Gunilla F Uppsala University Sweden Maternal and child
health, Lower respiratory
infections
Liu Margaret F ProTherImmune United
States
HIV, vaccines
Luty Adrian M Institut de Recherche
pour le Développement
(IRD)
Benin Malaria, drugs
Maartens Gary M University of Cape Town
(UCT)
South Africa HIV, Tuberculosis, Clinical
Pharmacology
Madela-Mntla Edith F International Council for
Science
South Africa Ethics, Regulatory affairs
9
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Magnussen Pascal M University of Copenhagen Denmark Malaria, schistosomiasis,
Cysticercosis/Taeniasis,
diagnostics
Mahendradhata Yodi M University of Gadjah
Mada
Indonesia Tuberculosis, public
health, Operational
research
Maher Dermot M UNDP/UNICEF/World
Bank/WHO Special
Programme for Research
and Training in Tropical
Diseases (TDR)
Switzerland HIV, tuberculosis, health
systems
Mairs Robert M University of Glasgow United
Kingdom
Ethics, clinical trials
Maitland Kathryn F Imperial College of
Science Technology and
Medicine
United
Kingdom
Malaria, Maternal and
Child Health, drugs,
diagnostics
Mallewa Macphersom M University of Malawi Malawi Malaria, child health
Manyando Christine F Tropical Diseases
Research Centre
Zambia Malaria, clinical trials,
epidemiology of
infectious diseases
Martin Anandi F Ghent University (UGent) Belgium Tuberculosis, HIV, drugs
Masimirembwa Collen M African Institute of
Biomedical Science and
Technology (AiBST)
Zimbabwe HIV, drugs,
pharmacogenetics
Mazigo Humphrey M Catholic University of
Health and Allied
Sciences (CUHAS)
Tanzania,
United
Republic of
Malaria, NIDs,
epidemiology
Mbaye Mme
Maimouna
Ndour
F Université Cheikh Anta
Diop
Senegal Health systems
McGready Rose F Shoklo Malaria Research
Unit
Thailand Malaria, Maternal and
Child Health, drug
resistance
10
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Menard Didier M Institut Pasteur in
Cambodia
Cambodia Malaria, Drug resistance,
implementation research
Merle Corinne F World Health
Organization (WHO) -
Geneva
Switzerland Tuberculosis, drugs
Millet Pascal M Université de Bordeaux
(UBx)
France Malaria, Drugs, Vaccines,
Diagnostics
Milner Dan M American Society for
Clinical Pathology
United
States
infectious diseases,
immunology,
Mo Annie F National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID)
United
States
Malaria, Leishmaniases,
Onchocerciasis,
Schistosomiasis
Modabber Farrokh M Independent Advisor-
Modabber
United
States
Tuberculosis,
Leishmaniases, Vaccines
Mohammed Perry M Janssen Global Public
Health R&D, Janssen -
Pharmaceutical
Companies of
Johnson&Johnson
United
Kingdom
HIV, drug development
Mukaka Mavuto M Mahidol Oxford Tropical
Medicine Research Unit
(MORU)
Thailand Biostatistics
Mukhtar Maowia M University of Khartoum Sudan Tuberculosis,
Leishmaniasis, Vaccines,
diagnostic biomarkers
Mulenga Veronica F University Teaching
Hospital - Zambia
Zambia HIV, drugs, paediatrics
Murphy Robert M Northwestern University United
States
HIV, drug development
Musonda Patrick M University of Zambia
(UNZA)
Zambia Medical statistics
Muthuswamy Vasantha F Forum for Ethics Review
Committees in India
(FERCI)
India Ethics, Regulatory affairs
11
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Mwapasa Victor M University of Malawi,
College of Medicine
Malawi Malaria, drugs,
coinfections
Mwenesi Halima F Greys Hospital South Africa Malaria, Social Sciences,
Public health
Mwinzi Pauline F Kenya Medical Research
Institute (KEMRI)
Kenya Parasitology,
Immunology, NIDs,
Bioethics
Navarro Llobet Diana F Fundacion Hospital Asil
de Granollers
Spain Ethics, clinical trials
Ndiaye Jean Louis
Abdourahim
M Université Cheikh Anta
Diop
Senegal Malaria, drugs
Newell Marie-Louise F University of
Southampton
United
Kingdom
HIV, drugs
Nwokike Jude M The United States
Pharmacopeial
Convention
United
States
Drug development,
regulatory affairs, tropical
diseases,
Nyasse Barthelemy M University of Bamenda Cameroon Mycobacteria,
pharmacognosia
Obermayr Franz M Panoptes Pharma Austria Drug discovery and
development
Ogundahunsi Olumide M World Health
Organization (WHO) -
Switzerland
Switzerland drug procurement, health
systems
Okech Brenda F UVRI-IAVI HIV Vaccine
program Limited
Uganda procurement and
distribution in LMIC
O'Kennedy Richard M Dublin City University Ireland Diagnostics
Osorio Lyda F Universidad del Valle Colombia Malaria, NIDs, clinical
trials
Pameijer Romee F Independent consultant Netherlands Ethics in clinical research
12
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Parys Wim M Janssen Global Public
Health R&D, Janssen -
Pharmaceutical
Companies of
Johnson&Johnson
Belgium HIV, Tuberculosis, drug
discovery&development
Pemba Senga M Saint Francis University
College of Health and
Allied Sciences
Tanzania,
United
Republic of
Innovation in medical
educatiom, continuing
health professional
training
Petersen Carolyn F C Petersen Consulting
LLC
United
States
Drugs, HIV
Phillips Patrick M University College
London (UCL)
United
Kingdom
Statistics
Picot Stephane M University of Lyon France Maternal and child
health, Epidemiology,
Malaria, Drugs
Ramjee Gita F South African Medical
Research Council
(SAMRC)
South Africa HIV, drugs, microbicides
Ravinetto Raffaella F Prins Leopold Instituut
voor Tropische
Geneeskunde
Belgium Ethics, Regulatory affairs
Reither Klaus M Swiss Tropical and Public
Health Institute (Swiss
TPH)
Switzerland Tuberculosis, drugs,
vaccines, diagnostics
Rénia Laurent M Singapore Immunology
Network (SIgN), Agency
for Science, Technology
and Research
Singapore Malaria, Vaccines, Drugs,
Diagnostics
Rijnders Ton M Stichting Lygature Netherlands drug discovery and
development
Ritmeijer Koert M Medecins Sans Frontieres
(MSF) - Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Netherlands Leishmaniases, HIV
Roestenberg Meta F Leiden University Medical
Center (LUMC)
Netherlands Malaria, Vaccines,
epidemiology
Rogerson Stephen M University of Melbourne Australia Malaria, Drugs, Vaccines
13
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Rots Nynke F National Institute for
Public Health and the
Environment (RIVM)
Netherlands Vaccines, Implementation
research, Diagnostics
Saloojee Haroon M University of the
Witwatersrand
South Africa Diarrhoeal diseases,
Childhood infections,
severe malnutrition
Schallig Henk M Academisch Medisch
Centrum bij de
Universiteit van
Amsterdam
Netherlands Parasitic diseases,
diagnostics, drug
resistance
Schuetz Alexandra F Armed Forces Research
Institute of Medical
Sciences - Thailand
Thailand HIV, Vaccines
Secor William Evan M Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
(CDC)
United
States
Schistosomiasis,
Leishmaniases
Shamley Delva F University of Cape Town
(UCT)
South Africa Ethics, Regulatory affairs
Singh Mahavir M Lionex Germany Vaccines, Tuberculosis,
Soil-transmitted
helminthiases
Sizemore Christine F National Institute of
Health (NIH)
United
States
Tuberculosis, Drugs
Solbakk Jan Helge M University of Oslo Norway Ethics
Sopoh Ghislain M Institut Régional de Santé
Publique (IRSP) de
Ouidah
Benin NIDs, Public health,
epidemiology
Soulaymani-
Bencheik
Rachida M Centre Anti Poison et de
Pharmacovigilance du
Maroc
Maroc Pharmacovigilance,
pharmacoepidemiology,
clinical pharmacology
Tatley Michael M Dunedin School of
Medicine, University of
Otago
New Zealand drugs and vaccines safety
reporting
Taylor Gordon M University of Bath United
Kingdom
Medical statistics
14
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Thior Ibou M PATH United
States
HIV, drugs
Thiry Georges M SAS Senergues France HIV, Tuberculosis,
Vaccines, Lower
respiratory infections
Thwaites Guy M University of Oxford United
Kingdom
Tuberculosis, Drugs
Todd Jim M Mwanza Intervention
Trials Unit (MITU), LSHTM
United
Kingdom
Statistics, Drugs
Tshefu Antoinette F Kinshasa School of Public
Health
Congo, The
Democratic
Republic of
the
Malaria, public health
Uneke Chigozie M Ebonyi State University
Teaching Hospital
Nigeria Health policy, infectious
diseases,
Uzochukwu Benjamin M University of Nigeria
Teaching Hospital (UNTH)
Nigeria Malaria, HIV,
Tuberculsosis, vaccines
van de Fliert Lydia F Independent Expert - van
de Fliert
Belgium Anthropology, Ethics
Van de Perre Philippe M Institut Immunologie,
inflammation,
infectiologie et
microbiologie (I3M)
Inserm
France HIV, drug resistance,
public health
van der Graaf Shenja F Université Libre de
Bruxelles
Belgium Ethics, clinical trials
van Dissel Jaap M National Institute for
Public Health and the
Environment (RIVM)
Netherlands Infectious diseases,
antibiotics policy, health
policy
Vekemans Johan M World Health
Organization (WHO) -
Switzerland
Switzerland malaria, vaccine
development,
translational science
Vojnov Lara F World Health
Organization (WHO) -
Switzerland
Switzerland HIV, drugs, prevention
Voronin Yegor M Global HIV Vaccine
Enterprise
United
States
HIV, Vaccines
15
Last name First name Gender Organisation Country Expertise
Voss Gerald M SciPeo SPRL Belgium HIV, Malaria,
Tuberculosis, Vaccines
Wabwire-Mangen Fred M Makerere University Uganda HIV, reproductive health,
malaria
Walson Judd M University of Washington United
States
HIV, malaria, diarrhoeal
disease and helminths
Whittaker Maxine F James Cook University Australia HIV, Tropical medicine,
operational research
Williams Thomas M Imperial College of
Science Technology and
Medicine
United
Kingdom
Haemoglobinopathies,
clinical trials, large-scale
epidemiology, drug
resistance
Wiysonge Charles Shey M South African Medical
Research Council
(SAMRC)
South Africa Tuberculosis, Vaccines
Zavala Fidel M Johns Hopkins University United
States
malaria, vaccines
Zijlstra Eduard M Rotterdam Centre for
Tropical Medicine
Netherlands HIV, Tropical medicine,
Emerging infections