Cari van Schalkwyk
Location: Stellenbosch University (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Title: Measles and Polio Risk Modelling in Africa
GCA
Bruno Mmbando
Location: Kampala International University in Tanzania (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Title: Modeling Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Malaria Chemoprevention and Vaccines in Africa
Bertha Oketch
Bertha Oketch and her team are piloting the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with the neoGuard™ vitals monitoring device, developed by Neopenda, in two Kenyan hospitals — Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and Bungoma County Referral Hospital. The device, which continuously monitors newborns’ vital signs (temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation), will be enhanced with AI capabilities to support predictive analytics for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) equipment needs.
Daniel Kwaro
An expert in HIV and TB prevention, control, and treatment, Daniel has spent the past eighteen years leading public health programs and implementation studies in resource-limited settings in Kenya. He has played a pivotal role in developing and testing new service delivery models to improve access to HIV treatment and has contributed to product redesign efforts for HIV prevention tools, including digital solutions. His experience also includes serving as a frontline healthcare provider in these settings.
Penny Moore - GIISER South Africa
Prof Penny Moore is South African Research Chair of Virus-Host Dynamics, Research Professor and Director of the extramural Antibody Immunity Research Unit of the SA Medical Research Council at the University of the Witwatersrand and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.
Charles Sande - GIISER Kenya
Dr Charles Sande is Associate Professor of Immunology and Infection at the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health at the University of Oxford UK, and a Research Fellow at the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kenya.
Alphonsus Chinedu Ugwu - GIISER Nigeria
Dr Alphonsus Chinedu Ugwu is lead for the Global Immunology and Immune Sequencing for Epidemic Response in Nigeria (GIISER-Nigeria) project Africa Rapid Immunosurveillance system (ARISE), serving in partnership with Principal Investigator Prof Christian Happi.
Peter Kojo Quashie - GIISER Ghana
Dr. Peter Kojo Quashie is a Senior Research Fellow and Group PI in Molecular Virology at West Africa Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) and Ghana GIISER PI. His research focuses on HIV, SARS-CoV-2, and other pandemic RNA viruses, with a focus on host-viral interactions and antiviral therapeutics.
Adriana C. Bonomo - GIISER Brazil
Adriana C. Bonomo, MD, PhD, is trained in basic cellular immunology at the Carlos Chagas Biophysics Institute at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with post-doctoral training at the NIH/USA. She is a researcher at the Brazilian National Council Research (CNPq) and a state scientist for the Rio de Janeiro State Research Foundation.
Inès Vigan-Womas - GIISER Senegal
Dr Inès Vigan-Womas (PhD, HDR) is Research Director at Institut Pasteur, engaged in research collaborations and partnerships around infectious diseases in the Pasteur Network and globally. He is a cellular biologist and immunologist by training; in the last two decades, she has acquired extensive expertise in field-based study, malaria, and immunity to infectious diseases.