Committees

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Shabir Madhi (South Africa)

ISPPD-13 Co-Chair

Shabir Madhi
Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Anne von Gottberg (South Africa)

ISPPD-13 Co-Chair

Anne von Gottberg
National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

Mignon du Plessis (South Africa)

ISPPD-13 Co-Chair

Mignon du Plessis
National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

Felix Dube (South Africa)

ISPPD-13 LOC Member

Felix Dube
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology & Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Susan Meiring (South Africa)

ISPPD-13 LOC Member

Susan Meiring
National Institute for Communicable Diseases, A Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, Cape Town, South Africa

Jeremy Nel (South Africa)

ISPPD-13 LOC Member

Jeremy Nel
University of the Witwatersrand: Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa

Heather Zar (South Africa)

ISPPD-13 LOC Member

Heather Zar
Professor & Chair, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Director SA-MRC Unit on Child & Adolescent Health, Red Cross Childrens Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Adam Cohen (USA)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Adam Cohen
Captain: U.S. Public Health Service, Chief: Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Daniela Ferreira (UK)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Daniela Ferreira
Professor of Vaccinology, University of Oxford and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK

Stephen Howie (New Zealand)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Stephen Howie
University of Auckland, Department of Paediatrics: Child&Youth Health, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand & Fiji National University, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Suva, Fiji

Kondwani Charles Jambo (Malawi)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Kondwani Charles Jambo
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Infection and Immunity, Blantyre, Malawi & Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Liverpool, UK

Akuzike Kalizang'Oma (Malawi)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Akuzike Kalizang'Oma
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Pneumonia and Meningitis Pathogens Associate Research Group, Blantyre, Malawi

Brenda Kwambana-Adams (Malawi)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Brenda Kwambana-Adams
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Malawi

Stephanie Lo (UK)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Stephanie Lo
Parasites and Microbes, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Richard Malley (USA)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Richard Malley
Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Lesley McGee (USA)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Lesley McGee
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Atlanta, USA

Mario Ramirez (Portugal)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Mario Ramirez
Institute of Microbiology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Anna Roca (Gambia)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Anna Roca
Professor of Epidemiology, MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Disease Control & Elimination, Fajara, The Gambia

Marco Safadi (Brazil)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Marco Safadi
Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences, Pediatrics, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Elisabeth (Lieke) Sanders (Netherlands)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Elisabeth (Lieke) Sanders
The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Paul Turner (Cambodia)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Paul Turner
Angkor Hospital for Children, Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit, Siem Reap, Cambodia & University of Oxford, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Heath, Oxford, UK

Martin Weber (Greece)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Martin Weber
Dr. Martin Weber, MD, PhD, DTM&H, Team lead, Quality of Care & Programme Manager, Child and Adolescent Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Centre for quality of care and patient safety, Athens, Greece

Cynthia Whitney (USA)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Cynthia Whitney
Global Health Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Lay Myint Yoshida (Japan)

ISPPD-13 SPC Member

Lay Myint Yoshida
Professor, Head, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan