Committees
LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Thomas Benfield
ISPPD-14 Co-ChairThomas Benfield, MD DMSc
Professor
Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre
Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen
Denmark

Zitta Barrella Harboe
ISPPD-14 Co-ChairZitta Barrella Harboe, MD PhD
Department of Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital
Department of Bacteria, Parasites, and Fungi, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen
Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen
Denmark

Hans-Christian Slotved
ISPPD-14 Co-ChairHans-Christian Slotved, M.Sc, PhD, DMSc
External Associate Professor
Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University (RUC)
Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University
Denmark

Frederikke Kristensen Lomholt
ISPPD-14 LOC MemberFrederikke Kristensen Lomholt, MD
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Charlotte Sværke Jørgensen
ISPPD-14 LOC MemberCharlotte Sværke Jørgensen, M.Sc, PhD
Department of Virology & Microbiological Preparedness, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Abel Abera Negash,
Ethiopia
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Abel Abera Negash, Ethiopia
Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Carmen Ardanuy,
Spain
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Carmen Ardanuy, Spain
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain & Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Sopio Chochua,
USA
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Sopio Chochua, USA
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), USA

Catia Cilloniz,
Spain
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Catia Cilloniz, Spain
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain

Stefanie Desmet,
Belgium
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Stefanie Desmet, Belgium
KU Leuven/UZ Leuven, Belgium

David Dockrell,
Scotland
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
David Dockrell, Scotland
Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Mignon du Plessis,
South Africa
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Mignon du Plessis, South Africa
National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Services, South Africa

Olivier Epaulard,
France
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Olivier Epaulard, France
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble La Tronche, France

Sven Hammerschmidt,
Germany
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Sven Hammerschmidt, Germany
Department of Molecular Genetics and Infection Biology, Interfaculty Institute of Genetics and Functional Genomics, Center for Functional Genomics of Microbes, Universität Greifswald, Germany

Muhammad Imran Nisar,
Pakistan
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Muhammad Imran Nisar, Pakistan
The Aga Khan University, Pakistan

Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Bangladesh
ISPPD-14 SPC MemberMohammod Jobayer Chisti, Bangladesh
Dhaka Hospital, Nutrition Research Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Joseph A. Lewnard,
USA
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Joseph A. Lewnard, USA
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, United States

Gili Regev-Yochay,
Israel
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Gili Regev-Yochay, Israel
Sheba Medical Center, Israel

Ismar A. Rivera-Olivero,
Ecuador
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Ismar A. Rivera-Olivero, Ecuador
One Health Research Group, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador

Fiona M. Russell,
Australia
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Fiona M. Russell, Australia
The University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Eric Sampane-Donkor,
Ghana
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Eric Sampane-Donkor, Ghana
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana

Maria Leonor Sarno Oliveira,
Brazil
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Maria Leonor Sarno Oliveira, Brazil
Butantan Institute, Brazil

Valerie M. Vaughn,
USA
ISPPD-14 SPC Member
Valerie M. Vaughn, USA
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA