TDR staff directory

Director, TDR (joining March 2026)

Manager, Partnerships and Global Engagement at TDR and also Head of Secretariat of the ESSENCE on Health Research initiative

Manager of Research Policy

Email: terryr@who.int

Elisabetta Dessi

Team assistant

Email: dessie@who.int

Communications Officer

Email: kitamuram@who.int

Mariam Otmani del Barrio

Scientist

Email: otmanidelbarriom@who.int

Technical assistant

Email: suderi@who.int

Unit Head

Email: mihutm@who.int

Caroline Easter

Programme and Finance Officer

Email: easterc@who.int

Annabel Francois

Programme and Finance Assistant

Email: francoisa@who.int

Mary Maier

Administrative & Finance Officer

Email: maierm@who.int

Programme, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Email: thorstensenc@who.int

Unit Head, Research Capacity Strengthening

Email: thorsona@who.int

Christina (Tina) Donagher

Team Assistant

Email: donagherc@who.int

Daniel Hollies

Team Assistant

Email: holliesd@who.int

Dr Edward Kamau

Scientist

Email: kamaued@who.int

Dr Mahnaz Vahedi

Scientist

Email: vahedim@who.int

Christine Halleux

Unit Head

Email: halleuxc@who.int

Ekua Johnson

Team Assistant

Email: johnsone@who.int

Abdul Masoudi

Assistant, Project Management

Email: masoudig@who.int

Scientist

Email: merlec@who.int

Dr Emmanuelle Papot

Scientist

Email: papote@who.int

Dr Vanessa Veronese

Scientist

Email: veronesev@who.int

Michelle Villasol-Salvador

Team Assistant

Email: villasolm@who.int

Dr Rony Zachariah

Scientist

Email: zachariahr@who.int