Members of the Scientific Working Group help review and prioritize proposed activities, screen and select projects, recommend funding and follow-up progress and evaluation of results. They are selected by the TDR Secretariat, in consultation with the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC), TDR’s main scientific review body. For coordination, SWG co-Chairs are members of STAC.
Members of the Scientific Working Group
Eleni Aklillu
Professor of Tropical Pharmacology, Senior Research Scientist and Research Group Leader, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Vicente Belizario
Department of Parasitology, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines
Flaminia Catteruccia
Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc
Senior researcher on Health System Research, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Lilian Dudley
Emeritus Associate Professor, Division of Health Systems and Public, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Wilfred F. Mbacham
Professor of Public Health Biotechnology, Chair of the Graduate Programme, Life Sciences and Biology of Organisms Unit, University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Maowia Mukhtar
Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
Francine Ntoumi
Director General, Congolese Foundation for Medical Research, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
Rose Ndakala Oronje
Director, Public Policy and Communications, African Institute for Development Policy, Nairobi, Kenya
Larissa Otero Vegas
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, San Martín de Porres, Peru
Raman Preet
Global Health Professional and Research Manager; Equal Opportunity Officer; Coordinator EU Climate-Health Cluster for IDAlert, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Jakob Zinsstag
Deputy Head, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland
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