Committee Members

Thank you to our below committees and committee members for their hard work and dedication to this conference.

Local Organising Committee

Tatiana de Castro Abreu Pinto (Conference Co-Lead)
Associate Professor
Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Lucia Teixeira
(Conference Co-Lead)
Professor, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Prescilla E. Nagao
Associate Professor Institute of Biology Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Rio de Janeiro State University

Felipe Piedade
Associate Professor
Microbiology and Parasitology
Fluminense Federal University
Penélope Saldanha Marinho
Deputy Director of Health Care, Hospital Maternidade Escola, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Sérgio Fracalanza
Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Ana Caroline Nunes Botelho, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Laura Maria Andrade de Oliveira, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Natália Silva da Costa-Granato, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Scientific Organising Committee

Joy Lawn
Professor
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine


Margaret Ip
Professor
Department of Microbiology The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Luis Andres de Francisco Serpa
Former Director, Department of Family, Health Promotion & Life Course at Panamerican Health Organization

Anna Seale
Perinatal Epidemiologist in Infectious Diseases Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Carol J. Baker
Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
McGovern Medical School, University of Texas
Jane Plumb
Chief Executive and Founder
Group B Strep Support

Marti Perhach
CEO/Co-founder
Group B Strep International
Vinny Smith
Chief Executive Meningitis Research Foundation & Confederation of Meningitis Organisations
Ruth Zadoks
Professor
Sydney School of Veterinary Science
The University of Sydney
Kirsty Le Doare
Professor
Professor of Vaccinology and Immunology
St. George’s, UOL
Kelly Doran
Professor Professor of Immunology & Microbiology
University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Clare Cutland, Dr
Scientific Coordinator at African Leadership in Vaccinology Expertise (ALIVE)
University of the Witwatersrand

Ajoke Sobanjo-Ter Meulen, Dr
VP Vaccine Medical Affairs Icosavax Inc.
Kondwani Kawaza
Neonatologist and Associate Professor of Paediatrics, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Malawi
Dulmini Nanayakkara Sapugahawatte, PhD
Research Fellow
Estonia University of Life Sciences

Lucy Furfaro, PhD
NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow
The University of Western Australia
Stephen Bentley
Professor
Principal Staff Scientist Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Ziyaad Dangor
Associate Professor
Clinical Research Director Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit (VIDA) University of the Witwatersrand
Senjuti Saha
Director & Scientist
Child Health Research Foundation, Bangladesh
Lesley McGee
Professor Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Roberta Creti, PhD
Senior Researcher
Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Luria Leslie Founou, PhD
Head of Research
The Centre of Expertise and Biological Diagnostic of Cameroon (CEDBCAM)
Laura Bonofiglio, PhD
Biochemist
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Dorota Jamrozy, Dr
Postdoctoral Fellow Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute