The ‘Young ISSAD’ Committee is an international group of students and early career researchers committed to disseminating Group B Strep research, information and events by creating a ‘Young ISSAD’ Community in between conferences.
World Meningitis Day Seminar:
Previous seminars: Please find the 20th July GBS Research seminar for
25 August 2023 – GBS under one health perspective
Please find the 17th November 2022 seminar on ‘Epidemiology of Group B Streptococcus invasive disease in high and low-income settings’ , below.
Please find the 15th March 2023 seminar on ‘Group B Strep Maternal Vaccinations’ , below.
Committee Members
‘Young ISSAD’ Committee Co-Leads Ana Caroline Nunes Botelho, PhD 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 ‘Young ISSAD’ Committee Members Carmen Li Research Associate The Chinese University of Hong Kong Clayton Jisuvei Salano PhD student University of Nairobi, Kenya Denis Al Khalili GAK Hospital Skopje, University Kiril i Metodij Medical Faculty Skopje Eleni Vergadi Assistant Professor of Paediatrics University of Crete, Greece Fonguh Oliver Khan Post Graduate Student University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa Gygeria Manuel MD / PhD student University of Washington and Morehouse School of Medicine Hannah Davies Clinical Research Fellow & Study Coordinator ProGreSs Study, Uganda, Africa St George’s, University of London Javairia Khalid Lecturer The Aga Khan University, Pakistan Dr Luria Leslie Founou, Head of Research Research Institute of the Centre of Expertise and Biological Diagnostic of Cameroon Molly Sharp Graduate student New York University Dr Rebecca Keogh Postdoctoral Fellow University of Colorado Anschutz Romina Fakhraei PhD Candidate University of Ottawa, Canada 
