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Biographies of the members of, and advisers to, the IHR Emergency Committee concerning ongoing events and context involving transmission and international spread of poliovirus Professor Helen Rees (CHAIR) GCOB OBE MB BChir MA(CANTAB) MRCGP DRCOG DCH, Executive Director, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Professor Rees is the Chairperson of the Board of the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority. She has served on and chaired many national and global scientific committees and boards. She was the Chair of the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE) and she now chairs the WHO’s African Regional Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (RITAG). Since 2014 Professor Rees has been the Chair of the Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus. From 2015 to 2016, she was a member of the Review Committee on the Role of the International Health Regulations (2005) in the Ebola Outbreak and Response tasked with making recommendations to WHO about steps required to improve the global response to public health emergencies and is a member of the IHR Emergency Committee on Yellow Fever. She was the Chair of the WHO SAGE Committee on the Use of Vaccines in Humanitarian Emergencies and is now the Co-Chair of the WHO SAGE Committee on Ebola vaccines as well as chairing the WHO’s Maternal Influenza Immunisation Advisory Review Committee. She is a member of the WHO SAGE Committee evaluating progress towards the Decade of Vaccines, and a member of the WHO SAGE Measles and Rubella Working Group. Professor Rees is a member of the Gavi Board and the Gavi Programme and Policy Committee, and chairs the Gates Foundation’s Committee on Single Dose HPV vaccines. Professor Rees has won many international and national awards for her contribution to global health and to science, specifically being made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in 2001 by Queen Elizabeth II. In 2016, she was awarded the South African National Order of the Baobab for her contribution to medicine and to medical research.
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Biographies of the members of, and advisers to, the IHR Emergency Committee concerning ongoing events and context involving transmission and international spread of poliovirus
Professor Helen Rees (CHAIR)
GCOB OBE MB BChir MA(CANTAB) MRCGP DRCOG DCH, Executive Director, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
ProfessorReesistheChairpersonoftheBoardoftheSouthAfricanHealthProductsRegulatoryAuthority.Shehasservedonandchairedmanynationalandglobalscientificcommitteesandboards.ShewastheChairoftheWHO’sStrategicAdvisoryGroupofExpertsonImmunisation(SAGE)andshenowchairstheWHO’sAfricanRegionalTechnicalAdvisoryGrouponImmunisation(RITAG). Since2014ProfessorReeshasbeentheChairoftheEmergencyCommitteeregardingtheinternationalspreadofpoliovirus.From2015to2016,shewasamemberoftheReviewCommitteeontheRoleoftheInternationalHealthRegulations(2005)intheEbolaOutbreakandResponsetaskedwithmakingrecommendationstoWHOaboutstepsrequiredtoimprovetheglobalresponsetopublichealthemergenciesandisamemberof
theIHREmergencyCommitteeonYellowFever.ShewastheChairoftheWHOSAGECommitteeontheUseofVaccinesinHumanitarianEmergenciesandisnowtheCo-ChairoftheWHOSAGECommitteeonEbolavaccinesaswellaschairingtheWHO’sMaternalInfluenzaImmunisationAdvisoryReviewCommittee. SheisamemberoftheWHOSAGECommitteeevaluatingprogresstowardstheDecadeofVaccines,andamemberoftheWHOSAGEMeaslesandRubellaWorkingGroup.ProfessorReesisamemberoftheGaviBoardandtheGaviProgrammeandPolicyCommittee,andchairstheGatesFoundation’sCommitteeonSingleDoseHPVvaccines. ProfessorReeshaswonmanyinternationalandnationalawardsforhercontributiontoglobalhealthandtoscience,specificallybeingmadeanOfficeroftheBritishEmpire(OBE)in2001byQueenElizabethII.In2016,shewasawardedtheSouthAfricanNationalOrderoftheBaobabforhercontributiontomedicineandtomedicalresearch.
Dr Salah T. Al Awaidy
Communicable Diseases Adviser in Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman HeisamedicaldoctorandholdsaMastersinEpidemiology.HeiscurrentlytheAdviseronCommunicableDiseaseSurveillance,EliminationandEradicationofCommunicableDiseasesofPublicHealthImportance,EPI,vaccinesupplychainsystemandIHR. HewastheDirectorofCommunicableDiseaseSurveillanceandControlatbetween1997-2011,IHRnationalfocalpointandwasamemberinseveraloftheprofessionalcommitteesnamely:StrategicAdvisoryGrouponImmunization,WHOGeneva;StrategicAdvisorGrouponVaccineandStoreManagementTrainingCourses,WHOGeneva;StrategicTBAdvisoryBoard;andmemberoftheGAVIIndependentReviewCommittee.HealsocurrentlyservesasIHREmergencyCommitteeonPolioandMERS-CoV. HeworkscloselywiththeEasternMediterraneanRegionalOffice
oftheWorldHealthOrganization;heisaregionalmemberofmanyInfectiousDiseasesAdvisoryCommitteesandhasbeeninvolvedinresearchrelatedtovaccinepreventablediseasesandsurveillancebothlocally,regionallyandglobally. Hehasparticipatedasanexpertinmanynational,regionalandinternationalmeetingsandconferences.Hehasalsobeenanadviserandorganizertothemanynationalcommunicablediseasesandvaccinepreventablediseaseandsurveillancecongressesandsymposia.Hehasauthoredorbeentheco-authorofover30publicationsonalargevarietyofhealthtopics. HehasplayedapivotalroleinnationalpreparednessandmanagementofSARS,pH1N1,avianinfluenza,anderadicationofPolio,eliminationofMeasles,Rubella,maternalandneonataltetanus,LeprosyandcontrolofTB,andothervaccinepreventablediseases.Underhisleadership,Omanwascertifiedasdracunculiasisandpoliofree.DrAlAwaidywaspreviouslyamemberoftheReviewCommitteeontheRoleoftheInternationalHealthRegulations(2005)intheEbolaOutbreakandResponse(2015). Dr Yagob Yousef Al-Mazrou
MB, ChB, DCH, PhD, FRCGP, is the Secretary General-Saudi Health Council, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
DoctorAl-Mazrouhasbeenworkingintheimmunizationfieldfor27years.Inthe1980shewasDirectorGeneralforPrimaryHealthcareintheimplementationoftheExpandedProgrammeofImmunizationinSaudiArabia.HethenbecametheAssistantDeputyMinisterforPreventiveMedicineattheMinistryofHealth,SaudiArabia,andhasfocusedhisworkoneradicationactivitiesofvaccinepreventablediseases. HehasbeenmemberoftheRegionalCommissionforCertificationofPolioEradicationsinceitsformationin1995,inadditiontohismembershipoftheAdvisoryCommitteeoftheHornofAfrica.Inthepastdecade,hewastheChairofTechnicalAdvisoryGrouponpolioeradicationforYemenandEgypt.From2001-2004,heservedasamemberoftheWHOExecutiveBoard,
andfrom2004-2010,hewasamemberoftheAdvisoryCommitteeforpolioeradicationforWHO. DoctorAl-Mazrou’sresearchinterestsincludepreventionofvaccinepreventablediseases,particularlypolio,inchildrenoftheMiddleEastregion.In1988,hewasawardedthe“JacquesParisot”PrizeforresearchinprimaryhealthcareandpublichealthbyWHO;in1990hewasawardedthe“UniversalChildImmunizationCommemorativeMedal”byUNICEF,inrecognitionofhiseffortsincontributingtouniversalchildimmunizationandin2014hewasawardedtheDr.A.T.ShoushaFoundationPrizebyWHO. DoctorAl-Mazrou,gainedhismedicaldegreefromMosulMedicalCollegeinIraqin1971,andin1977hereceivedadiplomainchildhealthfromtheRoyalCollegeofPhysiciansandSurgeonsinIreland.In1992,heobtainedaPhDfromCityUniversityinLondon,UK. DoctorAl-Mazrouistheauthorofover109publicationsandover23bookchaptersandreports. Dr Stephen L. Cochi
M.D., M.P.H. Senior Advisor to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Global Immunization Division (GID)
DrCochihasspentover30yearsatCDCworkinginthefieldofimmunizationandfrom1985tothepresent,heservedinvariousrolesatCDCwhereheledandmanagedtheU.S.immunizationprogramanditsinternationalactivities.From1993-2003,heledCDC’sglobalimmunizationactivitiesasDirectorofGID,whichisamajorpartnerintheGlobalPolioEradicationInitiative(GPEI),GlobalMeaslesandRubellaInitiative(M&RI),theGlobalAllianceforVaccinesandImmunization(GAVIAlliance),andotherpriorityglobalimmunizationactivities. DrCochiservedasDeputyDirectoroftheU.S.NationalImmunizationProgramin2003andasActingDirectorfortwoyearsfromJanuary2004-December2005 DrCochihasauthoredorco-authoredmorethan110scientificjournalarticles,12letterstotheeditor,and25bookchapterson
vaccinesandvaccine-preventablediseases,andmorethan150CDCpublicationsincludingMorbidityandMortalityWeeklyReportarticles.HeisaFellowoftheAmericanAcademyofPediatricsandtheInfectiousDiseasesSocietyofAmerica,andamemberoftheAmericanPublicHealthAssociation,PediatricInfectiousDiseasesSociety,andAmericanEpidemiologicalSociety. BeforejoiningCDC,hewasapediatricianintheIndianHealthServicefrom1980-1982ontheNavajoReservationinGallup,NewMexico.Dr.CochiisboardcertifiedbytheAmericanBoardofPediatricsandtheAmericanBoardofPreventiveMedicine. DrCochiholdsaB.S.fromMIT,anM.D.fromDukeUniversity,andanM.P.H.fromEmoryUniversity.Dr.CochicompletedresidencytraininginpediatricsattheMassachusettsGeneralHospitalandinpreventivemedicineattheCDC.Inaddition,hecompletedCDC’stwo-yearEpidemicIntelligenceService(EIS)trainingprogramin1984.
Dr Vanessa Field
Deputy Director of the UK National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) DrVanessaFieldisDeputyDirectoroftheNationalTravelHealthNetworkandCentre(NaTHNaC),ConsultantinTravelMedicineattheHospitalforTropicalDiseases(HTD)inLondon,UK,andGeoSentinelTrackingandCommunicationsWorkingGroupChair.SheisamemberofPublicHealthEngland’sAdvisoryCommitteeforMalariaPreventioninUKTravellers(ACMP),amemberoftheDepartmentofHealth’stravelsub-groupoftheJointCommitteeonVaccinationandImmunisation(JCVI),andaEuroTravNetBoardmember. ShepreviouslyworkedasMedicalAdvisertotheBritishForeignand
CommonwealthOffice(FCO). Dr Olga E. Ivanova
Leading Researcher of the Department of poliomyelitis and other enteroviral infections, Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune-and- Biological Products of Russian Academy of Sciences (Chumakov FSC R&D IBP RAS), Professor of the First Moscow State Medical University
DrIvanova,MD,Phd,ScD,istheLeadingResearcheroftheDepartmentofpoliomyelitisandotherenteroviralinfections,ChumakovFederalScientificCenterforResearchandDevelopmentofImmune-and-BiologicalProductsofRussianAcademyofSciences(ChumakovFSCR&DIBPRAS),ProfessoroftheFirstMoscowStateMedicalUniversity.Asavirologistandepidemiologist,shehasdedicatedherworktostudyingvirological,epidemiologicalandserologicalaspectsofpoliovirusinfection. In1978,DrIvanovagraduatedasaMedicalDoctorfromthefirstMoscowMedicalInstitute,DepartmentofSanitaryandHygiene,RussianFederation.From1978to1981,shewasapost-graduatestudentatMPChumakovInstituteofPoliomyelitisandViralEncephalitis,focusingontheetiology,epidemiologyand
prophylaxisofenterovirusinfections.DrIvanovapresentedherPhDthesisin1986on"Evaluationofefficacyofremovalofenterovirusesfromwastewatersinexploitationofactingandnewlyputintooperationsystemsofclearance"attheInstituteofPoliomyelitisandViralEncephalitis,Moscow.In2009,DrIvanovapresentedherScDthesison"VirologicalmonitoringasakeyelementincontrolofperformancerelatedtothePolioEradicationprogramintheRussianFederation",attheMPChumakovInstituteofPoliomyelitisandViralEncephalitis,Moscow. From1993to1995,DrIvanovawastheHeadoftheLaboratoryforEnvironmentalVirologyattheMPChumakovInstituteofPoliomyelitisandViralEncephalitis,Moscow.From1995to2013,sheheadedtheNationalReferenceLaboratoryandtheRegionalReferenceLaboratoryfortheRussianFederationandtheNewlyIndependentStatesforthePolioEradicationInitiativeintheEuropeanRegion,attheMPChumakovInstituteofPoliomyelitisandViralEncephalitis,Moscow.From2013to2016,DrIvanovawastheDeputyDirectorforScienceattheEnterpriseonManufactureofBacterialandViralPreparationsoftheMPChumakovInstituteofPoliomyelitisandViralEncephalitis,Moscow. DrIvanovahasbeenaMemberoftheEmergencyCommitteefromitsthirteenthmeeting.
Professor Rose Gana Fomban Leke
Former Professor and Head of Immunology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon
PriortoherretirementinMarch2013,ProfessorLekewasHeadofDepartmentattheFacultyofMedicineandDirectoroftheBiotechnologyCentre,UniversityofYaounde.SheiscurrentlyChairoftheBoardofDirectorsoftheNationalMedicalResearchInstitute,IMPM,VicePresidentoftheScientificCommitteeofCameroonFirstLady’sResearchCentre(CIRCB),andFellowoftheCameroonAcademyofSciencesandtheAfricanAcademyofSciences. PriortoherretirementinMarch2013,ProfessorLekewasHeadofDepartmentattheFacultyofMedicineandDirectoroftheBiotechnologyCentre,UniversityofYaounde.SheiscurrentlyChairoftheBoardofDirectorsoftheNationalMedicalResearchInstitute,IMPM,VicePresidentoftheScientificCommitteeofCameroonFirstLady’sResearchCentre(CIRCB),andFellowof
theCameroonAcademyofSciencesandtheAfricanAcademyofSciences. Shewasthe2014Aggrey-Fraser-GuggisbergMemorialLecturerattheUniversityofGhana,whenshewasawardedtheDoctorHonorisCausa(DSc).ShewaselectedInternationalHonoraryFellowoftheAmericanSocietyofTropicalMedicineandHygieneASTMHin2015 In2011,shereceivedtheAfricanUnionKwameNkrumahScientificAwardforWomen,andtheawardforExcellenceinSciencefromTheCameroonProfessionalSociety(CPS)in2012. SheisExecutiveDirectoroftheCameroonCoalitionagainstmalaria,andChairoftheMultilateralInitiativeinMalaria(MIM) ShehasservedandstillservesasaconsultantonmanycommitteesfortheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO). ShehasservedasVice-ChairoftheTechnicalEvaluationReferencegroup(TERG)oftheGlobalFundtofightHIV/AIDS,TBandMalaria,ChairoftheDataManagementCommittee(DMC)foratrialonAzithromycin-chloroquine,amemberoftheScientificAdvisoryGroup(SAG)forEbolavaccinetrialsinGuinea. Herresearchinterestisintheimmunologyofparasiticinfections,particularlyMalaria,andkeeninGlobalHealthandHealthSystemsStrengthening.
Professor John Mackenzie
Adjunct Professor of Tropical at Curtin University, Western Australia, Perth, Australia, and part-time Senior Medical Scientist-in-Charge at PathWest, Perth
ProfessorJohnMackenzieisanHonoraryProfessorattheUniversityofQueenslandandHonorarySeniorPrincipalFellowattheBurnetInstitute,Melbourne.HewasformerlyProfessorofMicrobiologyandAdjunctProfessorofTropicalInfectiousDiseasesattheUniversityofQueensland. HereceivedhisPhDin1969fromtheAustralianNationalUniversitywhereheworkedwithProfessorFrankFennerandDrRobertWebster.HewasthenafacultymemberattheUniversityofWesternAustraliafor22years,workingprincipallyoninfluenzaandmosquito-borneviraldiseases. HewaselectedSecretary-GeneraloftheInternationalUnionofMicrobiologicalSocieties(IUMS)from1999to2005,FellowoftheAmericanAcademyofMicrobiology,andisaPastPresidentoftheAustralianSocietyforMicrobiologyandtheAsia-Pacific
SocietyforMedicalVirology.In2002,hewasappointedasOfficerintheOrderofAustraliaforservicestopublichealthresearchandtoeducation,andin2005,hewastheinauguralrecipientoftheAcademyofScienceMalaysia’sMahathirScienceAwardforExcellenceinTropicalResearch.HewaselectedtoFellowshipoftheAustralianAcademyofTechnologicalSciencesandEngineeringin2015. HeservesonanumberofinternationalcommitteeswiththeWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)andotherNon-GovernmentOrganizations.HeisamemberoftheIHRRosterofExperts,andiscurrentlyamemberoftheEmergencyCommitteeforPolio.HeservedasChairoftheIHREmergencyCommitteeforInfluenzaH1N1.HehadpreviouslyservedasamemberofthesteeringcommitteeoftheGlobalOutbreakAlertandResponseNetwork(GOARN)andamemberoftheTechnicalAdvisoryGroupoftheWHOAsia-PacificStrategyforEmergingDiseases. Hisrecentmajorresearchinterestshavebeeninmosquito-bornevirusdiseases(particularlytheecologyofFlaviviruses)andinemergingzoonoticviruses,andhehaspublishedover300majorpapersandresearchchaptersontheseandotherresearchtopicsconcernedwithhumanandanimalviraldiseases.HehasalsobeencloselyinvolvedwiththeOneHealthconceptandhelpedestablishtheOneHealthPlatformfoundation. ProfessorMacKenzieisamemberoftheIHREmergencyCommitteeconcerningongoingeventsandcontextinvolvingtransmissionandinternationalspreadofpoliovirus.HeisalsomemberoftheIHREmergencyCommitteeconcerningInfluenzaPandemic(H1N1)2009.
Professor Mahmudur Rahman
Former Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research and the National Influenza Centre, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Forover30yearshehasworkedintheareaofepidemiologicandpublichealthresearchandsurveillanceofcommunicableandnon-communicablediseases,andpublichealthpolicies.RecentlyjoinedasSeniorAdvisory,BangladeshCenterforCommunicationPrograms(BCCP). ProfessorRahmanhasplayedakeyfacilitatorroleinestablishingtheNationalInfluenzaCenter,BSL3andNipahlaboratory,andwebbaseddiseasesurveillanceinBangladesh.StartedtheFETP/Master’sinAppliedEpidemiology,FrontlineFETPandImprovingPublicHealthManagementforActionCoursesatIEDCR.ServedasamemberoftheIHR(2005)andPandemicInfluenzaReviewCommitteeatWHOHQinGeneva.CurrentlyservingasmemberSEARCertificationCommissionforPolioEradication,EditorialBoardmemberoftheSEAROJournal,
memberoftheEmergencyCommitteeonMERS-CoV,eventsrelatedtoPoliomyelitis,andEbolaViralDiseaseandtaskforcememberintheWHO’sNipahvirusresearchanddevelopment(R&D)roadmapprocess.Also,servingasChairofAdvisoryPanelonPIPFrameworktoWHO’sDirectorGeneralandTechnicalAdvisoryGroupmemberofAsiaPacificStrategyforEmergingDiseases. Conductedalargenumberofstudiesforthelast30years.HeisEditorof“TextBookofCommunityMedicineandPublicHealth”,andhasauthored126publicationsininternationalandnationalpeer-reviewedjournals.HeearnedaMastersinPrimaryHealthCareManagementfromMahidolUniversity,ThailandandPh.DinEpidemiologyfromUniversityofCambridge,UK.
Dr Sayed Ataullah Saeedzai
MD, MSc, Director General of Evaluation and Health Information System and IHR National Focal Point and State Nominated IHR Expert for Afghanistan
DrSaeedzaihasbeentheDirectorGeneralofEvaluationandHealthInformationSystem(EHIS)since2015andwasheadofSurveillancefrom2015to2016.Inaddition,hehasbeenthememberofNationalImmunizationTechnicalAdvisoryGroup(NITAG)inAfghanistansince2013,andthechairoftheAdvisoryGroupfrom2015to2016. DrSaeedzaihasprovidedtechnicalsupportfornationalsurveysandhasworkedinkeypositionsfocusingonresearch,monitoringandevaluationwithNGOssuchastheLeadership,ManagementandGovernanceProjectandtheManagementSciencesforHealth(Afghanistan),theAgaKhanHealthServices,Afghanistan,theAgaKhanUniversity,theJohnsHopkinsBloombergSchoolofPublicHealth,andBRACAfghanistan(adevelopmentorganizationdedicatedtoalleviatingpovertyby
empoweringthepoor). HehasworkedasconsultantwithKPMG,aLocalFundAgentfortheGlobalFundandhasconsiderableexpertiseintheImmunizationandSurveillancetechnicalareasoftheInternationalHealthRegulations(IHR).DrSaeedzaihasworkedonavolunteerbasisatKabulMedicalUniversityaslecturerofBiostatisticsforPublicHealthFacultyStudents. DrSaeedzaiobtainedhisMDfromKabulMedicalUniversityin2003andhereceivedhisMasterDegreeofScience(MSc)inEpidemiologyandBiostatisticsin2008.HehaspublishedextensivelyinbothnationalandinternationaljournalsincludingtheLancetandtheGhazanfarMedicalJournal. Dr Muhammad Salman
Principal Scientific Officer, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Islamabad
DrSalmanhasbeenworkingindifferentcapacitiesinNIHsince1995.HeisfellowofCollegeofPhysiciansandSurgeonPakistaninthedisciplineofPathologywithspecializationinmedicalmicrobiology. DuringhisexperienceinthePublicHealthLaboratoriesDivision,hehasparticipatedintheimplementationofnumberofprojectsrelatedtoinfectiousdiseases,laboratorydiagnosisandsurveillance. HefacilitatedthetrainingactivitiesondifferentaspectsofLaboratorymedicineincludingbio-riskmanagement,bio-security,bio-safety,antimicrobialresistanceinfectioncontrol,qualityassuranceandqualitycontrol,surveillance,IHRandAMRetc.HeisalsoamongthevisitingfacultyforlabsystemsinthePakistanFieldEpidemiologyandLaboratoryTraining
Programme(FELTP). Inaddition,DrSalmanhasBio-riskManagementAdvancedTrainercertificationfromtheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO).HealsoholdscertificationonGlobalHealthChallenges,InstituteofHealthMetricsandEvaluation,UniversityofWashington,USA.PresentlyheisHeadofMicrobiology
andVirologyattheNationalInstituteofHealth(NIH)andhasbeendesignatedasfocalpersonforInternationalHealthRegulationsandAntimicrobialResistancebytheMinistryofNationalHealthServicesRegulationsandCoordination,GovernmentofPakistan. Professor Oyewale Tomori
DVM, PhD, former Vice-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, Nigeria HeisaFellowoftheAcademyofScienceofNigeria,aFellowoftheCollegeofVeterinarySurgeonsofNigeria,FellowoftheRoyalCollegeofPathologistsoftheUnitedKingdomandmemberUSNationalAcademyofMedicine. ProfessorTomorireceivedhisDoctorofVeterinaryMedicine(DVM)degreefromtheAhmaduBelloUniversity,ZariaandhisPhDinVirologyoftheUniversityofIbadan. HebecametheHeadoftheDepartmentofVirologyattheUniversityofIbadanin1984,leadingresearcheffortsthatinvestigatedviralinfections,suchasYellowFeverinvariousAfricancountries.In1994,hewasappointedastheRegionalVirologistfortheWHOAfricaRegion. ProfessorTomoriservesonseveraladvisorybodiesincludingtheBoardoftheBioVaccinesLimitedinNigeria,theWHOAfrica
RegionalPolioCertificationCommittee,theWHOEasternMediterraneanRegionalPolioCertificationCommittee,theWHOAdvisoryCommitteeonVariolaVirusResearch,theWHOPolioResearchCommittee,theWHOGroupofExpertsonYellowFeverDiseaseandtheInternationalSteeringCommitteeoftheInternationalConsortiumonAnti-Virals,ICAV,Canada.HeisaMemberofthescientificandtechnicaladvisorygroupongeographicalyellowfeverriskmapping(GRYF). ProfessorTomori'sresearchinterestsincludeawiderangeofhumanviruses,andzoonoticandveterinaryvirusesincludingtheYellowfevervirus,theLassafevervirus,thepoliomyelitisvirus,themeaslesvirus,andtheEbolavirus.ProfessorTomoriisrecognizedasoneofAfrica'sfrontlineLassafeverresearchers. Hereceivedin2002,theNigerianNationalOrderofMerit(NNOM),thecountry’shighestawardforacademicandintellectualattainmentandnationaldevelopment.In1990hewasawardedtheNigeriaNationalMinistryofScienceandTechnologyMeritAwardforexcellenceinmedicalresearch. ProfessorTomoriwaspreviouslyChairoftheEmergencyCommitteeonYellowFever.HeiscurrentlyamemberofBoardofGaviAlliancerepresentingtheresearchandtechnicalhealthinstitutesconstituency.
Former Members and Advisers Biographies of the former members of, and advisers to, the IHR Emergency Committee concerning ongoing events and context involving transmission and international spread of poliovirus
Dr Theresa Tam
BMBS (UK), FRCPC, Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
AsCanada’sChiefPublicHealthOfficersheisresponsibleforrespondingtopublichealthissuesofhighimportancetoCanadians. ShewasformerlytheAssistantDeputyMinisterresponsiblefortheInfectiousDiseasesPreventionandControlBranchattheAgency.InthisroleDrTamoversawactivitiesaimedatmakingCanadianslessvulnerabletoimpactsofinfectiousdiseases.Thisincludessurveillance,laboratorydiagnostics,scienceresearch,policydevelopmentandnationalleadershipforawiderangeofinfectiousdiseasethreats. DrTamhaspreviouslyprovidedseniorleadershiponkeyAgencyinitiativesandprogramsonimmunization,respiratoryinfections,healthemergencypreparednessandresponse;publichealthatCanada’sbordersandonpublicconveyances;
laboratorybiosecurity;publichealthworkforce,surveillanceandotherinfrastructurecapacities;andimplementationoftheInternationalHealthRegulations. Dr Yu Wang
Former Director-General of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
From1995,DrWangworkedastheactingdirectoranddirectorfortheInstituteofHepatology,People’sHospital.In1997,hewasappointedthevice-presidentofBeijingMedicalUniversity,later,theVicePresidentofthePekingUniversityHealthScienceCenterresponsibleforresearchactivitiesandappliedsciencesdevelopment. In2000,hewasappointedDeputyDirector-GeneralofChinaNationalCenterforBiotechnologyDevelopment(CNCBD),MinistryofScienceandTechnology(MOST),andthenDeputyDirector-GeneraloftheDepartmentofAgricultureandSocialDevelopment,MOST.WorkinginMOST,heorganizedfundingandadministrationonbiotechR&Dwhichwasonepartofthe
nationalhigh-techR&Dprograms. In2004,afterSevereAcuteRespiratorySyndrome(SARS),DrWangwasappointedtheDirector-GeneralofChinaCDC.Heestablishedthelaboratorybio-safetymanagementsysteminChinaCDC,andpromotednationaldiseasesurveillancesystem.Inrecentyears,heledtheresponsestoH5N1,H7N9avianinfluenzainhumans,hand-foot-monthdisease,H1N1influenzapandemicandotherpublichealthemergencies.ForacceleratingthedevelopmentandproductionofthepandemicH1N1vaccine,
Dr.WangcoordinatedthelargestclinicaltrialsofH1N1vaccinesandrecommendedthedoesandschedule.HejoinedtheresponsetotheEbolaoutbreakinWestAfrica,andhasactivelyinvolvedintheglobalhealth.Dr.WangwaspreviouslyamemberoftheIHRReviewCommitteeontheFunctioningoftheInternationalHealthRegulations(2005)andonPandemicInfluenzaA(H1N1). DrWangearnedhisdoctoratedegreeinmedicinefromBeijingMedicalUniversityandPh.D.fromJichiMedicalSchoolofJapan.Hisresearchfieldwasmolecularvirologyandimmunologyofhepatitisvirus. Dr Jane Zuckerman
Consultant and Service Lead in Travel Medicine Royal Free London Travel Health & Immunisation Clinic Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London
JaneZuckermanqualifiedfromtheRoyalFreeHospitalSchoolofMedicinein1987andcompletedhertraininginLondoningeneralmedicine,emergencymedicineandoccupationalmedicine.DrZuckermanhasalonghistoryworkinginthefieldoftravelmedicine,internationalhealthandimmunisationsatnationalandinternationallevels.Shehasbeenpractisingtravelmedicinesince1995andherexpertiseincludesimmunisations(includingneedlephobia),malariaprophylaxis,altitudemedicineandallaspectsoftheclinicalpracticeoftravelmedicine. Shehasbeenresponsibleforthetravelhealthneedsforover10,000travellersperannumoverthepast20yearsandisaConsultantinTravelMedicinetoseveralinternationalcompanies.DrZuckermanhasparticularextensiveexperiencein
advisingtravellersandpatientswithunderlyinghealthproblems,includingchronicdiseasesandseriousillnessessuchasCrohn’sDisease,UlcerativeColitis,diabetesaswellasfollowingimmunosuppressivetreatment,treatmentofmalignancywithchemotherapyorradiotherapyandtransplantation. DrZuckermanwaslistedin2001bytheBritishMedicalAssociationasoneofthe82“PioneersinPatientCare:NHSConsultantsleadingchange”. DrZuckermanwasawardedtheUKHospitalDoctoroftheYear2001AwardandtheUKHospitalDoctorInnovationAward2001inrecognitionofleadership,teamwork,innovationandclinicalexcellenceinthemedicalprofession. DrZuckermanwasalsoawardedaSpecialAchievementAwardforEuropeanClinicalResearchin1999andanExcellenceinMedicalEducationAward,UniversityCollegeLondonMedicalSchool(2007)inrecognitionofexcellenceinteaching,thefacilitationofmedicalstudentlearningandformakinganoutstandingcommitmenttostudentsandtheireducation.
