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.