Rebecca Katz

Dr. Rebecca Katz is a Professor and Director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security, and holds joint appointments in Georgetown University Medical Center and the School of Foreign Service. 

She leads a research team focused on global health diplomacy, financing for health security, implementation of the International Health Regulations, and global governance of public health emergencies. 

Rajeev Sadanandan

Rajeev Sadanandan is the CEO of Health System Transformation Platform, a think tank on Health Policy and Systems in New Delhi. 

He had worked as health secretary of Kerala state, CEO of India’s national social health insurance programme, in addition to holding many other positions in state and federal governments. Rajeev worked for a brief stint in UNAIDS and was lead consultant on WHO SEARO’s Pandemic Preparedness Roadmap for 2023-27. 

Patrick Osewe

Dr. Patrick L. Osewe is a leading global expert on public health and the Director of Health at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He currently leads the application of evidence-based and innovative approaches to address priority and emerging health issues in Asia and the Pacific ¾focusing on the nexus of Universal Health Coverage, pandemic preparedness, education, social protection, climate change and finance.

Paritosh Kumar Biswas

Paritosh is a veterinarian and a professor of microbiology and veterinary public health at the Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU), Bangladesh. 

As the animal health laboratory capacity building lead, he is also supporting the Fleming Fund Country Grant. He had experience working with FAO and the World Bank. 

Mohamed Moussif

Chief Medical Officer at Casablanca International Airport and the National Coordinator of Morocco’s points of entry program, Dr Moussif, is a fellow and a graduate of the Center on Global Health Security in Chatham House in London. 

Maryam Amour

Dr. Amour is a physician scientist at the Muhimbili University of Health, and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania. She graduated from MUHAS and holds a Master degree in public health from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice in USA. Currently, Dr. Amour is a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. Her professional interests are on infectious diseases, particularly COVID-19, TB/HIV, and adolescents’ health. 

Marisa Peyre

Marisa Peyre (Eng. , Ph.D., HDR) is an epidemiologist specialized in the evaluation of surveillance and control programs in animal health and One Health. She is currently the deputy director of ASTRE, the integrated health research unit in CIRAD. She has been working for CIRAD (French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development) since 2006 where she carries out researches in the field of evaluative epidemiology.

Maha El Rabbat

Professor Dr. Maha El Rabbat, Egyptian Ex- Minister of Health and Population is primarily a professor of Public Health. She has served the Government of Egypt and is continually serving to support regional health systems strengthening efforts and  supporting the scientific development of her  University, the Cairo University, where Prof. El Rabbat has been granted her early medical under/post graduate degrees prior to her equally successful attainment of several  international certification/accreditation.

Leo Yee Sin

Professor LEO Yee Sin, an adult Infectious Disease specialist, has led her team through multiple outbreaks in Singapore. With her experience and expertise, she is frequently called upon as advisor and conference speaker by local and international organisations. She serves in multiple World Health Organization workgroups on outbreak management, and as an international expert in scientific and research bodies such as the WHO-STAG IH. She is heavily involved in research and teaching and has published more than 400 peer-reviewed scientific papers.