Dr. Garzón is an experienced professional in Public Health, appointed as Minister of Health from May 2021 to July 2022. She was member of the IVI Board of Trustees representing Ecuador in 2022. Currently, she is Dean of Public Health at Universidad San Francisco de Quito.
Degree in Medicine.
Specialty in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine.
Extensive experience on major pandemics, specifically on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Neglected diseases.
Former President of the International AIDS Society [IAS]. Co-chair of the International Conference in Durban, South Africa, 2000.
Member of the Board of the Global Fund to Fight Tuberculosis, AIDS and Malaria, and Member of the Technical Revie Board (TRP): Chair of numerous WHO therapeutic guidelines for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
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 is a health policy and systems expert based in Kerala, India. Till recently he was the CEO of Health System Transformation Platform, a think tank on health policy and systems in New Delhi. Prior to that 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, MD, MPH, MBA
Senior Director – Regenesys Business School
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.
Osman Ahmed Dar is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (UK) specialized in public health medicine and communicable disease control. He has wide ranging international experience of health system strengthening, humanitarian response and global health security having lived and worked across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.
Dr Moussif, Chief Medical Officer at Casablanca International Airport and National Coordinator of Morocco’s points of entry program, is a fellow and graduate of the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House in London.
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 (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.
