Mawuli Leslie Aglanu

A One Health and Social Epidemiology researcher with a focus on neglected tropical diseases. Currently a Scientific Officer at the ARNTD and final year PhD candidate at the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen (RUG), the Netherlands.

Emmanuela Agbenyefia

Emmanuela is a Ghanaian-born, Georgian-trained medical doctor with additional experience in data analysis, medical writing and clinical research. Emmanuela is currently working as a medical intern, while concurrently pursuing their Masters’ in Global Policy & Security Studies. Their professional interests are in majorly in Health Policy, Public Health and Health Informatics.

Irene Chami

Accomplished leader and executive with a strategic focus and distinguished experience directing health care delivery programs and expanding service offerings for populations in Africa. Over 25 years technical and managerial experience working in the non-governmental health sector in areas such as Health Systems Strengthening, Human Resources for Health, Policy, Advocacy, Health innovation, Capacity Strengthening, Resource […]

Maxine Whittaker

Maxine Whittaker’s research interests are in the fields of operational and health services research and medical anthropology, with a primary focus on One Health, NTDs, community engagement, health seeking behaviour and quality of care. She has a special interest in the issue of scaling-up pilot programmes into policy and practice, and as a founding member […]

Mercy Mumo

Mercy is a seasoned communications specialist from Kenya with over 15 years of experience in development, business, corporate, and behavior change communication.

Shahreen Chowdhury

Shahreen Chowdhury is a Research Associate at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, specialising in implementation research to advance inclusive health systems in Nigeria and Liberia. Her work focuses on improving case management for skin Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), with a particular focus on mental health and disability inclusion. Passionate about fostering community-level inclusion, Shahreen […]

Wosen Ketema

Dr. Wosen Ketema (MD) is a dermatologist at Boru Meda Hospital-Dermatology Referral Center, Dessei, Ethiopia. Dr. Wosen specializes in research focusing on skin neglected tropical disease at the center as a principal investigator, study physician and clinical trial coordinator.

Anna Giné-March

PhD in Public Health and PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology. She has 15 years of experience in global health projects, health policy development, teaching and research. Her focus is on fostering action-oriented research to improve health equity.

Muktar Gadanya

Muktar is a Professor of Community Medicine and Public Health Physician. He was Principal National Investigator for five nationwide researchers in Nigeria involving mixed methods.

Margaret Gyapong

Margaret Gyapong is a medical anthropologist. She has a PhD in Epidemiology and is interested in implementation research that makes an impact on the lives of the populations being studied. Over the years, she has focused on mentorship and capacity-building in the area of tropical diseases research.