Michael Abem

Dedicated public health professional with expertise in public health research, community health, disease control, and data analysis. Proficient in Stata, ArcGIS, MAXQDA, and field data collection tools like Kobo Collect. Experienced in leading teams, managing public health projects, and conducting research.

Neil Pakenham-Walsh

Neil Pakenham-Walsh is global coordinator of the HIFA global health movement (Healthcare Information For All – www.hifa.org ), a global community with more than 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting on six global forums in four languages in collaboration with WHO. HIFA brings stakeholders together to accelerate progress towards universal access to reliable healthcare information.

Edmond Kwaku Ocloo

Edmond Kwaku Ocloo is a young researcher whose research interests anchor around the social determinants of diseases, particularly skin-related neglected tropical diseases. Edmond’s research focus spans the fields of medical sociology and medical anthropology. He is currently investigating the sociocultural experiences of persons with Leprosy, Buruli ulcer, and Yaws in Ghana for his doctoral degree.

Tsegaye Alemayehu

Mr. Tsegaye Alemayehu is a young scientist at Hawassa University. He is an Assistant Professor of Diagnostic and Public Health Microbiology. He has done research on soil transmitted helminth and antimicrobial resistance. He has published over 15 articles in reputable journals.

Alemayehu Kassahun

Alemayehu is a public health expert with years of work experience in different positions in higher academic institutions and organizations under the Ministry of Health-Ethiopia. Currently an Associate Researcher at the Collaborative Research and Training Center for Neglected Tropical Diseases(NTDs) of Arba Minch University, Ethiopia, they have high interest in NTDs research, especially Skin NTDs, […]

Ephraim Senkyire

Ephraim Senyire is a senior nursing officer with more than 6 years clinical practice. He is also the research lead for AfroPHC and he manages the AHRO review of nursing and midwifery journal.

Sefiat Lawal

Sefiat Lawal is a graduate of University of Ibadan and has 2 years of research experience.

Elizabeth Long

Elizabeth Long is a Public Health Advisor at COR-NTD. In this role, she provides technical support for OR projects with social science components and serves as the lead for the MAP-FGS multi-country study. Her research interests include health equity, access to long-term care needs for mobile and refugee populations, and community-based participatory research.

Maya Semrau

Dr Maya Semrau is a senior research fellow in implementation research at the Brighton & Sussex Medical School (BSMS), where she has worked since 2017 on the NIHR-funded Global Health Research Unit for NTDs, for which she co-leads the Implementation Research Theme. She is particularly interested in the mental wellbeing and stigma aspects of NTDs. […]