Archives: Speakers and Mentors

Dr. Francesca Chiara

Dr. Francesca Chiara

Dr. Francesca is the director of the CIDRAP Antimicrobial Stewardship Project. She is interested in promoting the effective translation of evidence-based science into sustainable public health interventions. Before joining CIDRAP, she worked at the Wellcome Trust, where she successfully established an international think tank, the Surveillance, and Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Infections Consortium, (SEDRIC) aimed at …

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Dr Maarten B.M. van Dongen

Dr Maarten B.M. van Dongen

Dr Maarten B.M. van Dongen is originally a Molecular & Medical Microbiologist. After his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, he has worked for the international pharma and biopharma industry in The Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland and Belgium. Later he advised Netherlands and international public and private organizations in the domain of …

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Alex Muriithi

Alex Muriithi

Alex is a medical anthropologist with focus in health research, applying social science principles and methodologies. He has actively engaged in disciplinary and multidisciplinary research activities on a range of topical issues that influence health and health outcomes. The current research engagement is in Global Health, focusing on antimicrobial resistance and antibiotics. He is part …

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Dr. Rogers is an experienced academic in Public Health, and developed and implemented higher education for professionals of the future. He is dedicated to increasing access to education, in particular with enhancing online education, and free, open-access education. He has a specialist interest in antimicrobial resistance and the One Health Agenda.

Dr. Rogers Harrison

Dr. Rogers is an experienced academic in Public Health, and developed and implemented higher education for professionals of the future. He is dedicated to increasing access to education, in particular with enhancing online education, and free, open-access education. He has a specialist interest in antimicrobial resistance and the One Health Agenda.

Dr. Catrin Moore

Dr. Moore led the Global Research on AntiMicrobial resistance (GRAM) project based in the Big Data Institute, University of Oxford. Partnered with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and Tropical Medicine, they analyzed global data to estimate the global burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Dr Moore is a member of the World Health …

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Dr. Clare Chandler

Clare Chandler (PhD) is a medical anthropologist who leads the Anthropology of Antimicrobial Resistance research group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which aims to bring critical social scholarship to global health topics including AMR. She co-founded the LSHTM Antimicrobial Resistance Centre, which works to inspire innovation through interdisciplinary engagements. She is known for her anthropological work …

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Dr. Rosemary Morgan

Dr. Rosemary Morgan

Dr. Rosemary Morgan is an Associate Scientist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of International Health. Dr. Morgan has expertise in gender, gender analysis, and intersectionality in health and health systems. Her current work includes: Leading the Sex and Gender Analysis Core for the Sex and Age Differences in Immunity …

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Eva Garmendia, PhD

Eva Garmendia, PhD

 I am a microbiology scientist with strong interest in science communication, network building and facilitation within science. After 8 years working researching various topics within genetics and evolution at the University of Granada, the Spanish Research Council and the Uppsala University (Ph.D. in Medical Sciences with focus on bacterial evolution. Defended 2017), I am currently …

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Herman Mwanja

Herman Mwanja

Herman Mwanja, is a Senior Project Officer, Environmental antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Surveillance with the Fleming Fund Country Grant 2 project (Uganda). He has a Bachelor’s of Environmental Health Sciences from School of Public Health Makerere University and is currently pursuing a Masters of Public Health there as well. Over the past 5 years, Herman has …

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Dr. David Musoke

Dr. David Musoke is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health at Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH). He holds a Bachelors in Environmental Health Sciences from Makerere University, MSc in International Primary Health Care from the University of London (UK), and PhD in Public Health from Cardiff Metropolitan …

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