Dr. Jeremiah Chakaya is a founding member of the Respiratory Society of Kenya, orReSoK, and serves on the executive committee of the Pan African Thoracic Society. He is a professor of global respiratory health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and a technical expert for the Kenyan national TB program. He has held several key international roles, including vice chair of the Stop TB Partnership coordinating board, chair of WHO's STAG-TB, and president of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. He also holds an honorary teaching position at Kenyatta University.