Choolwe Jacobs, Ph.D., is co-founder and country lead for Women in Global Health, Zambia chapter. She is a public health specialist and social epidemiologist with over 15 years of extensive engagement in global health.

Dr. Christopher Morgan is senior technical adviser for immunization at Jhpiego. He is a pediatrician, public health physician, and development practitioner with 30 years of experience in immunization; primary health care; and maternal, child, and adolescent health. Morgan participates in advisory groups such as the COVID-19 Vaccines Working Group of the World Health Organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization.

Dr. Corine Karema took office as the interim CEO of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria in April 2022. Karema has most recently served as special adviser to the board chair of The Global Fund. Previously, she was the senior malaria program officer at the African Leaders Malaria Alliance and led the malaria experts’ group of the technical panel review of the Global Fund. She served as an independent consultant for many years, where she provided technical assistance to National Malaria Control and Elimination Programs in Africa.

Dr. Dania Albaba is a psychiatry resident at Baylor College of Medicine. She’s a volunteer with the humanitarian NGO MedGlobal.

Dr. David Denning is trained in infectious diseases and has expertise in fungal diseases. He serves as the chief executive of Global Action For Fungal Infections, which advocates for universal access to diagnostics and antifungal medicines. Denning managed the United Kingdom’s National Aspergillosis Centre, Manchester from 2009-2020.

Dereje Wordofa is the president of SOS Children’s Villages. Over the past three decades, Wordofa’s career took him from program officer in the field to a diplomatic role as the assistant secretary-general of the U.N. Population Fund. He has lived in six countries in Africa, Europe, and North America, and his travels have taken him to 70 more.

Dr. Lucica Ditiu is the executive director of the Stop TB Partnership.

Dr. Ebere Okereke is a public health physician with extensive experience in public health policy, strategy, program development and implementation. She specializes in global health security, health system strengthening, and leadership development. Okereke is a senior technical adviser at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and honorary senior public health adviser to the director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Elizabeth Garner is U.S. chief scientific officer at Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a research-driven, specialty biopharmaceutical company committed to supporting people around the world build families and live better lives. Dr. Garner is also president of the American Medical Women’s Association, the oldest multispecialty organization of women in medicine.

Dr. Emmanuel A. Ameh is a professor of pediatric surgery and chief consultant pediatric surgeon at the National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria. His research focuses on global surgery, access to surgical care, and children’s surgical care in low resource settings, as well as medical education and research. He served as editor of several medical and surgical journals in Nigeria and internationally, is on the editorial board of several journals, and regularly reviews manuscripts for international journals and journals in Nigeria. He is currently chair for the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery and was commissioner for Lancet Commission on Global Surgery.