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The taskforce and conference are chaired by
- Dr. Ravindra Gupta, Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Diseases
- Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, sixth and first female president of the Republic of Mauritius
- Dr. Shahid Jameel, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Fellow and Principal Investigator, Project on ‘Public Health, Science and Technology in Muslim Societies’ at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
- Dr. David Relman, Thomas C. and Joan M. Merigan Professor in Medicine, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Stanford University.
The project is directed by
- Dr. Jesse Bloom, Professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Dr. Filippa Lentzos, Associate Professor in Science & International Security at Kings College London.
I am looking forward to sharing ‘The view from Sub Saharan Africa”.