Niels Bal is a PhD researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the department of health sciences. His research regards the quantitative study of disease syndemics, with a particular focus on methodological advancements. An exercise therapist by training, Niels obtained his master’s degree in health...
Jason Andrews is a professor of medicine at Stanford University and a practicing infectious diseases physician-scientist. His research draws upon multiple fields, including mathematical modeling, microbial genetics, field epidemiology, and statistical inference to work on challenging problems in infectious diseases, with an emphasis on tuberculosis...
Rozina Tariku Assefa is a public health specialist working at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, recently as the acting director for disease and health events surveillance and response directorate. Previously, she worked at the national public health institute as a public health emergency response expert....
Tijmen Henkes holds a BSc in mathematics and economics from University College Utrecht and completed a research master's in economics at the Tinbergen Institute. He is currently pursuing a PhD in economics at the University of Amsterdam within the Tinbergen Institute programme. His research focuses...
Bente is a physician specialized in global health with a long-standing interest in the subject. From a young age, she has been fascinated by different countries and cultures, which later shaped her professional path. This curiosity and commitment to working across cultures led her to...
Alex is supervised by Dr Brooke Nichols. Her doctoral research, Mathematical modelling to guide the development of novel tuberculosis diagnostics, has used modelling, cost-effectiveness analyses and data analytics to guide policy and national decision-makers on the implementation and development of new TB diagnostics. This includes conducting...
Johnstone Thitiri is a clinical research practitioner with more than 15 years’ experience in paediatric infectious disease research, working with national and international organizations particularly in acute illness and childhood malnutrition. He has contributed to research programmes and clinical trials under neonates, infants and children,...
Rena Janamnuaysook is pursuing her PhD at the University of Amsterdam, under the supervision of Peter Reiss and Maarten Schim van der Loeff. Her doctoral research focuses on transgender health and integrated HIV prevention and care models in Southeast Asia. Rena is program manager for implementation...
Megan Hansen's doctoral research, Quantifying the value of diagnostics for infectious disease burden mitigation: a health economic modeling perspective, uses mathematical and health economic modeling to inform the development and implementation of diagnostic tools for infectious diseases in resource-limited settings. Her work examines the cost-effectiveness...
Aldomoro Burua is a public health practitioner with over 15 years’ experience working with several local and international organizations in infectious diseases management and control, particularly HIV/Aids and tuberculosis prevention, care and treatment. He has provided technical support to the Ministry of Health National Tuberculosis...