Past Malaria Vaccine Advocacy Fellows
Program participants from 2006 to 2009
Malaria Vaccine Advocacy fellows come away from the program with strengthened communication skills and focused advocacy plans, often gaining international media attention and affecting positive policy change. Participants in the 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 programs are listed below alphabetically by year. Read a selection of the past fellows' accomplishments.
2010 Fellows
Dr. Abdoulaye Diabaté, Researcher, Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé (IRSS)/Centre Muraz - Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Dr. Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Public Health Specialist, Head of Surveillance, Ashanti Regional Health Directorate – Kumasi, Ghana
Dr. Benson B.A. Estambale, Director, University of Nairobi, Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases– Nairobi, Kenya
Dr. Christine Manyando, Head of Public Health Department, Tropical Diseases Research Centre (TDRC) – Ndola, Zambia
Dr. Samuel Kofi Newton– Clinical Research Fellow, Kintampo Health Research Center - Kintampo, Ghana
Dr. Mary Olapeju Otsemobor, Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant/ Malariologist, Wajomate Consultants (Formerly Deputy Director/Head M&E, National Malaria Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health)– Nigeria
Dr. Felicia Owusu-Antwi, National Program Officer, WHO Ghana/RBM – Accra, Ghana
Dr. Mahamadou Ali Thera,Professor of Parasitology-Mycology, Head, Mali Malaria Vaccine Development Unit (MMVDU) at Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC), University of Bamako/Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry – Bamako, Mali
Dr. Alfred B. Tiono, Head, Public Health Department, Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme– Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Dr. John N. Waitumbi, Research Director, Walter Reed Project, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) – Kisumu, Kenya
2009 Fellows
Dr. George Olusegun Ademowo Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, at the University of Ibadan – Ibadan, Nigeria
Dr. Thomas Gordon Egwang Executive Director of the African Academy of Sciences – Nairobi, Kenya; CEO, Uganda Media for Health – Kampala, Uganda; Director General and CEO of Med Biotech Laboratories – Kampala, Uganda
Dr. Tinto Halidou Senior Scientist, Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé/Centre Muraz, Nanoro District Hospital – Nanoro, Burkina Faso
Dr. Gertrude Chapotera Kalanda Clinical Trials Coordinator, Research Support Centre, College of Medicine at the University of Malawi – Lilongwe, Malawi
Dr. Kwadwo Ansah Koram Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Epidemiology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences at the University of Ghana in – Accra, Ghana
Dr. Ramadhani Abdallah Noor Clinical Trials Coordinator, African Malaria Network Trust – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dr. James Aggrey Oloo Network Director, African Malaria Network Trust – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dr. Norbert Mwamburi Peshu Director, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast – Kilifi, Kenya
Dr. Donath S. Tarimo Lecturer in Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Department of Parasitology/Entomology, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2008 Fellows
Dr. Selidji Todagbe Agnandji Clinical Researcher, Albert Schweitzer Hospital – Lambaréné, Gabon
Dr. Daniel Ansong Consultant Pediatrician and Senior Clinical Investigator, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital – Kumasi, Ghana
Dr. Kwaku Poku (KP) Asante Clinical Research Fellow, Kintampo Health Research Centre – Kintampo, Ghana
Dr. John Tanko Bawa Project Manager for the Agogo Malaria Vaccine Research Site, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine – Agogo, Ghana
Dr. John Gyapong Director, Health Research Unit, Ghana Health Service – Accra, Ghana
Dr. John Peter Andrea Lusingu Co-principal Investigator/Epidemiologist, National Institute for Medical Research – Korogwe, Tanzania
Dr. Pasiens Stephen Mapunda Director, Centre for Enhancement of Effective Malaria interventions – Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Dr. Jean Bosco Ouédraogo Regional Director, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de las Sante – Ouagadougou, Burkina faso
Dr. Ruth Owusu Research Physician and Clinical Research Fellow, Kintampo Health Research Centre – Kintampo, Ghana
2007 Fellows
Dr. Antoinette Ba-Nguz Senior Program Officer, PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative – Bethesda, MD
Dr. Andrew Kitua Director General, National Institute for Medical Research – Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Prof. Wilfred Mbacham Associate Professor of Public Health Biotechnology, Biotechnology Center, University of Yaoundé 1 – Yaoundé, Cameroon
Dr. Bernhards Ogutu Principal Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) – Kisumu, Kenya; Senior Clinical Trialist, Malaria Clinical Trials Alliance (MCTA) of the INDEPTH Network – Accra, Ghana
Dr. Seth Owusu-Agyei Director, Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) – Kintampo, Ghana
Ms. Boemo Sekgoma HIV & AIDS Officer, Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum – Windhoek, Namibia
2006 Fellows
Dr. Fred Binka Dean of the School of Public Health, University of Ghana – Accra, Ghana; Project Manager, Malaria Clinical Trials Alliance (MCTA) – Accra, Ghana
Dr. Daniel J. Carucci Director of Science and Director, Grand Challenges in Global Health, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health – Bethesda, MD
Dr. Carter L. Diggs Senior Technical Advisor, US Agency for International Development (USAID) Malaria Vaccine Development Program – Washington, DC
Col. D. Gray Heppner MD Head, Malaria Vaccine Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) – Silver Spring, Maryland
Dr. Adrian V.S. Hill Professor of Human Genetics, Chairman of the Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine and Director of the Jenner Institute, Oxford University – Oxford, UK
Dr. Rose Leke Director of the Biotechnology Centre and Professor of Immunology and Parasitology at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1 – Yaoundé, Cameroon
Dr. Carole Long Head of Immunology at the Malaria Vaccine Development Branch (MVDB) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease/National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH) – Rockville, Maryland and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at MCP-Hahnemann University – Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Melinda Moree Former Director, PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) – Bethesda, MD
Dr. Magda Robalo World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative – Windhoek, Namibia
