WL7 INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE 2019-2021  *tentative

Co Chair

Mary E. WILSON, MD/PhD
Professor
Internal Medicine/Microbiology
University of Iowa
SW34Q General Hospital
Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
mary-wilson@uiowa.edu

Gregory MATLASHEWSKI, PhD
Professor
Department of Department of Microbiology and Immunology Virology/Parasitology
McGill University
Montreal, QC H3A, Canada
greg.matlashewski@mcgill.ca

Kwang Poo CHANG, PhD
Professor
Center Cancer Cell Biology, Immunology and Infection
Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
N Chicago, IL 60064, USA
Kwangpoo.chang@roslaindfranklin.edu

Members

Jorge Alvar,  MD PhD
Senior Leishmaniasis Adviser
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
15 Chemin Louis-Dunant | 1202 Geneva | Switzerland
jalvar@dndi.org

Paul A. BATES, PhD
Professor
Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences
Faculty of Health and Medicine
Lancaster University
Lancaster, UK
p.bates@lancaster.ac.uk

Christian BOGDAN, MD
Professor
Microbiology Institute – Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
D-91054 Erlangen, GERMANY
Christian.Bogdan@uk-erlangen.de

 Sinval P. BRANDÃO FILHO, PhD
Director, Aggeu Magalhães Institute
FIOCRUZ, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
sinval@cpqam.fiocruz.br

Jerome DEPAQUIT, PharmD/PhD
Professor
EA7510 “ESCAPE” – USC ANSES “VECPAR”
Faculté de Pharmacie
Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne
51096 Reims Cedex, FRANCE
jerome.depaquit@univ-reims.fr

Jean-Claude DUJARDIN, PhD
Professor
Head, Molecular Parasitology Unit
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Institute of Tropical Medicine
B-2000 Antwerpen, BELGIUM
jcdujardin@itg.be

Christian ENGWERDA, PhD
Professor
Immunology and Infection
QIMR BerghoferMedical Research Institute
Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
christian.engwerda@qimrberghofer.edu.au

Nicolas FASEL, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Faculty of Biology and Medicine
Center for Immunity and Infection
University of Lausanne
Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
Nicolas.Fasel@unil.ch

Charles L. JAFFE, PhD
Professor
Dept. Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
National Center for Leishmaniasis
Kuvin Centre for Study of Tropical & Infectious Diseases
Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School
Jerusalem 9112102, ISRAEL
cjaffe@cc.huji.ac.il

Luigi GRADONI, PhD
Head, Unit of Vector-Borne Diseases & International Health
MIPI Department
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
00161 Roma, ITALY
luigi.gradoni@iss.it

Ikram GUIZANI, PhD
Professor
Laboratory Molecular Epidemiology & Experimental Pathology
Institut Pasteur de Tunis
Université de Tunis
El Manar, TUNISIA
iguizani@yahoo.com

Shaden KAMHAWI, PhD
Associate Scientist
Vector Molecular Biology Section
Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Rockville, MD 20852, USA
skamhawi@niaid.nih.gov

Carla MAIA, DVM, PhD, Dip. EVPC
Assistant Researcher
Global Health and Tropical Medicine
Insitute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
1349-008 Lisboa
PORTUGAL
CarlaMaia@ihmt.unl.pt

Jeremy MOTTRAM, PhD
Professor
York Biomedical Research Institute
Department of Biology
University of York
York, YO10 5DD, UK
jeremy.mottram@york.ac.uk

Peter J. MYLER, PhD
Professor & Director of Core Services
Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID)
Seattle BioMed
 Seattle, WA  98109-5219, USA
peter.myler@seattlebiomed.org

 Yusuf OZBEL, PhD
Professor
Department of Parasitology
Ege University Faculty of Medicine
Bonova, Izmir, TURKEY
yusuf.ozbel@ege.edu.tr

Barbara PAPADOPOULOU PharmD/PhD
Professor & Director
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (CHUQ) Research Centre
Research Centre in Infectious Disease/CHUL Research Centre
Laval University
Quebec, QC, CANADA
barbara.papadopoulou@crchudequebec.ulaval.ca
barbara.papadopoulou@crchul.ulaval.ca

Nathan PETERS, PhD
Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases
Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases
4A20, Health Research Innovation Centre
Calgary, AB T2N-4N1, CANADA
ncpeters@ucalgary.ca

Christine PETERSEN, DVM/PhD
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
College of Public Health
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
christine-petersen@uiowa.edu

Sima RAFATI, PhD
Professor
Department of
Immunotherapy/Leishmania Vaccine Research
Pasteur Institute of Iran,
Tehran, IRAN
s_rafati@yahoo.com

Neeloo SINGH, PhD
Principal Investigator
CSIR Central Drug Research Institute
Lucknow, INDIA
neeloo888@yahoo.com

Laia SOLANO-GALLEGO, DVM, PhD, Dip. ECVCP
Professor
Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animal,
Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Barcelona, SPAIN
laia.solano@uab.cat

Abhay R. SATOSKAR, MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath
Professor & Vice Chair for Research
University Pathology Services Endowed Anatomic Pathology Professor
Departments of Pathology and Microbiology
Wexner Medical Center
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA

Gerald F. SPÄTH, PhD
Professor
Unité de Parasitologie Moléculaire et Signalisation
Institut Pasteur and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
INSERM U1201
Paris, FRANCE
gerald.spaeth@pasteur.fr

Shyam SUNDAR, MD
Professor & Director
Institute of Medical Sciences
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi 221 005, INDIA
drshyamsundar@hotmail.com

Yara M. TRAUB-CSEKO, PhD
Professor
Laboratório Biol Mol de Parasit Vetor
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045-900, BRASIL
ytraub@ioc.fiocruz.br

Jude UZONNA, DVM/PhD
Professor
Parasite Vaccines Development Laboratory
Department of Immunology
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0T5, CANADA
Jude.Uzonna@umanitoba.ca

Petr VOLF, PhD
Professor
Department of Parasitology
Faculty of Science, Charles University
Praha 2, Czech Republic
volf@cesnet.cz