International Committee Members 2025
Jorge Alvar, MD PhD
Senior Leishmaniasis Adviser
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
15 Chemin Louis-Dunant | 1202 Geneva | Switzerland
jalvar@dndi.org
Prof. Gad BANETH
Hebrew University Koret School of Veterinary Medicine
The Rybak-Pearson Chair in Veterinary Medicine
Rehovot ISRAEL
Prof. Johannes BLUM
University of Basel
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (LeishMan Group)
Basel
SWITZERLAND
Prof. Christian BOGDAN
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Microbiology Institute – Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene
Erlangen
GERMANY
Dr. Sinval P. BRANDÃO FILHO
IAM/FIOCRUZ
Head of Leishmaniasis Laboratory
Recife
BRAZIL
Dr. Filipe DANTES-TORRES
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Aggeu Magalhes Institute
Recife
BRAZIL
Prof. Jerome DEPAQUIT
Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, Faculté de Pharmacie
Reims
FRANCE
Dr. Malgorzata DOMAGALSKA
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Head of Experimental Parasitology
Antwerp
BELGIUM
Dr. Jean-Claude DUJARDIN
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Head of Molecular Parasitology Unit
Antwerp
BELGIUM
Prof. Fredy GALVIS-OVALLOS
Sao Paula University
Epidemiology Department/School of Public Health
Sao Paulo
BRAZIL
Prof. Ikram GUIZANI
Institut Pasteur de Tunis
Laboratory Molecular Epidemiology & Experimental Pathology
El Manar
TUNISIA
Dr. Vladimir IVOVIC
University of Primorska Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies
Department of Biodiversity
Izola
SLOVENIA
Dr. Shaden KAMHAWI
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, Head of Vector Molecular Biology Section
Rockville
USA
Prof. Nadira Dharshani KARUNAWEERA
University of Colombo
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine
Colombo
SRI LANKA
Dr. Meryem LEMRANI
Institut Pasteur of Morocco
Laboratory of Parasitology and Vector-borne Diseases
Casablanca
MOROCCO
Dr. Carla MAIA
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Insituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical
Lisboa
PORTUGAL
Dr. Gregory MATLASHEWSKI
McGill University
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Virology/Parasitology
Montreal
CANADA
Dr. Dinesh MONDAL
International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research
NCSD Administration Nutrition and Clinical Services Division
Dhaka
BANGLADESH
Prof. Jeremy MOTTRAM
University of York, Centre for Immunology and Infection
Department of Biology
York
UK
Prof. Petr J. MYLER
Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease
Director of Core Services
Seattle
USA
Asc. Prof. Shumaila NAZ
National University of Medical Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences, Section of Biotechnology
Rawalpindi
PAKISTAN
Prof. Gaetano OLIVA
University of Naples Federico II, President of the School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production
Naples
ITALY
Prof. Barbara PAPADOPOULOU
University Laval, Faculty of Medicine
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Quebec
CANADA
Prof. Christine PETERSEN
University of Iowa, College of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology
Iowa City
USA
Prof. Sima RAFATI
Pasteur Institute of Iran
Department of Immunotherapy/ Leishmania Vaccine Research
Tehran
IRAN
Prof. Oscar Daniel SALOMON
inv Superior CIC CONICET
National Institute of Tropical Medicine
Puerto Iguazu, Misiones
ARGENTINA
Prof. Chizu SANJOBA
University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agriculatral and Life Sciences
Laboratory of Molecular Immunology
Tokyo
JAPAN
Prof. Abhay SATOSKAR
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Departments of Pathology and Microbiology
Ohio
USA
Dr. Padet SIRIYASATIEN
Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Medicine
Department of Parasitology
THAILAND
Prof. Laia SOLANO-GALLEGO
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Facultat de Veterinària
Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animal
Barcelona
SPAIN
Prof. Gerald SPATH
Head, Unité de Parasitologie moléculaire et Signalisation (ParSig)
Scientific Director ERC Synergy DecoLeishRN, Institut Pasteur/INSERM U1201
Paris
FRANCE
Prof. Shyam SUNDAR
Banaras Hindu University
Institute of Medical Sciences
Varanasi
INDIA
Prof. Yara M. TRAUB-CSEKO
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
Laboratório Biol Mol de Parasit Vector
Rio de Janeiro
BRAZIL
Asc. Prof. Stefania VARANI
University of Bologna
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (LeishMan Group)
Bologna
ITALY
Prof. Ivan D. VELEZ
University of Antiquia
PECET Group – Faculty of Medicine
Medellin
COLOMBIA
Prof. Petr VOLF
Charles University, Faculty of Science
Department of Parasitology
Prague
CEZCHIA