OUR TEAM

The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) and is staffed by a multidisciplinary global team of ISID Staff and over 50 subject matter experts reporting from 34 countries on a variety of topic specialties including human, animal and plant health.

Associate Editors and Top Moderators

Hanson

JAROD HANSON, DVM, PhD, DACVPM, DABT (JH)

ProMED Chief Content Officer, ISID

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

YAW AFRANE, PhD (YA)

Top Moderator for ProMED-EAFR

Associate Professor, University of Ghana Medical School
GHANA

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RODRIGO ANGERAMI, MD, PhD (RNA)

Top Moderator for ProMED-PORT

Medical Infectologist of the Epidemiological Surveillance Section, Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Clinics, University of Campinas/Professor in the Department of Public Health, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas
BRAZIL

PARITOSH KUMAR BISWAS, DVM, PhD (PKB)

Top Moderator for ProMED-SoAS

Professor, Department of Microbiology and Veterinary Public Health,
Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
BANGLADESH

@paritosh1965

Handysides

STUART HANDYSIDES, BSc, MBBS, MRCGP (SH)

Associate Editor for ProMED Global

Ware, England, UNITED KINGDOM

MATT LEVISON, MD (ML)

Associate Editor for ProMED Global & Top Moderator for ProMED-AMR

Editorial Board for Infectious Diseases, Merck Manual
Sarasota, Florida, USA

GHASSAN MATAR, MSc, PhD (GMM)

Top Moderator for ProMED-MENA & ProMED-AMR

Professor & Chairperson, Dept. Experimental Pathology, Immunology & Microbiology / Director WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Bacterial Pathogens, American University of Beirut
LEBANON

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NATALIA PSHENICHNAYA, MD, PhD, DSci, Prof (NP)

Top Moderator for ProMED-RUS

Head of Department, National Medical Research Center of Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases
RUSSIA

@nataly_psh

Torres

JAIME TORRES (JT)

Top Moderator for ProMED-ESP

VENEZUELA

SOK TOUCH, MD, MPH (ST)

Top Moderator for ProMED-MBDS

WBG Short Term Consultant on Health Security
CAMBODIA

Moderators

Aisha Abubakar

AISHA ABUBAKAR, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FWACP (AA)

ProMED-EAFR Moderator

Manager, Scientific Programs, ISID
NIGERIA

@AishaAhmedAbub4

SAMEEH ABUTARBUSH, DVM, MVetSc, DABVP, DACVIM (SMA)

ProMED-MENA Moderator

Vice Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology
JORDAN

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BATYRBEK ASLANOV, MD, PhD, DrMedSci (BA)

ProMED-RUS Moderator

Professor, North-Western State Mechnikov
Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
RUSSIA

Beldomenico

PABLO BELDOMENICO, DVM, MPVM, PhD (PMB)

Wildlife Moderator

ARGENTINA

SALMA FERCHICHI, DVM, MSc (SF)

ProMED-AMR Moderator & ProMED-MENA Moderator

TUNISIA

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TAM GARLAND, DVM, PhD, DABVT (TG)

Animal Disease and Zoonoses Moderator

Veterinary Toxicologist and Consultant, Veterinarian
USA

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JORGE GONZALEZ-MENDOZA, MD, MSc, DLSHTM (JG)

ProMED-ESP Moderator

Clinical Rounds Instructor, Gorgas Courses in Tropical Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, University of Alabama at Birmingham
PERU

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DAGMAR HANOLD, PhD, Dipl.Biol (DHA)

Plant Diseases Moderator

Plant Virologist University of Adelaide, Editor-in-Chief Australasian Plant Disease Notes
AUSTRALIA

KASSIM A. JIMALE, M.PHIL., B.S. (KJ)

ProMED-EAFR Moderator

Vice President of Research and Development, Jamhuriya University of Science and Technology, Mogadishu/Senior Lecturer, Somali National University
SOMALIA

Lutwick

LARRY LUTWICK, MD (LL)

Bacterial Diseases Moderator

Retired Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Science
USA

Boubacar

BOUBACAR MAIGA, MD, PhD (BM)

ProMED-FRA Moderator

Professor, Department of Fundamental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Odontostomatology, University of Science, Technics and Technology of Bamako
MALI

@mboubacar

MOHAMED ABDELREHMAN MOHAMED, DVM, MVSc. (MA)

ProMED-EAFR Moderator

SOMALIA

MUBARAK MUSTAFA, MD, MBBS (MM)

ProMED-MENA Moderator

Consultant Virologist
SUDAN

Myaing

TIN TIN MYAING, BVS, MPhil, MVSc, PhD [UPM] (TTM)

ProMED-MBDS & ProMED-AMR Moderator

Patron, Myanmar Veterinary Association/Officer, Wildlife Disease Association, Asia-Pacific
MYANMAR

SHARIFA NASREEN, MBBS, MPH, PhD (SN)

ProMED-SoAS Moderator

CANADA

NAZAR SHABILA, PhD, MSc, MBChB (NS)

ProMED-MENA Moderator

Assistant Professor of Public Health, Hawler Medical University
IRAQ

@nshabila

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G SINGH, PhD, MPH (GS)

ProMED-SoAS Moderator

INDIA

THÉRÈSE UMUHOZA, Bsc, Msc, PhD (TU)

ProMED-EAFR & ProMED-FRA Moderator

Freelance Research Epidemiologist
RWANDA

@umuhoza07

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LIM WEY WEN, MPH, PhD (LWW)

Respiratory Viruses Moderator

HONG KONG

RICHARD BROU YAPI, PhD (RBY)

ProMED-EAFR & ProMED-FRA Moderator

PostDoc Afrique One ASPIRE Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, Researcher Université Alassane Ouattara
IVORY COAST

@RYapi

THOMAS YUILL, PhD (TY)

Viral Diseases Moderator

Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison
USA

Copy Editors

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RACHEL DELP (RD)

Copy Editor

Landis Store, Pennsylvania, USA

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LAURENCE MIALOT (LM)

Copy Editor

Senior Manager of Governance and Administration, ISID
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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TONI WEEKS (TW)

Copy Editor

Pismo Beach, California, USA

MOHD ASRI YUSOF (MAY)

Copy Editor

Besut, MALAYSIA

Correspondents

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SUSAN de HEVENINGHAM BAEKELAND (SB)

Senior Correspondent

Story Finder and Researcher
FRANCE

LARISA ERMAKOVA, PhD (LE)

ProMED-RUS Correspondent

Head of the Clinic for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Research Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology of Rostov-on-Dones
RUSSIA

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VADIM MELNIK, PhD (VM)

ProMED-RUS Correspondent

Associate Professor, State Department of Higher Education Organization, Health Management and Epidemiology, Donetsk National Medical University
UKRAINE

MAHMOUD ORABI (MO)

Correspondent

Animal Health and Standards Specialist
EGYPT

Rapporteurs

BRENT BARRETT, BS, M(ASCP) (BB)

Rapporteur

Retired Microbiologist
USA

 @parker2320

MARIANNE HOPP, PhD, LL.B. (MJH)

Rapporteur

CANADA

ANGELA SONG-EN HUANG, MD, MPH (AH)

Rapporteur

Medical Officer, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control
TAIWAN

DAN SILVER (DS)

Rapporteur

USA

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KATHRYN SODERHOLM, MPH (KS)

Rapporteur

Nonprofit Administrator
USA

Past Team Members

UZMA BASHIR AAMIR (UBA)

ProMED-SoAS & Viral Diseases Moderator

PAKISTAN

YIN MYO AYE, MBBS, MPH (YMA)

ProMED-MBDS Moderator

THAILAND

EMMANUEL BENYEOGOR, MPH (EIB)

ProMED-AMR Moderator

NIGERIA

SOPHIE BOWMAN-DERRICK, BVSc, MVS, MAE (SBD)

ProMED-AMR Moderator

AUSTRALIA

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SIDI COULIBALY, MD, MPH (SC)

Top Moderator for ProMED-FRA

BURKINA FASO

CRISTINA DAVID, DVM, MSc (CRD)

Animal Health Moderator

USA

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JOSEPH DUDLEY, MSc, PhD (JD)

Rapporteur

USA

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BENSON ESTAMBLE, MD, PhD (BE)

ProMED-EAFR Moderator

KENYA

ABDESSALAM FIKRI, DVM (AF)

ProMED-FRA Moderator

MOROCCO

MARTIN HUGH-JONES, MA, VetMB, MPH, PhD, FACE, Hon FRCVS (MHJ)

Animal Diseases Assistant Moderator

USA

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MARIA JACOBS, MD (MJ)

Senior Technical Editor

SWITZERLAND

Kramer

LAURA KRAMER, PhD, FASTMH (LK)

Viral Diseases Moderator

USA

LEO LIU, MD, DTMH (LXL)

Associate Editor for ProMED Global & Infectious Diseases and Global Health Consultant

USA

LARRY MADOFF, MD (LM)

Editor, ProMED

USA

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SALMAN MUHAMMAD, MBBS, FCPS (SM)

ProMED-SoAS Moderator

PAKISTAN

ESKILD PETERSEN (EP)

Parasitic Diseases Moderator

DENMARK

MARJORIE P. POLLACK, MD (MPP)

Associate Editor for ProMED Global & Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Viral Diseases Moderator

USA

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ANNA ORSOLA (AO)

Copy Editor

USA

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ARNON SHIMSHONY, DVM (AS, ARN)

Animal Disease and Zoonoses Moderator

ISRAEL