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
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
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
SIDI COULIBALY, MD, MPH (SC)
Top Moderator for ProMED-FRA
Medical Doctor, Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso
BURKINA FASO
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
Associate Editor for ProMED Global
Infectious Diseases and Global Health Consultant
Boston, Massachusetts, 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
MARJORIE P. POLLACK, MD (MPP)
Associate Editor for ProMED Global & Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Viral Diseases Moderator
New York, USA
@modmpp
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
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, 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
BATYRBEK ASLANOV, MD, PhD, DrMedSci (BA)
ProMED-RUS Moderator
Professor, North-Western State Mechnikov
Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
RUSSIA
PABLO BELDOMENICO, DVM, MPVM, PhD (PMB)
Wildlife Moderator
ARGENTINA
TAM GARLAND, DVM, PhD, DABVT (TG)
Animal Disease and Zoonoses Moderator
Veterinary Toxicologist and Consultant, Veterinarian
USA
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
DAGMAR HANOLD, PhD, Dipl.Biol (DHA)
Plant Diseases Moderator
Plant Virologist University of Adelaide, Editor-in-Chief Australasian Plant Disease Notes
AUSTRALIA
MARTIN HUGH-JONES, MA, VetMB, MPH, PhD, FACE, Hon FRCVS (MHJ)
Animal Diseases Assistant Moderator
Professor Emeritus, Dept Environmental Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment and Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, LSU
USA
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
LAURA KRAMER, PhD, FASTMH (LK)
Viral Diseases Moderator
Director of the Arbovirus Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health/Professor of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, New York
USA
LARRY LUTWICK, MD (LL)
Bacterial Diseases Moderator
Retired Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Science
USA
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
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
ARNON SHIMSHONY, DVM (AS, ARN)
Animal Disease and Zoonoses Moderator
Associate Professor, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University
ISRAEL
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
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
RACHEL DELP (RD)
Copy Editor
Landis Store, Pennsylvania, USA
MARIA JACOBS, MD (MJ)
Senior Technical Editor
Zurich, SWITZERLAND
LAURENCE MIALOT (LM)
Copy Editor
Senior Manager of Governance and Administration, ISID
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
ANNA ORSOLA (AO)
Copy Editor
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
TONI WEEKS (TW)
Copy Editor
Pismo Beach, California, USA
MOHD ASRI YUSOF (MAY)
Copy Editor
Besut, MALAYSIA
Correspondents
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
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
JOSEPH DUDLEY, MSc, PhD (JD)
Rapporteur
Research Scientist
USA
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
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
SOPHIE BOWMAN-DERRICK, BVSc, MVS, MAE (SBD)
ProMED-AMR Moderator
AUSTRALIA
BENSON ESTAMBLE, MD, PhD (BE)
ProMED-EAFR Moderator
KENYA
ABDESSALAM FIKRI, DVM (AF)
ProMED-FRA Moderator
MOROCCO
LARRY MADOFF, MD (LM)
Editor, ProMED
USA
SALMAN MUHAMMAD, MBBS, FCPS (SM)
ProMED-SoAS Moderator
PAKISTAN
ESKILD PETERSEN (EP)
Parasitic Diseases Moderator
DENMARK