Our Team
Meet the people driving IDA’s work and strengthening our global community.
The IDA team
Discover the people working across IDA’s departments, programmes and initiatives, bringing together expertise from across our global community.
Board of Directors
Rodrigo Scotini
Executive Board Chair
Salim Abdool Karim
CAPRISA Professor and Director
Simone Mancini
Partnerships Lead
Wuleta Lemma
Lecturer
Tine Rikke Jørgensen
One Health Specialist
Maureen Awuor
R&D Expert
Pedro G. Coscarelli
Public Health Professor
Melanie Maia
Senior Researcher
Management
Rodrigo Scotini
Executive Director
Shraddha Gawde
Executive Assistant
Komal Gogne
Accountant
Vedikka Kalati
Executive Assistant
Sylwia Tenczar
Executive Assistant
Emelie Andersson
Executive Assistant
Telsia Panneer Selvam
Accountant
Committees
Drashti Patel
Committee Manager
Hamza Sebbane
Outreach & Engagement
Emad Zahran
Committee Manager
Emily Smith
Committee Manager
Subham Ghosh
Committee Manager
Ljupka Pavlova
Committee Manager
Olufunbi Olaoye
Committee Manager
Rana Alghafari
Committee Manager
Harleen Dhami
Committee Manager
Katharina Stegelmann
Global Health Committee Management Lead
Billy Kipkirui
Committee Manager
Hyun ji Kim
Committee Manager
Emily Gellert
Committee Manager
Advisors
Luis Filipe Loureiro
Zoonotic Diseases Advisor
Norman Begg
Former GSK CMO
Danjuma Adda
CFID Executive Director
Maria Mareckova
Ambassador for Asia
Milka Sokolovic
EPHA Executive Director
Claus Haugaard Sorensen
Humanitarian Policy Advisor
Kåre Mølbak
Former Danish Epidemiologist
Yuliia Kalancha
TB Europe Director
GHFC
Gbolahan Sanusi
GHFC Associate
Isaac Amoah
GHFC Associate
Ana Paula Etges
GHFC Director
Michaela Jefferson
GHFC Associate
Maria Florencia Pavan
GHFC Associate
HealthFund Hub
Rafal Kochan
Healthfund Hub Partner
Mouadh benbahi
Web Developer Coordinator
PHCC
Bria Luis
PHCC Lead
Kaitlyn Yang
PHCC Associate
Hasnain Ali
PHCC Associate
Man Hei (Katie) Chong
PHCC Associate
Communication
Erik Frølund
Communication Director
Henrique de Freitas
Comms & Video Advisor
Dejourne Fisher
Graphic Designer
Maria Florencia Pavan
Editor Associate
Abigail Perry
Comms Officer (Operational)
Emad Zahran
Comms Associate
Laura Wu
Graphic Designer
Journal
Otavio Cintra
Editor-in-Chief
Anna Bien
Comms Officer
Carl Aryan
Publishing Manager
Birgitte Fischer-Bonde
Associate Editor
Webdesign
Faruq Olawale Sosanya
Web Developer
Aarón Hernández
Web Developer Lead
Shivani Kapila
Web Developer
Gaspare Tocci
Web/Graphics Developer
Grace Zhang
Web Developer
Fundraising & Grants
Soaad Taher
Fundraising Associate
Manyaki Yamba
Fundraising Lead
Umar Alvi
Fundraising Associate
Ziyu Liu
Fundraising Associate
Anna Derylo
Fundraising Associate
Stephen Tanui
Fundraising Associate
Maggie Kung
Fundraising Associate
Annan Toyin
Fundraising Associate
Paulos De Jesus Loureiro
Fundraising Coordinator
Cristina Lu
Fundraising Associate
Lucy Odidika
Fundraising Associate
HR
Chiara Capobianco
HR Associate
Marianna Iovino
Talent Management Lead
Kananelo Nkune
HR Associate Intern
Manuela Morelli
HR Director
Munisa Quvatova
HR Project Manager
Eniade Oriade
HR Associate
Smita Singh
HR Manager
Yasmim Ferreira
HR Associate Intern
Policy
Jeffrey Mecaskey
Policy Director
Lisa Hefele
Policy Associate
Claudia Serrano
Policy Associate
Jelena Duza
Policy Director
Athira Anand
Policy Associate
Faith Atieno
Policy Associate
Iris Klaase
Policy Associate
Brittany Shapiro Dooley
Policy Associate
Taylor Braunstein
Policy Associate