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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

Board of Directors

Wuleta Lemma

Lecturer, Universidade Lusofona

Tine Rikke Jørgensen

Former WHO, Leopharma & ICARS

Maureen Awuor

R&D Expert of Amref Health Africa

Pedro Coscarelli

Public health professor at UERJ, Brazil

Melanie Maia

WHO CC on Healthcare Workforce

Salim Abdool Karim

CAPRISA Professor and Director

Simone Mancini

Partnerships Lead, Global Sepsis Alliance

Management

Management

Rodrigo Scotini

Executive Director

Sylwia Tenczar

Executive Assistant

Maria Mareckova

Ambassador for Asia

Vedikka Kalati

Executive Assistant

Telsia Panneer Selvam

Accountant

Emelie Andersson

Senior Executive Assistant

Luis Filipe Loureiro

Partnership Director

Committees

Committees

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Katharina Stegelmann

Committees Director

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Emad Zahran

Committee Manager

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Emily Smith

OH, PPR, DH

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Subham Ghosh

PPR

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Olufunbi Olaoye

Committee Manager

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Rana Alghafari

Committee Manager

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Harleen Dhami

Committee Manager

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Billy Kipkirui

Committee Manager

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Hyun ji Kim

Committee Manager

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Emily Gellert

VPD & AIR

Advisors Partnerships

IDA Advisors

Kåre Mølbak

Former Chief Danish Epidemiologist

Milka Sokolovic

CEO European Public Health Alliance

Claus Haugaard Sorensen

EU & WHO Senior Policy Advisor

Erta Kalanxhi

Director of Partnerships, One Health Trust

Yuliia Kalancha

Executive Director TB Europe Coalition

Norman Begg

Former WHO and Chief Medical Officer

Danjuma Adda

Former President, The World Hepatitis Alliance

GHFC

GHFC

Ana Paula Etges

GHFC Director

Michaela Jefferson

GHFC Associate

Maria Florencia Pavan

GHFC Associate

Isaac Amoah

GHFC Associate

HealthFund Hub

HealthFund Hub

Rafal Kochan

Project Lead

Mouadh benbahi

Web Developer Coordinator

Yacine Kermame

Web Developer

PHCC

PHCC

Anca Toma

PHCC Director

Kaitlyn Yang

PHCC Associate

Bria Luis

PHCC Lead

Man Hei (Katie) Chong

PHCC Associate

Communication

Communication

Henrique de Freitas

Comms Advisor

Laura Wu

Comms Associate

Alberto Cassia

Comms Associate

Dejourne Fisher

Comms Associate

Abigail Perry

Comms Associate

Athira Anand

Comms Associate

Journal

Journal

Otavio Cintra

Editor-in-Chief

Anna Bien

Communications Lead

Carl Aryan

Publishing Manager

Birgitte Fischer-Bonde

Associate Editor

Webdesign

Webdesign

Faruq Olawale Sosanya

Web Developer

Aarón Hernández

Web Developer Lead

Shivani Kapila

Web Developer

Gaspare Tocci

Web Developer

Grace Zhang

Web Developer

Fundraising & Grants

Fundraising & Grants

Paulos Loureiro

Fundraising Coordinator

Cristina Lu

Fundraising Associate

Ziyu Liu

Fundraising Associate

Stephen Tanui

Fundraising Associate

Maggie Kung

Fundraising Associate

Mariann Zaruma Ortega

Fundraising Associate

Lucy Odidika

Fundraising Associate

HR

HR

Manuela Morelli

HR Director

Munisa Quvatova

HR Project Manager

Eniade Oriade

HR Associate

Smita Singh

Talent Manager

Yasmim Ferreira

HR Associate Intern

Marianna Iovino

Talent Management Lead

Kananelo Nkune

HR Associate Intern

Policy

Policy

Jeffrey Mecaskey

Policy Director

Iris Klaase

Policy Associate

Raghuvandhanan K S

Policy Associate

Taylor Braunstein

Policy Associate

Jelena Duza

Associate Policy Director

Lisa Hefele

Policy Associate

Claudia Serrano

Policy Associate

Shreya Kashyap

Policy Associate

Brittany Dooley

Policy Associate

Faith Atieno

Policy Associate

IDA Advisors

IDA Advisors

Kåre Mølbak

Former Chief Danish Epidemiologist

Milka Sokolovic

CEO European Public Health Alliance

Claus Haugaard Sorensen

EU & WHO Senior Policy Advisor

Erta Kalanxhi

Director of Partnerships, One Health Trust

Yuliia Kalancha

Executive Director TB Europe Coalition

Norman Begg

Former WHO and Chief Medical Officer

Danjuma Adda

Former President, The World Hepatitis Alliance

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