Committees

Committees

ISPPD-12 Co-Chairs

Upton Allen, Canada
ISPPD-12 Co-chair

The Hospital for Sick Children,
University of Toronto,
Canada

Upton Allen, Canada
ISPPD-12 Co-chair
Cynthia Whitney, USA
ISPPD-12 Co-chair

Emory University,
Rollins School of Public Health,
USA

Cynthia Whitney, USA
ISPPD-12 Co-chair
Philippe de Wals, Canada
ISPPD-12 Co-chair

Department of Social and Preventive Medicine,
Laval University,
Quebec City (QC), Canada

Philippe de Wals, Canada
ISPPD-12 Co-chair

Local Organising Committee

Natasha Crowcroft, Canada
LOC Member

University of Toronto,
Canada

Natasha Crowcroft, Canada
LOC Member
Allison McGeer, Canada
LOC Member

Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
Canada

Allison McGeer, Canada
LOC Member
James D. Kellner, Canada
LOC Member

Alberta Children’s Hospital,
University of Calgary,
Canada

James D. Kellner, Canada
LOC Member
Shaun Morris, Canada
LOC Member

The Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto
Canada

Shaun Morris, Canada
LOC Member
Zulfiqar Bhutta, Canada
LOC Member

The Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto & Aga Khan University

Zulfiqar Bhutta, Canada
LOC Member
Shelly McNeil, Canada
LOC Member

Canadian Center for Vaccinology,
IWK Health Centre;

Nova Scotia Health
Dalhousie University
Canada

Shelly McNeil, Canada
LOC Member
Dawn Bowdish, Canada
LOC Member

McMaster University
Canada

Dawn Bowdish, Canada
LOC Member

Scientific Programme Committee

Jeffrey Weiser, USA
Scientific Programme Committee

Department of Microbiology
NYU Langone Health

Jeffrey Weiser, USA
Scientific Programme Committee
Luisa Hiller, USA
Scientific Programme Committee

Department of Biological Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University

Luisa Hiller, USA
Scientific Programme Committee
Lesley McGee, USA
Scientific Programme Committee

Streptococcus Laboratory
Respiratory Diseases Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Lesley McGee, USA
Scientific Programme Committee
Carlos Orihuela, USA
Scientific Programme Committee

Department of Microbiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Carlos Orihuela, USA
Scientific Programme Committee
Rick Malley, USA
Scientific Programme Committee

Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Rick Malley, USA
Scientific Programme Committee
Tamara Pilishvili, USA
Scientific Programme Committee

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tamara Pilishvili, USA
Scientific Programme Committee
Laura Hammitt, USA
Scientific Programme Committee

Infectious Disease Prevention Program,
Center for American Indian Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Laura Hammitt, USA
Scientific Programme Committee
Bill Hanage, USA
Scientific Programme Committee

Department of Epidemiology,
Harvard School of Public Health

Bill Hanage, USA
Scientific Programme Committee
Marc Lipsitch, USA
Scientific Programme Committee

Department of Epidemiology,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Marc Lipsitch, USA
Scientific Programme Committee
Luciana Leite, Brasil
Scientific Programme Committee

Laboratório de Desenvolvimento de Vacinas
Instituto Butantan, Brasil

Luciana Leite, Brasil
Scientific Programme Committee
Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Sweden
Scientific Programme Committee

Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC),
Karolinska Institute,
Stockholm, Sweden

Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Sweden
Scientific Programme Committee
Martin Antonio, Republic of The Gambia & United Kingdom
Scientific Programme Committee

Medical Research Council Unit,
The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Martin Antonio, Republic of The Gambia & United Kingdom
Scientific Programme Committee
Lay Myint Yoshida, Japan
Scientific Programme Committee

Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases,
Institute of Tropical Medicine,
Nagasaki University,
Japan

Lay Myint Yoshida, Japan
Scientific Programme Committee
Brenda Kwambana-Adams , United Kingdom
Scientific Programme Committee

Research Associate in Bacterial Pathogenesis and Genomics at the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Mucosal Pathogens,
Division of Infection and Immunity,
University College London

Brenda Kwambana-Adams , United Kingdom
Scientific Programme Committee