EMARIS 2023 Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Dr David Wentworth
Chief of the Virology, Surveillance, and Diagnosis Branch (VSDB), US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Influenza Division
Speakers
Dr Abdinasir Abubakar
Acting WHO Representative, Lebanon Programme Area Manager, Infectious Hazard Prevention andPreparedness Unit, Department of Health Emergencies, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt
Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi
Ministry of Health and Human Services, Federal Government of Somalia
Dr Ahmed Mandil
Coordinator, Research & Innovation, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Cairo, Egypt
Mrs. Amjad Ghanem Zaed Mohamed, M.Sc.
Chief of the Reference Public Health Laboratories (PHLs) and the National Influenza Center, Public Health Directorate, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Bahrain
Dr. Aron J. Hall, DVM, MSPH, Dipl ACVPM
Deputy Director for Science of the Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division (CORVD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Dr. Awad Mataria
Universal Health Coverage/Health Systems, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Dr Belinda Herring
Technical Officer, Infectious Hazard Preparedness team, World Health Organization’s Emergency Preparedness and Response cluster, WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), Brazzaville, Congo
Dr. Christopher Chadwick
Technical Officer for Influenza Preparedness and Response, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner
Branch Chief (Acting) for the Global Influenza Branch of the Influenza Division, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Dr. Emma Gardner
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Dr. Ezzuddin Okmi
Head of the Communicable Respiratory Diseases Prevention and Control Directorate, Saudi Public Health Authority (PHA)
Dr. Farida Al Hosani
Executive Director for the Infectious Diseases Sector, Abu Dhabi Center of Public Health, UAE
Dr. Gina Samaan
Team Lead, PIP Framework Secretariat Unit Manager a.i., Global Preparedness Platforms, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Dr. Hanan Al Kindi
Director of the Central Public Health Laboratory and Director General of Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Oman
Heather Burke, MA, MPH
Regional Director, CDC Middle East/North Africa Regional Office, Muscat, Oman
Dr. Hicham Oumzil, PhD
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Hind Bouguerra
Medical Doctor, Assistant Professor in Epidemiology and Public Health, Tunisian Ministry of Health
Dr. Joseph Bresee
Director of the Respiratory Virus Prevention Branch, Task Force for Global Health
Dr. Joshua A. Mott
Senior Advisor on Influenza and Pandemic Preparedness, World Health Organization, Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness
Kinda Zureick
Public Health Advisor Influenza Division National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Dr. Krista Queen, Ph.D.
Director of Viral Genomics and Surveillance, LSU Health, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Dr. Magid Al Gunaid
Public Health Programs Director, Global Health Development | Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (GHD|EMPHNET)
Dr. Mohammad Nasr Dadras, GP, MD, MPH
Head of the Surveillance Department, Iranian Center for Communicable Diseases Control (CDC) and Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME), Iran
Dr. Mohammed Osama Mere
Life Course Immunization Lead and COVID-19 Vaccination Regional Coordinator, WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO)
Dr. Muhammed Badi Hassan, MBBS, MSc, MFPH
Head of Disease Surveillance and Response, Ministry of Health and Prevention, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Nada Ghosn
Head of the Epidemiological Surveillance Program (Esumoh), Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon
Dr. Nicola Lewis
Director, Worldwide Influenza Centre and WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Response, Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
Noore Alam
Technical Officer for influenza and other respiratory viruses of epidemic and pandemic potential, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Patrick Dawson
Team Lead for the Eastern Mediterranean and Africa Team, Global Influenza Branch of the Influenza Division, CDC
Dr. Rana Hajjeh
Director of Programme Management (DPM), WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO)
Dr. Salah Al Awaidy
Senior Consultant Epidemiologist and Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control Adviser, Ministry of Health, Oman
Dr. Seif Al-Abri Salem, MD, DTMH, MSc, FRCP, FFTM (RCPS Glasg), FISTM, FESCMID
Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Royal Hospital in Oman
Dr. Sinan Ghazi Mahdi
Manager of Schistosomiasis and Enteric Helminthiasis, CDC-Baghdad, Iraq
Dr. Sk Md Mamunur Rahman Malik, MSc,, MBA, MPH, PhD
Head of Mission and WHO Representative for Somalia
Dr. Stefano Tempia
Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses’ Data Management and Evidence, World Health Organization’s Global Influenza Programme in Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Supriya Bezbaruah
Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness, WHO Health Emergencies, WHO HQ
