Speakers
CEO, OpenBiome
Julie Barrett O’Brien is the Chief Executive Officer of OpenBiome. She is a global health leader who has guided organizations through transformative change. She was one of the earliest advocates for investing in strengthening health systems, and she played a vital role in bringing...
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Washington University in St. Louis
Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon is Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology at Washington University in St. LouisJeffrey I. Gordon received his BA from Oberlin College and his MD from the University of Chicago...
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icddr,b
Tahmeed Ahmed is the Executive Director of icddr,b, based in Bangladesh. He conducts community-based and clinical research to improve health outcomes for women and children, focusing on diarrheal diseases and associated conditions. One of his areas of focus is upstream research using...
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Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal
Billo Tall is a Senegalese physician and researcher who has significantly contributed to maternal and newborn health in West Africa. Her work has been recognized nationally and internationally, and she continues to be a leading advocate for maternal and newborn health in Senegal and...
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World Health Organisation
Nigel Rollins trained as a pediatrician at Queen’s University, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He completed his doctoral research in Tanzania before moving to South Africa to work as Professor and Head of the Center for Maternal and Child Health at the University of KwaZulu-Natal...
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Vanessa Ridaura is Senior Program Officer, Microbiome Products, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She received her PhD in Molecular Genetics and Genomics at Washington University in the Laboratory of Jeffrey I Gordon, pursued her post-doctoral training at NIAID under the mentorship...
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Hilina Enriched Foods, Ethiopia
Hilina Belete is the General Manager of Hilina Enriched Foods, based in Ethiopia. Established in 1998, Hilina Enriched Foods manufactures food products specifically designed to combat various forms of malnutrition and other micronutrient deficiencies affecting children and other vulnerable...
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OpenBiome
Dr. Majdi Osman is Chief Medical Officer at OpenBiome. He is an internationally recognized physician-scientist who leads OpenBiome’s translational medicine program. He is also the co-founder of YBank, a non-profit dedicated to adolescent health; a visiting assistant professor at...
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