Selection Committee

The Selection Committee is comprised of international experts with extensive knowledge and experience in research and development of vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and digital health. The Selection Committee is the key decision-making body in reviewing applications and selecting awards. The Committee evaluates award proposals and reports from applicants, and recommends research projects for awards to the Board of Directors.

Chairperson

Ann Mills-Duggan

Director
AMD Biomedical
Former Head of Translation at Wellcome Trust

Member

Christian Lienhardt

Research Director
French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)

Member

Gerald Voss

Executive Director
SciPeo Sprl, Science and People

Member

Joon Sup Yeom

Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Internal Medicine
Yonsei University College of Medicine /
Severance Hospital

Member

Karen Heichman

Deputy Director, Diagnostics
Global Health Division
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Member

Melissa Malhame

Principal
MM Global Health Consulting LLC

Member

Michael Hawkes

Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry School of Public Health, University of Alberta

Member

Shabir A. Madhi

Professor
Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Member of the National Advisory Group on Immunization in South Africa,
Member of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE)

Member

Thomas J. White

Core member
Scientific Advisory Commitee, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics(FIND)

Member

Valerie Nkamgang Bemo

Deputy Director
Emergency Response, Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation