Congress Chairperson

Wondwossen Gebreyes
Director of Global Health Programs
The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

International Organizing Committee

• Craig Altier, [Co-Chair], Cornell University, USA
• Appolinaire Djikeng, [Co-Chair], Technology Manager, Biosciences east and central Africa (BecA), Kenya
• Samuel Kariuki, [Co- Program Director, NIH Fogarty GID], Kenyan Medical Research Institute, Kenya
• Armando Hoet, Director, Veterinary Public Health, The Ohio State University, U.S.A.
• Purvi Mehta, Manager, Capacity Strengthening Unit [CaSt] at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya
• Bayleyegn Molla, Clinical Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, U.S.A.
• Celso Oliveira, Head of Center for Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor, Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil
• Prapas Patchanee, Director, Veterinary Public Health Asia-Pacific Centre (VPH-CAP), Thailand
• Rembert Pieper, Associate Professor, Proteomics, J. Craig Venter Institute, U.S.A.
• Fernando Silveira, Food Animal Health Services, The Ohio State university, U.S.A.

Local Organizing Committee

• Abebaw Zerihun, Director, OSU Liaison Office in Eastern Africa
• Asfaw Alemayehu, Manager, American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Ethiopia
• Tadele Dessie, International Livestock Research Institute
• Richard Luce, Resident Advisor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP) of Ethiopia
• Zebider Yitayew, Executive Director, Mary Joy Aid Through Development

International Scientific Program Committee

• Rudovick Kazwala, [Co-Chair], Professor, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
• Melanie Newport, [Co-Chair], Professor, Brighton Sussex Medical School, United Kingdom
• Sumalee Boonmar, International Emerging Infections Program, Thailand-MOPH-US-CDC Collaboration, Thailand
• Prosper Boyaka, Professor, The Ohio State University, USA
• Marisa Cardoso, Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Appolinaire Djikeng, [Co-Chair] Technology Manager, Biosciences east and central Africa (BecA), Kenya
• Wondwossen Gebreyes, Associate Professor, Molecular Epidemiology, The Ohio State University, USA
• Abhay Satoskar, Professor, Molecular Parasitology, The Ohio State University, USA
• Joanne Turner,Associate Professor, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and Division of Infectious Diseases, USA
• Jan Vinje, Director of National Caliciviruses Laboratory, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA
• Gireesh Rajashekara, Assistant Professor, Ohio Agricultural Research Development Center (OARDC), U.S.A.