Young ISSAD Committee

The ‘Young ISSAD’ Committee is an international group of students and early career researchers committed to disseminating Group B Strep research, information and events by creating a ‘Young ISSAD’ Community in between conferences.

The Young ISSAD Committee has also organized several seminars for World Meningitis Day 2023, Group B Strep Awareness Month, and more.

Young ISSAD Committee

  • Ana Caroline Nunes Botelho

    PhD Postdoctoral fellow
    Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

  • Laura Maria Andrade de Oliveira

    PhD Postdoctoral fellow
    Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

  • Natália Silva da Costa-Granato

    PhD Postdoctoral researcher
    Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

  • Carmen Li

    Associate
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Cayton Jisuvei Salano

    PhD student
    University of Nairobi, Kenya

  • Eleni Vergadi

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    University of Crete, Greece

  • Hannah Davies

    Clinical research fellow
    St George’s, University of London

  • Javairia Khalid

    Lecturer
    The Aga Khan University, Pakistan

  • Luria Leslie Fonou

    Head of Research
    Centre of Expertise and Biological Diagnostic of Cameroon

  • André Rio Tinto

    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro