Young ISSAD Team
Who we are
The Young ISSAD Team is a global initiative dedicated to connecting and supporting student and early-career researchers working on Group B Streptococcus (GBS) research. Our mission is to empower early career voices within the GBS community and expand our global GBS network.
If you wish to learn more about this initiative, please check out this news article.
Webinars
The Young ISSAD Team periodically holds webinars with experts on various topics related to GBS, sharing the latest achievements and current trends on GBS research within our community.
In 2023, the Young ISSAD Committee members organized a series of webinars with experts in GBS research and published blog posts to promote the ISSAD conference that happened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Young ISSAD Team membres
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Dr Natália Costa
Young ISSAD Chair
Associate Professor at Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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MSc André Rio Tinto
Young ISSAD Vice-Chair
PhD student at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Dr Laura Oliveira
Young ISSAD Past-Chair
Research Scientist at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Dr Luria Leslie Founou
Head of Research, Research Institute of the Centre of Expertise and Biological Diagnostic of Cameroon (CEDBCAM-RI), Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Dr Clayton Jisuvei Salano
Laboratory Quality Assurance Manager, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Programme, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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Carmen Li
Scientific Officer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Dr Ana Caroline Nunes Botelho
PhD Postdoctoral fellow, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Dr Eleni Vergadi
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
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Dr Hannah Davies
Clinical Research Fellow at City St George’s, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Dr Javairia Khalid
Lecturer, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan