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Working Group

Training and Workforce Development​

There are several training activities required to upskill a workforce involved in pathogen surveillance and epidemiology.

Manage Training Content

Training Resource Development

Collate existing Opportunities and Materials

Pathogen Training Standards Development

Support other PHA4GE Working Groups

Overview

Inception: April 2020

# of Members: 40+

Chair: Duncan MacCannell
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US

Vice-Chair: Nicola Mulder
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Contact:
[email protected]

Working Group Description

We need to design both general and more domain specific training on specific topic areas eg. bacterial, fungal, viral pathogens, vectors etc., and identify/tailor courses for different stakeholders. We also need to train external stakeholders on the standards and outputs of the PHA4GE consortium. Many pathogen training courses and programs exist which we can draw from in terms of materials and providing access. The Working Group will assess the current status of pathogen training as well as the training needs of different stakeholders. We will collate information and materials and develop recommendations on training for different audiences. To ultimately develop training standards and resources that will help to create a workforce able to effectively implement pathogen surveillance and epidemiology.

Projects

The Working Group and H3ABioNet are undertaking a landscaping exercise to identify existing training courses and materials relevant to Pathogen Genomics and Epidemiology. We aim to collate information on courses and training materials into a central resource that can potentially be used by those who need to organize training for the various role players in this area, most notably in the public health sector.

You are invited to complete a survey regarding training courses and programs you are involved in that are relevant to the topic area, including all aspects of pathogen genomics, NGS and epidemiology.

The survey can be completed multiple times if you are involved in more than one relevant course or program.

Members

Abate Waldetensai

Ethiopian Public Health Institute

Abel Anzaku

Institute of Human Virology

Abel Abera Negash

Armauer Hansen Research Institute

Abhinav Sharma

Stellenbosch University

Alice Matimba

Wellcome Connecting Science

Allison Black

Fred Hutch

Andres Aranda-Diaz

University of California

Angela Poates

Association of Public Health Laboratories

Annelies Van Rie

University of Antwerp

Anzaan Dippenaar

University of Antwerp

Aquillah Kanzi

African Society for Laboratory Medicine

Asif Khan

Perdana University School of Data Sciences

Bright Owusu Appiah

University of Pretoria

Camille Moreno-Gorrin

State of Delaware

Carla Garcia Fernandez

ISGlobal

Carolina Matos

Robert Koch Institute

Charity Wiafe Akenten

Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine

Christian Happi

Redeemer's University

Cornelius Chigali

Kabwe Central Hospital

Cristian Ovadiuc

University of Washington

Cristina Tato

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

Dan Evans

State Health Department

David Spiro

Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health

Deepak Jain

National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark

Diana Gladys Kolieghu Tcheumeni

University of Buea

Dramane Diallo

University Clinical Research Center (UCRC)

Duncan MacCannell

US CDC

Ege Dedeoglu

WHO Turkiye Country Office

Emma Doughty

Theiagen Genomics

Emmanuel Oluwatobi

Helix Biogen Institute

Evelyn Madoroba

University of Zululand

Garba Gidandawa Jibo

Universiti Putra Malaysia

Genay Pilarowski

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

Godwin Essiaw-Quayson

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)

Gowtham Thakku

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub​

Hasini Walpola

Centre for Pathogen Genomics, The Doherty Institute

Heather Blankenship

Public Health Laboratory-Michigan State University

Idowu Olawoye

African Centre for Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), Redeemer's University

Ivy Mutai

Institute of Primate Research

James Otieno

Theiagen Genomics

Jared Simpson

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

Joel Sevinsky

Theiagen Genomics

Jolynne Mokaya

Sanger

Jorge Batista da Rocha

Wellcome Connecting Science

Karin Lagesen

Norwegian Veterinary Institute

Kevin Libuit

Theiagen Genomics

Kirsty Lee Garson

University of Cape Town

Kok Keng Tee

University of Malaya

Lindsay Morton

George Washington University

Mark Tefero Kivumbi

Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

Mary Jewell

Utah Department of Health and Human Services

Mellisa Roskosky

US CDC

Michelle Bishop

Wellcome Connecting Science

Monica Abrudan

Wellcome Sanger Institute

Nancy Chow

US CDC

Narender Kumar

Wellcome Sanger Institute

Nicky Mulder

University of Cape Town

Nidia Trovao

Fogarty International Center

Noah Hull

Association of Public Health Laboratories

Odion Ikhimiukor

Helix Biogen Institute

Olga Francino

Nano1Health - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Olufemi Samuel Amoo

Nigerian Institute of Medical Research

Oluwaseun Amoo

ACEGID, Redeemers University

Oluwaseyi Ajamu

Plateau State Human Virology Research Centre

Oren Tzfadia

Institute for Tropical Medicine

Osasona Oluwadamilola

ACEGID, Redeemers University

Patrick Ayscue

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub​

Paul Oluniyi

ACEGID, Redeemers University

Raymond Mudzana

University of Zimbabwe

Rejoice Abimiku

Plateau State Human Virology Research Centre (PLASVIREC)

Rene Hendriksen

Technical University of Denmark, National Food Institute

Rosaline Macharia

University of Nairobi

Sagun Paudel

Tribhuvan University

Samuel Egieyeh

University of the Western Cape

Shruti Subramaniam

US CDC

Siddiqah George

University of Cape Town

Siti Aishah Rashid

Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Health (NIH) Malaysia

Soe Yu Naing

Parami University

Sonal Shewaramani

Public Health Agency of Canada

Stanley Eneh

Nigerian Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)

Sunando Roy

University College of London

Syahidiah Syed Abu Thahir

Institute for Medical Research Malaysia

Tulio de Oliviera

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Victor Mabasa

Wastewater Genomics Syndicate, National Institute For Communicable Diseases

Wendy Lizarraga

National Institute of Health - Peru

Will Hsiao

BCCDC

Yahya ali Ismael

National Public Health Institute

Yuqin Tony Li

University of Cape Town

Zororai Chiwodza

University of Zimbabwe

Batsirai Mabvakure

Georgetown University

Tsholofelo Raphala Raphala

Clinic

Koffi Anderson Hongo

Université Nangui Abrogoua

Guylain Kabengele

National Institute Biomedical Research

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