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Dennis Carroll serves as the Chair of the Global Virome Project Leadership Board. Dennis previously served as the Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development's USAID Pandemic Influenza and other Emerging Threats Unit. In this position, he led USAID's Emerging Pandemic Threats program, a global effort to combat new disease threats before they can become significant threats to human health.

Dennis was responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership for the agency's programs addressing new and emerging disease threats, which has included leading the agency's response to the H5N1 avian influenza and H1N1 pandemic viral threats. Dennis has received awards from both the US CDC and USAID, including the 2006 USAID Science and Technology Award for his work on malaria and avian influenza, and the 2008 Administrator's Management Innovation Award for his management of the Agency's Avian and Pandemic Influenza program.

Secretary & Treasurer

Dr. Peter Daszak is President of EcoHealth Alliance, a US-based organization that conducts research and outreach programs on global health, conservation and international development. Authoring over 300 scientific papers, Peter’s research has been instrumental in identifying and predicting the origins and impact of emerging diseases across the globe. He is a member of the US National Academy of Medicine and serves on several advisory committees, including the World Health Organization. Peter is the EHA institutional lead for the USAID PREDICT Project, and is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ecohealth. Learn more…

Board Member

Dr. Jonna Mazet is a Professor of Epidemiology and Disease Ecology and Executive Director at the University of California Davis One Health Institute. Her work focuses on global health problem solving for emerging infectious diseases and conservation challenges. Jonna is the Co-Director of the US Agency for International Development’s One Health Workforce – Next Generation, and the Principal Investigator/Global Director of the USAID PREDICT Project. She is a member of the US National Academy of Medicine and was appointed to the National Academies Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats, assisting the US federal government with science and policy issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging health threats. Learn more… TOMORI%2BCLEAN%2BFOTO%2B.jpg OYeWALE Tomori

Board Member

Dr. Oyewale Tomori is the immediate past President of the Nigerian Academy of Science with experience in virology, disease prevention and control. Oyewale is an international member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and Board Chair Biovaccines Nigeria Ltd. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Institute, Texas A&M University. Oyewale has served or continues to serve on numerous national and international advisory committees and has authored over 150 scientific publications. Learn more…

Board Member

Dr. Edward “Eddy” Rubin is a physician, geneticist and information scientist who has participated in large multinational scientific projects throughout his career in academics and private industry. Eddy is the Chief Scientific Officer at Metabiota, a company that works on epidemic risk and infectious diseases. He is also the Director of Science Corps, a non-profit organization focused on building science capacity worldwide by placing young PhD scientists in underserved regions. Eddy has received numerous awards for his work and was the Director of a team at U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute that sequenced 13% of the human genome as part of the International Human Genome Project. Learn more… 

Board Member

Dr. Jennifer Gardy is the Deputy Director, Surveillance, Data, and Epidemiology within the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Malaria team. Previously, she spent ten years at the BC Centre for Disease Control and the University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health, where she held the Canada Research Chair in Public Health Genomics.

Her research focused on the use of genomics as a tool to understand pathogen transmission,bioinformatics, modeling, information visualization, and the social sciences. Jennifer is also an award-winning science communicator, hosting science documentary television series, as well as authoring science books for children. Learn more…