Professor of Vaccinology; University of the Witwatersrand.
Chair: Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Co-Director: Medical Research Council (South Africa): Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit
Representative of African PIDS (Southern African Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases)
Main interests: Clinical vaccinology. Respiratory pathogens. Pneumonia
e-mail: madhis@hivsa.com
Jim Buttery, Australia, vice-president
Infectious diseases physician, Royal Children's and Monash Children's Hospitals, Monash University, Melbourne; Director, SAEFVIC, Victoria; Member, Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee & National Medicines Policy Committee, Australia.
Representative of Australasian PIDS
Main interests: Immunisation Safety & Clinical Vaccinology
Enteric viruses
e-mail: Jim.buttery@rch.org.au
Mieke Hoogkamp-Korstanje, The Netherlands, secretary
Emeritus Professor in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, member of the National Dutch Health Council, The Netherlands
Past-president of ESPID
Representative of ESPID
Main interests: antimicrobial resistance and policy, neonatal infections, infections in immunocompromised patients
e-mail: m.hoogkamp@xs4all.nl
Sri Reziki Hadinegoro, Indonesia, treasurer
Professor in pediatrics, lecturer in Division of Infection and
Tropical Diseases, Department of Child Health, Faculty of
Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Representative of ASPID
Main interests: Vaccine, immunization, tropical diseases, Dengue
e-mail: srh3546@centrin.net.id
David Burgner, Australia, member
Lead Clinician in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Paediatric Refugee Health
Associate Professor of Paediatrics, University of Western Australia
Representative of Australasian PIDS
Main interests: Epidemiology and genomics of infectious disease susceptibility,
Kawasaki disease, neonatal immune responses and infection, refugee health
e-mail: dburgner@meddent.uwa.edu.au
Ron Dagan, Israel, member
Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Soroka University Medical Center, Director of the PID Unit
Past president of WSPID and ESPID
Representative of ESPID
Main interests: vaccines, respiratory infections, pneumococcus, antibiotic resistance, acute otitis media and hepatitis A
e-mail: rdagan@bgu.ac.il
Janet Englund, USA, member
Professor of Pediatrics, Univ. Washington, Seattle, WA USA
Clinical Associate, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, CDC
Representative of PIDS
Main interests: Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of viral respiratory diseases in healthy and immunocompromised hosts
e-mail: janet.englund@seattlechildrens.org
Carla M. Odio, Costa Rica, member
Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Medical Sciences and School of Medicine, University of Costa Rica
Representative of ASPID
Main interests: bacterial meningitis, neonatal infections, immunization of the premature infant, and rational use of antibiotics
e-mail: carmaod@yahoo.com
Kikelomo Osinusi, Nigeria, member
Professor of Paediatrics, Chair Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan/University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Representative of African PIDS
Past president of Paediatric Association of Nigeria
Main interests: Respiratology/Paediatric Infectious diseases
e-mail: osinusik@yahoo.com
David Prado, Guatemala, member
Professor of Microbiology, “Universidad Francisco Marroquín”, Guatemala
Representative of ASPID
Interests: Vaccines, gastrointestinal infections, upper respiratory tract infections
e-mail: drdavidprado@gmail.com
Stan Shulman, USA, member
Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Virginia
Representative of PIDS
Main interests: Streptococcal infections and their complications, Kawasaki disease, endocarditis.
e-mail: sshulman@northwestern
Usa Thisyakorn, Thailand, member
Professor of Pediatrics, Chulalongkorn Hospital, Bangkok
Representative of ASPID
Main interests: vaccines, dengue, HIV
e-mail: fmeduty@md.chula.ac.th
