Adilia Warris, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor paediatric infectious diseases specialist with a specific interest in medical mycology. She is co-director of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Exeter, UK. She holds an honorary position in paediatric infectious diseases at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, UK. Prof Warris’ research profile has a strong translational focus and specific areas of interest include host-fungus interactions in specific patient populations, antifungal resistance and antifungal stewardship, epidemiology and management of fungal diseases in paediatric patient populations, in particularly those with primary immunodeficiency and cystic fibrosis.

After undertaking his medical degree at University of California, San Diego, USA, Professor Weber completed a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard University. He completed his medicine residency and fellowship in infectious disease at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Weber is Board certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Critical Care Medicine, and Preventive Medicine. Dr. Weber has been on the faculty of the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill since 1985, where he is currently the Sanders Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, and Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health. Professor Weber plays an active role in working to prevent hospital-associated infections in patients and staff, and currently serves as Medical Director at UNC Hospitals’ departments of hospital epidemiology (infection prevention) and Medical Director of the North Carolina Statewide Infection Control Program (SPICE). Dr. Weber serves as Associate Chief Medical Officer for the UNC Medical Center. Professor Weber’s research interests include nosocomial infections; vaccines, especially for healthcare personnel; new and emerging infectious diseases; infections in childcare centers; and tuberculosis.

Dr Catherine Weil-Olivier is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Paris VII University, France. She has previously worked as head of the Department of General Pediatrics at Louis-Mourier Hospital Paris and as an expert working with the French Drug Agency, supporting the technical group with the development and approval of vaccines, antibiotics and antivirals. Dr Weil-Olivier is a member of the National Committee against influenza and is involved in several working groups on vaccination for vaccine-preventable diseases at the Directorate-General of the French Ministry of Health. She is also a member of several French pediatric groups working in vaccinology and influenza. Dr Weil-Olivier was a member of the French Technical Committee on Vaccination for several years and was previously involved in the coordination of a vaccinology state-of-the-art project with Alcimed and the French Senate. At the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Dr Weil-Olivier has participated as an expert in working groups for influenza immunization, facilitated harmonization of vaccine schedules and has been an expert for the European Vaccination Advisory Group. Dr Weil-Olivier has contributed to over 200 international publications in the pediatric infectious diseases field.

Dan Weinberger is an Associate Professor in Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale School of Public Health. His research uses a combination of quantitative analysis, laboratory experiments, and field work to understand the epidemiology and biology of respiratory infections, including pneumococcus and RSV. Recent work has focused on developing novel analytical methods for the evaluation of vaccines using time series and spatial data. He collaborates widely with public health agencies and academic organizations around the world on these issues. He earned his PhD in biological sciences from Harvard School of Public Health, with a focus on Infectious Disease Epidemiology, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the NIH.

Dr Sophie Wen is a Paediatric Infection specialist based at Queensland Children's Hospital, in Brisbane, Australia. She is currently undertaking a PhD with the University of Queensland. Dr Wen's research interests include invasive infections in children and optimising paediatric clinical trials.