I am a medical student in my fourth year at the University of Southampton. I completed a Master's in Medical Science last year, in which I carried out a research project about the health-related quality of life of children with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV). I have a strong desire to pursue research as a career when I complete medical school. I am excited to be presenting my work as an oral presentation at WSPID 2022.

Head Molecular Microbiology and Infection Laboratory, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

I have been working in Paediatrics & Neonatology since 2013. I graduated from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2009 with 2nd Class Honours. . I have successfully passed both MRCPCH (UK) and also MRCPI Paediatric.To date, I am have received up to date training in both clinical and academic aspects at senior registrar level. In addition to this, I am competent in various procedural skills expected at my level. I have fulfilled the opportunities to deliver oral presentations and poster presentations during local, regional, national and international conferences and meetings. I would like to be a part of a team to increase my knowledge and skills in order to be an excellent paediatrician. My interests are Paediatric Infectious disease and Immunology. I am a student of the Oxford University for Part-Time Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatric Infectious Disease and I plan to continue till MSc in the subject. At the end of the training, I would like to continue my career by pursuing Fellowship in Paediatric Infectious Disease.

I am a physician with a master's degree in Epidemiology in Public Health, with an emphasis on the epidemiology of infectious diseases. I am currently in the third year of the pediatrics residency program at Universidad de los Andes, in Bogotá, Colombia. I have a huge interest in pediatric infectious diseases and pediatric tropical medicine.

Gail Rodgers received her Doctorate in Medicine from Temple University School of Medicine. She did her pediatric residency and pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia where she served as attending physician and Associate Professor for nine years. In 2005 she moved to industry worked as Senior Director for Vaccines Scientific Affairs at Wyeth and Pfizer, where she led the strategy to incorporate pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in emerging markets. She led a multinational populationbased epidemiologic study to assess the burden of pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease in Latin America. Additionally, she evaluated the global epidemiology of S. aureus and C. difficile to anticipate global need and usage of potential vaccines for these diseases. Prior to joining BMGF, worked as an independent consultant working to promote vaccine usage in Latin America and Asia. Since joining the Pneumonia Team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in October 2014, she has led the Pneumococcus Initiative with a focus on development of a low cost pneumococcal vaccine, assessment of alternate dosing strategies of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), and assessment of impact of PCVs in GAVI Alliance countries. Gail also leads the Meningococcal Initiative that focuses on the development and use of meningococcal vaccines to decrease the burden of meningitis globally and especially in the African meningitis belt. Additionally, she lead the effort to understand the role of household air pollution (HAP) on pneumonia in children and interventions that can be done to decrease pneumonia due to HAP.

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Dr. Rodriguez-Morales is an expert in tropical and emerging diseases, particularly in zoonotic and vector-borne diseases (especially arboviral diseases). He is President of the Travel Medicine Committee of the Pan-American Infectious Diseases Association (API), as well as President of the Colombian Association of Infectious Diseases (ACIN). He is member of the Committee on Tropical Medicine, Zoonoses, and Travel Medicine of ACIN. He is Vicepresident of the Latin American Society for Travel Medicine (SLAMVI) and Member of the Council of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID). Since 2014, he has been recognized as Senior Researcher, Ministry of Science of Colombia. He is Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the Fundacion Universitaria Autonoma de las Americas, in Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. He is External Professor, Master in Research on Tropical Medicine and International Health, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. He is also Professor of the Master in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru. He has been awarded in 2021 with the “Raul Isturiz Award” Medal of the API. Also, in 2021, awarded with the “Jose Felix Patiño” Asclepius Staff Medal of the Colombian Medical College, due to his scientific contributions on COVID-19 during the pandemic. He is currently the Editor in Chief of the journal Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases. His Scopus H index is 47 (Google Scholar H index, 70).