Secretariat

Anne-Catherine Viso

Secretary General, IANPHI Secretariat hosted at Santé publique France
Director, Office of Scientific and International Affairs, Santé publique France

Dr. Anne-Catherine Viso has a PhD in Toxicology and a Master's degree in Technology and Innovation Management. Currently, she is the secretary general of IANPHI and the director of the Office of Scientific and International Affairs at Santé publique France, the French public health agency. Since October 2006, she has been in charge of European affairs. From August 2003 to 2006, Viso was responsible for European and international collaboration at the French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health Safety. Prior to that, from 1993-2003, she worked for a French private company in charge of European projects related to water quality.

Marie Le Roy

Program Manager, IANPHI Secretariat hosted at Santé publique France

Marie Le Roy has a Master's degree in Applied Foreign Languages, with a focus on International Cooperation and Multilingual Communication from Université Grenoble Alpes. After working in Bolivia for the defense of children's rights, she moved back to France and worked as Project and Partnerships Officer before joining the IANPHI Secretariat as Program Manager. She is fluent in French, English, and Spanish, and is particularly interested in human rights and access to health services and the links between traditions and medicine, as well as mental health. 

Sadaf Lynes

Director of Collaborative Surveillance, Workforce and Health Emergencies

Sadaf Lynes, MSc, MBA, MPH, IPFPH, MRCPH, has 23 years’ experience, including executive director level across health system strengthening and public health in the United Kingdom and internationally. This includes strategy and implementation, greenfield development, research and development, programme and business development, through full-time positions as well as consultancy work. She also teaches on a UK Russell Group level 7 Masters in Public Health and Health Promotion. She has a Masters' degree in Zoology, a Masters' degree in Business Administration (UK), and a Master's degree in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Originally from the UK, she currently resides in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. 

Raphaële Ismaïli

Project Assistant, IANPHI Secretariat hosted at Santé publique France

Raphaële Ismaïli has a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Foreign Languages from the University of Langue’s of Strasbourg and a Master’s degree Management of European Cooperation Projects from the Institute of International Relations in Strasbourg. During her studies, she spent a year at the University of Salamanca in Spain, studying International Relations through the Erasmus+ program. In 2023, she worked as a European Funding and Cooperation Officer at the Ligue de l'enseignement in Paris. In this role, she was responsible for writing project proposals, managing financial and administrative aspects European projects, and building worldwide consortiums. This was an excellent opportunity for her to better understand the management of internationally managed projects. Raphaële speaks four languages; she is passionate about intercultural dialogue and European policies, aiming to promote cooperation and mutual understanding across Europe.

Jeffrey P. Koplan

Co-Founder and Past President, IANPHI
Emeritus Executive Board Member, IANPHI

Dr. Jeffrey P. Koplan is principal investigator of the IANPHI-U.S. CDC cooperative agreement, co-founder and past president of IANPHI. He is also senior strategic advisor for CHAMPS and principal investigator the Global Health Institute-China Tobacco Control Partnership. Dr. Koplan founded the Emory Global Health Institute (EGHI) in 2006. He served as the institute's director and as Emory University's vice president for Global Health until 2021.

A former director (1998-2002) and 26-year veteran of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Koplan began his public health career in the early 1970s as a member of the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service. He has worked on virtually every major public health issue, including infectious diseases such as smallpox and HIV/AIDS, environmental issues such as the Bhopal chemical disaster, and the health toll of tobacco and chronic diseases around the globe. From 1994 to 1998, he pursued his interest in enhancing the interactions between clinical medicine and public health by leading the Prudential Center for Health Care Research, a nationally recognized health services research organization.

He has extensive international experience including assignments in Bangladesh and Trinidad and Tobago, and extensive work experience in many countries including China, India, Guatemala, and Hungary. He has worked in collaborative relationships with Chinese health officials since his first visit to China in 1980, as leader of the US-PRC Public Health – Health Services Research Team. His work has included US-PRC bilateral projects, World Bank missions and World Health Organization consultations. He is an honorary professor of the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine and honorary advisor 001 of the Chinese CDC. He chairs the visiting committee to the Harvard School of Public Health, the Advisory Committee to the CDC of Nigeria and the Population Health ERG panel of the Wellcome Trust. He serves as a member of the Independent Monitoring Board for Polio Eradication (WHO and partners).

Dr. Koplan is a graduate of Yale College, the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and the Harvard School of Public Health. He is a master of the American College of Physicians and a member of the U.S. Institute of Medicine. He has served on many advisory groups and consultancies in the U.S. and overseas, and has had several international academic appointments. He has written more than 220 scientific papers. He is a trustee of the China Medical Board, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Marcus Foundation, and a former trustee of Yale University.

Rebecca Martin

Principal Investigator, IANPHI-U.S. CDC Cooperative Agreement, IANPHI Office hosted at Emory Global Health Institute (EGHI) Vice President for Global Health|Director for EGHI|Research Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, EGHI

Rebecca Martin, PhD, is the Vice President for Global Health and the Director of the Emory Global Health Institute at Emory University. Dr. Martin works to build and align the diverse, multidisciplinary global health infrastructure and promote global collaborations across Emory University and global health organizations. She leads efforts to foster interdisciplinary global health research and works to build the next generation of global health leaders.

Previously, Dr Martin had a 22-year public health career at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most recently, she served as the Director of the Center for Global Health (CGH). Dr Martin has worked both domestically and internationally in immunization, HIV, public health system strengthening and global health security, and led CDC’s global efforts to protect and improve health globally through science, policy, partnership, and evidence-based public health action.

Dr. Martin has over 30 years of experience working in global health, addressing reduction in morbidity and mortality, globally. In her time at CDC, she had assignments in Kenya, Tanzania, and Denmark.

Dr. Martin received her Doctor of Philosophy from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in International Health with a focus in infectious disease epidemiology. Over the past 25 years, she has collaborated with multilateral organizations and development partners and has worked closely with ministries of health and non-governmental organizations. She has co-authored manuscripts and developed strategic plans, normative guidance and guidelines on immunization strategies, vaccine-preventable diseases and surveillance methods for both immunization and HIV, and for global health security.

Ellen Whitney

Director, IANPHI Office hosted at Emory Global Health Institute

Ellen Whitney joined IANPHI in 2015 as the director of Programs. She previously served as the director of Research Projects for the Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research at Rollins School of Public Health and the associate director of the Emory Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center. Her research focused on strengthening public health systems as well as epidemiology and surveillance for emerging infectious diseases. As an epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Meningitis and Special Pathogens, she participated in the 2001 anthrax investigation and the one year follow-up of the anthrax survivors, as well as the 2003 monkeypox outbreak. Her past experience in BSL3 laboratories at Emory University on Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacteria lead to her work on Buruli ulcer disease. She has served as a consultant for the World Health Organization on Buruli ulcer disease. Her interests include public health systems, surveillance, epidemiology, emerging infectious diseases, zoonotic diseases, atypical mycobacteria, and public health preparedness. She received her Masters in Public Health in epidemiology from the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.

Katy Seib

Director of Programs, IANPHI Office hosted at Emory Global Health Institute

Katy Seib joined IANPHI in 2015 and serves as director of Programs. She has worked at Emory University since 2010 in both the School of Medicine and the Rollins School of Public Health. She has managed and implemented research projects and technical work in collaboration with U.S. CDC, BMGF, AIM, IAIM, GPEI, WHO, UNICEF, TFGH and multiple partners at universities and state health departments. Her research, policy and technical experience spans vaccine effectiveness and uptake, health communications, emergency preparedness, and reducing health disparities through improving health infrastructures and disease elimination programs. She earned a Master of Science in Public Health in Epidemiology from Emory Rollins School of Public Health.

Muna Ainashe

Associate Director of Finance, IANPHI Office hosted at Emory Global Health Institute

Muna Ainashe joined IANPHI in 2020 as a senior financial analyst to help oversee reporting, contracting, wire transfers, financial management, and forecasting for the countries the IANPHI U.S. Office supports through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prior to joining IANPHI, she was a finance and grants manager at CARE, where she developed the financial and grants management system for the Gender and Empowerment and Innovation teams and she has extensive global health finance experience. Muna earned her MBA from United States International University-Africa and is fluent in English, Somali and Swahili.

Sue Binder

Senior Advisor for Public Health Practice, IANPHI Office hosted at Emory Global Health Institute

Dr. Sue Binder serves as IANPHI’s senior advisor for public health practice. Dr. Binder served 20 years at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in positions in environmental health, infectious diseases, and injury prevention and control. Dr. Binder has received numerous awards, including CDC’s highest honor, the William C. Watson Medal of Excellence; the Arthur S. Fleming Award for Management; and awards from the American Public Health Association and other CDC partner organizations. Dr. Binder has published extensively in the scientific literature and is on the faculty of Emory University School of Public Health.

Jim Banaski

Consultant in Public Health for IANPHI, Jordan

Mr. Jim Banaski is an IANPHI Consultant focusing on emergency management capacity building. Mr. Banaski is a world-wide recognized expert in the field of Public Health Emergency Management and the development of Public Health Preparedness & Response programs, and Public Health Emergency Operations Centers. Mr. Banaski retired from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after 28 years of combined federal service, having also served with the Department of Defense, and the US Army. Mr. Banaski has provided technical assistance to NPHIs in Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Mozambique, Colombia, Jordan, Georgia, Armenia, and Saudi Arabia.

Mr. Banaski has served in numerous public health emergencies to include H1N1, numerous hurricanes, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the American Samoa Tsunami response, the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami response, the Joplin, Missouri tornado relief, the worldwide Ebola response, the worldwide Zika response, and the COVID 19 response.

Mr. Banaski has a dual Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and Biology from Drury University and a Master of Science degree in Environmental Management from Webster University. He also holds a Master Exercise Practitioner certification from the Department of Homeland Security and the Certified Emergency Manager designation from the International Association of Emergency Managers.

Mr. Banaski has previously served as an Adjunct Professor for Drury University in Springfield, MO, and is currently an Adjunct Instructor for Emory University and Georgetown University.

Joseph Essombo

Consultant in Public Health for IANPHI, Côte d'Ivoire

Dr. Joseph Essombo is an international consultant in the field of public health. He has been with IANPHI since January 2023, working to support Côte d'Ivoire's Institut National de Santé Publique. From 2005 to 2020, he was the country director of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Côte d'Ivoire (EGPAF/Côte d'Ivoire). Dr. Essombo has more 30 years of clinical and technical experience in HIV in Côte d'Ivoire, and he provides expertise in care and treatment services as well as in project management. He has worked extensively in both public and private initiatives, and has community experience as a founding member of one of the pioneering NGOs in the fight against AIDS in Côte d'Ivoire and current chairman of the board of directors of the Ariel Glaser National Pediatric AIDS Organization, affiliated with EGPAF. He has collaborated nationally and internationally with partners, including the United Nations Program for HIV/AIDS, the Ministry of Health and the Fight against AIDS. He received his doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast and obtained a Master of Science in disease control with an option in HIV/AIDS and reproductive health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp Belgium. He is also PMD Pro 1 certified.

Claude Millogo

Consultant in Public Health for IANPHI, Burkina Faso

Dr. Claude Millogo has been with IANPHI since June 2018, working with the Ministry of Health Burkina Faso, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other partners to support Burkina Faso's newly established Institut National de Santé Publique. She has worked for over 20 years for the U.S. Government in Burkina Faso in the field of public health. Her most recent position was as Associate Peace Corps Director for public health. She also worked with UNICEF and in the Health, Population, and Nutrition office of USAID. Trained as a physician, she earned her public health diploma from the University of Nancy, France. She has received a national recognition from the Government of Burkina Faso for her public service toward the well-being of women.

Riedha Muhammad

Consultant in Public Health for IANPHI, Indonesia

Riedha is professionally trained as a medical doctor and graduated with a double degree from Universitas Indonesia, International Class Program and the University of Melbourne. Additionally, he also holds a Master’s in International Public Health from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine with the Chevening Scholarship. To date, he has propelled his passion in the realm of Global Health Advocacy and Preventive Medicine. Before joining the ACPHEED Indonesia project Riedha spent more than 10 years of professional experience in the public, academia, civil society and private sectors.
Moreover, he is also trained in other fields such as social marketing, public speaking, and project management. He has a proven track record in delivering health promotion, community development and disaster emergency response. He is advocating for health strategies that favour human development through interprofessional collaboration community assistance, effective communication, and health technology.