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. 

Sarah Fernandes

Project Officer and Event Coordinator

Sarah Fernandes has a bachelor’s degree in Applied Foreign Languages with a focus on International Relations and a master’s degree in Political Science and Global Security from Université de Bordeaux (France). After her studies, she worked as Accredited Parliamentary Assistant for a Member of the European Parliament in Brussels. She joined the IANPHI Secretariat in August 2024 as Project Officer and Event Coordinator. Sarah speaks French, English and Spanish and is interested in human rights and access to health across the world, in particular for LGBTIQ communities and women.

Silya Ferrat

Project and Program Assistant

Silya Ferrat is currently completing her final master's internship at IANPHI Secretariat while pursuing a degree in Global Governance and Diplomacy with a specialization in Global Health at Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA). With roots in Algeria and France, Silya has a strong passion for social justice, focusing on health equity, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), women’s health, and autism—topics that will shape her reflections and research for her upcoming thesis. Before joining the IANPHI team, Silya gained valuable experience in Strategy and Partnerships during a gap year internship at Orange, where she honed her skills in cross-sector collaboration. In addition, she has participated in several research projects, which have familiarized her with the research environment and deepened her understanding of health disparities and the challenges facing vulnerable populations. These experiences have not only expanded her expertise in global health but also strengthened her resolve to contribute to this field through research and policy. Silya believes research is key to developing evidence-based policies and interventions that reduce health disparities. With a focus on the intersection of social determinants of health and global health challenges, Silya aims to work on research projects that advocate for sustainable solutions, particularly in underserved and vulnerable communities. Her passion for research drives her commitment to creating impactful and lasting change in global health.

Inès Ferrer y Fernandez

Project Coordinator

Ines Ferrer y Fernandez holds a master's degree in European governance from Sciences Po Grenoble, complemented by research studies in Development Economics at the Sorbonne Nouvelle. Prior to joining the Secretariat, she worked for two years at the French Embassy to the Philippines and Micronesia, where she was in charge of scientific cooperation and sustainable development issues, with a focus on health, environment and food security. Her previous experience also includes an internship in a pan-European foreign policy think-tank, as a research officer at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then at the French Embassy in Thailand, and lastly in a public policy evaluation firm in Brussels. She is fluent in French, English and Spanish, beginner in Portuguese, and is particularly interested in issues related to One Health, epidemiology and international public health cooperation.

Raphaële Ismaïli

Project Officer, 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.

Andrew Lee

Technical Consultant

Andrew Lee, MBChB MSc MD FFPH FRSPH MRCGP DCH DTMH, has over 20 years of experience working in public health and primary care. Following paediatric and tropical medicine training, he initially worked overseas running primary health care and tuberculosis control programmes in Afghanistan, and as a humanitarian aid worker in various disaster zones. Subsequently, he has worked as a public health consultant in the UK, as a director of primary care and population health with the National Health Service, and as a Consultant in Communicable Disease Control with the Health Protection Agency, Public Health England and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). Latterly, he was a Senior Consultant in Global Health with the UKHSA International Health Regulations Strengthening Project. He is currently a Professor of Public Health at the University of Sheffield and a Regional Deputy Director for Health Protection with UKHSA.

Rosita Wigand

Programme Manager for International Initiatives

Rosita Wigand, MSc and MPH, has over 30 years' experience of public health and health systems strengthening in Sweden, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Rosita has worked in various capacities - advisor, civil servant, researcher and consultant - with national governments, research institutes and multilateral organisations. Work topics have included public health policy implementation and monitoring, health emergency preparedness, health systems organisation and financing, governance, health work force planning and health information systems. She has also taught health economics and project management to master's students. Rosita has a Master's degree in Economics (focus on health and development economics), and a Master of Public Health from Lund University in Sweden, her native country. Rosita works part-time for IANPHI and part-time for the Public Health Agency of Sweden.

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.

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.