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.

Jessica Borges

Program Manager, IANPHI Secretariat hosted at Santé publique France

Jessica Borges has a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Foreign Languages and a Master’s degree in Prevention, Arbitration and Conflict Resolution at Hautes Études Internationales et Politiques, in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). She studied International Relations in Madrid for a year with the Erasmus+ program, and then moved to England for a gap year. In 2022, she became program manager of the IANPHI Secretariat hosted at Santé publique France, the French public health agency. She speaks four languages and is interested in multilateralism and diplomacy.

Maya-Lhanze Lama

Project Coordinator, IANPHI Secretariat hosted at Santé publique France

Maya-Lhanze Lama holds a Bachelor's Degree in International Development from McGill University and a Master's Degree in Public Policy with a specialization in Global Health from Sciences Po Paris. She joined the IANPHI Secretariat hosted at Santé publique France in 2022 as project coordinator. Before joining IANPHI, Maya-Lhanze has worked as an international consultant for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). She has also conducted various internships in the health field, primarily working in the NGO sector on primary health care topics. She has worked in her home country of Nepal as well as in Canada, the UK, France and Bolivia.

Philipine Colle

Project Assistant, IANPHI Secretariat hosted at Santé publique France

Philipine Colle has a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies from Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. During her studies she spent one year in the United Kingdom under the Erasmus+ program. When she came back to France, she enrolled in a Master's degree in Geostrategy, Defense and International security at Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence, which she achieved while working as a journalist via an apprenticeship program. This was an excellent opportunity for her to better understand the European bioterrorism defense ecosystem and to specialize in EU biosecurity policies and their post-Covid-19 developments. Her experience within an international private company that helps diverse organizations reduce their exposure to health and safety risks confirmed her desire to work towards strengthening the quality of health care and services. Philipine currently works for the IANPHI Secretariat at Santé publique France as project assistant.

Sadaf Lynes

Senior Consultant for IANPHI

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. 

Charlotte Macé

Apprentice, IANPHI Secretariat hosted at Santé publique France

Charlotte Macé has two Bachelor’s degrees in Law and Applied Foreign Languages. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in International Programs Management - Humanitarian and Development at IRIS Sup while working as an apprentice for the IANPHI Secretariat hosted at Santé publique France. Previously, she was an intern at a law office specialized in international child abduction in Sopot, Poland and at the Embassy of Ecuador in Paris. These experiences improved her understanding of international relations and helped her develop her language skills in English and Spanish. She also worked as a nurse assistant in a retirement home during the COVID-19 crisis, which motivated to work in the public health sector. 

Tristan Lardet

Intern, IANPHI Secretariat hosted at Santé publique France

Tristan Lardet is in the final year of his Master's degree in Development and International Cooperation at Sciences Po Strasbourg in France. Before joining the IANPHI Secretariat hosted at Santé publique France, he volunteered in the local branch of the volunteer organization AIDES. This experience gave him the opportunity to acquaint with issues related to HIV, hepatitises and more generally sexually transmitted diseases as well as the frequent stigma and discrimination that derive from them. He learned about access to health and rights for populations identified as vulnerable and far from the health care system. Tristan also completed a first internship in an organization specialized in human rights promotion, awareness and training.

Jeffrey P. Koplan

Co-Founder and Past President, IANPHI
Emeritus Executive Board Member, IANPHI
Principal Investigator, IANPHI-U.S. CDC Cooperative Agreement, IANPHI Office hosted at Emory Global Health Institute

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.

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.

Amandine Ballart

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

Marie Deveaux

Communications Manager, IANPHI Office hosted at Emory Global Health Institute

Marie Deveaux is IANPHI's communications manager, in charge of external communications and supporting members on communications best practices. Prior to joining IANPHI, Marie was a communications consultant, served as a communications manager for the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) in Paris, where she was in charge of global road safety campaigns, and worked as a diplomatic attaché for the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations in Vienna, Austria. She earned her Master’s degree in International Law and International Relations from the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne and her Bachelor's degree in International, European and French Public Law and International Relations from Grenoble Alpes University. She is fluent in English and French.

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.

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.

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.

Sejal Waghray

Graduate Research Assistant, IANPHI Office hosted at Emory Global Health Institute

Sejal Waghray is a second-year graduate student at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) and is pursuing her Master of Public Health in Global Health with a concentration in Community Health Development and a certificate in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies. During her time at RSPH, Sejal has also interned for the U.S. House of Representatives and The Task Force for Global Health’s TEPHINET Learning Program team. Prior to attending RSPH, Sejal was employed as a finance paralegal at Alston & Bird LLP and served as the director of Health Policy for the North American Association of Indian Students. She graduated in 2019 with her Bachelor of Arts degrees in Human Health and Political Science. Her interests lie in the intersection of public health and international law specifically in the context of humanitarian emergency preparedness. 

Christabelle Toso

Graduate Research Assistant, IANPHI Office hosted at Emory Global Health Institute

Binyu Yang

Graduate Research Assistant, IANPHI Office hosted at Emory Global Health Institute

Binyu (Lucy) Yang is a first-year graduate student at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. She is pursuing a Master of Public Health in Environmental Health with an interest in the certificate in Climate and Health. Before attending Emory University, she graduated from Wheaton College in Illinois with a Bachelor’s Science degree in Biology. She is currently interested in climate change, infectious diseases and environmental justice. She is also passionate in cultural-oriented risks in China and community health.