NGDI-UBC Co Directors
Kishor Wasan
Distinguished University Scholar & Adjunct Professor
Urologic Sciences FacultyofMedicine
Co-Director & Co-Founder, NGDI UBC
Richard Lester
Associate Professor in Global Health
Infectious Diseases | Medicine | Faculty of Medicine
Co-Director NGDI UBC & Director, WelTel
www.weltel.org |
Advisory Board
The NGDI-UBC Advisory Board is made up of a diverse group of UBC faculty. The Board meets several times a year to guide the decisions of the NGDI and has played an integral part of the program’s growth. We thank the Advisory Board members for their dedication and enthusiasm.
Professor, Associate Vice-President Research & Innovation https://www.microbiology.ubc.ca/research/labs/fernandez
Rachel C. Fernandez
Professor Emeritus
Neglected Global Disease Initiative, Advisory Board Member
Economics | Faculty of Arts
Nancy Gallini
Professor & Co-Founder NGDI UBC
Microbiology and Immunology
Faculty of Science
Director | Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research
Bob Hancock
Professor
School of Population and Public Health
Director | Communicable Disease Epidemiology | BC Centre for Disease Control
David Patrick
Vice Dean, Research
Professor, Department of Medical Genetics
Robert McMaster
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Clinical Investigator, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Co-director, UBC Tropical and Geographic Medicine Intensive Short Course
Katherine Plewes
Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health
Khumbo Kalua
Associate Director
Technology Transfer
University-Industry Liaison Office