Dr Elizabeth Barnett is Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and Chief of the Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Boston Medical Center.  

Her clinical and research interests include travel medicine and parasitic infections, vaccines and vaccine safety, immigrant and refugee medicine, and general pediatric infectious diseases.  

She is an Associate Editor of the American Academy of Pediatrics Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases (Red Book), a Medical Editor of Health Information for International Travel (Yellow Book), and, with Patricia Walker, the editor of the textbook Immigrant Medicine.  She is a GeoSentinel site director. 

Dr Joseph Lelo is the Medical director at AMREF Flying Doctors. He is a practising anaesthesiologist, intensivist and an experienced flight physician involved in execution and supervision of complex and demanding aeromedical transfers across the globe. With interests in aviation logistics and high altitude physiology, he is an aviation medical examiner with the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority with certification in pre-hospital care and is an advanced life support instructor with the American Heart Association. He is a passionate campaigner for doctors’ welfare with keen interest on medical ethics and the economics of modern healthcare.

A graduate of The University of Nairobi’s medical school, Dr Lelo holds a Master of Medicine degree in Anaesthesiology and Critical care.

Robert Steffen, Professor Emeritus at the University of Zurich was the Head of the Division of Communicable Diseases in the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute and Director of a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Traveller's Health. He is also Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston.

In the 1970’s he started systematic research in morbidity and mortality of illnesses and accidents related to international travel. Based on epidemiological evidence, he concluded on preventive strategies for individual travellers and on measures to be taken out of public health interest. Meanwhile he has (co-)authored over 400 publications, among them many relating to vaccination. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Travel Medicine, of the International Journal of Public Health and Section Editor for Clinical Infectious Diseases. Since his retirement from Zurich University his research focus is on adult immunization; he is an advisor of the Adult Immunization Board (AIB).

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Dr Steffen organized the first international conference of travel medicine in 1988 in Zurich, Switzerland, and was a co-founder of the International Society of Travel Medicine. He presided the Swiss Federal Commission for Influenza and was Vice-President of the Federal Commission on Vaccination and of the Swiss Bioterrorism Committee. The WHO often has invited him to advisory boards, such as during the revision of the International Health Regulations (IHR) and on other topics, such as malaria, vaccine preventable diseases, chemical and biological warfare, disinsection of conveyances, or epidemiological preparedness at airports. He served as Chair of the IHR Ebola Emergency Committee until 2020.

Dr Paul Yonga is an infectious disease and tropical/travel medicine specialist, as well as a clinical epidemiologist. He works at the Fountain Health Care Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya where he heads the Fountain Tropical/Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases Centre (FOTROMID) and the Fountain Projects and Research Office (FOPRO).

Paul received his MBChB in 2012 from the Kampala International University in Uganda and his MRCP in internal medicine through the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Edinburgh. He also holds a Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) specializing in Tropical Medicine and International Health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium.

Dr Yonga has received numerous awards for his work in the field of clinical medicine and public health, including the 2019 Guerrant International Investigator Award by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) for research excellence in infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. His clinical and research interests are in infectious diseases and tropical medicine, infectious diseases in the elderly, HIV co-infections, non-communicable diseases in the setting of HIV infection, travel medicine, and High Resolution Anoscopy in immunosuppressed patients.

Camille Nelson Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST, is the clinical director of the Transplant and Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Program in the Infectious Diseases Division at Massachusetts General Hospital, and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.

Dr Kotton has served as the chair of The Infectious Disease Community of Practice of The American Society of Transplantation and was the president of The Transplant Infectious Disease Section of The Transplantation Society. She is the first transplant infectious disease specialist to be on the executive committee of The Transplantation Society, where she also chairs the Education Committee. She was a member of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) 2020-2024, where she continues to serve as a consultant, and is involved in national decisions regarding COVID-19, RSV, and other vaccines. She writes the chapter on Immunocompromised Host for the CDC Yellow Book of Travel Medicine, a similar chapter for UpToDate, and guidelines on travel after transplant for the American Society of Transplantation.  

Dr Matshediso Kgamane is a highly respected medical professional and a leader in the field of travel and wilderness medicine. She graduated from Saba University School of Medicine in the Caribbean Netherlands in 2005 and her passion for travel medicine led her to establish DrK Travel Clinic in Gaborone, Botswana. The clinic offers a comprehensive range of medical services, including general healthcare, travel medicine, concierge services, aviation medical services and specialized wilderness medicine expertise.

In 2014, Dr Kgamane solidified her expertise by completing the South African Society of Travel Medicine (SASTM) travel medicine course, further enhancing her ability to address the unique health needs of travelers. Her keen interest in wilderness medicine propelled her to pursue advanced training, currently undertaking her Fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) through the Wilderness Medicine Society. She teaches wilderness medicine courses across Southern Africa and lends her medical support for marathons and trekking events on the continent. Dr Kgamane's exemplary leadership and unwavering dedication make her a respected authority in the field of travel and wilderness medicine.

Dr Charles Tarimo is a general practitioner and travel medicine doctor at the IST Clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He graduated from Kairuki University in 2014 and completed his internship at the Bugando Medical Centre in the Lake Zone of Tanzania, and furthered his career at Central Tanzania, Christian Medical Centre before moving back to Dar es Salaam in 2018.

He is the Secretary/Treasurer of the Pan African Travel Medicine Federation and a member of the Liaison Committee of the International Society of Travel Medicine. He is a certified travel medicine practitioner (SASTM Travel Medicine Course, 2022), boasting a certificate of Aviation Medicine by the South Africa Civil Aviation Authority and Occupational Health as an offshore energies UK examiner.

Professor Gerard Flaherty hails from a rural townland near Galway in the west of Ireland. He graduated from the University of Galway in Ireland in 2000. As an undergraduate, Gerard gained an intercalated BSc degree in Anatomy and received numerous international academic distinctions, including the Duke Elder Prizer in Ophthalmology from the Royal College of Ophthalmology (UK), and the Annual Undergraduate Prize of the Faculty of Radiology (UK). He gained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 2002 and Fellowship in 2011. He holds a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the RCPSG (Glasgow). He has completed 3 Masters degrees, including a Masters in International and Travel Health (Sheffield) and Masters in Medical Education (Dundee). His two doctoral theses (MD and PhD) were based on his original research in travel medicine.

Professor Flaherty is the Immediate Past-President of the International Society of Travel Medicine. He is a Fellow and former examiner, board member and education convener of the Faculty of Travel Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Gerard’s research interests in travel medicine include risk assessment in the pre-travel consultation, travel health behaviour, travellers with pre-existing medical conditions, high altitude medicine, mental health issues and travel, older travellers, and education in travel health. He has nearly 20 years of clinical experience in travel medicine.