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Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Coordinating CAR-T and other projects in the Cellular Therapy field as well as developing and managing stakeholder relationships.

Various Locations

Provided consulting in global health project and programme management.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Provided strategic management of a research implementation project to increase the effectiveness of a WHO-recommended policy to prevent malaria in infants, working to improve the recommendation for wider uptake and scale-up across Africa.Led the operations of the MULTIPLY consortium (MULTIple doses of IPTi Proposal: a Lifesaving high Yield intervention), a 4.7M EUR implementation research project funded by the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP). IPTi (Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria in infants) is the administration of an antimalarial drug to children at the time of routine childhood vaccinations. Worked with research partners and the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Sierra Leone, Togo, and Mozambique, and the WHO, to conduct observational implementation studies at rural government primary healthcare centres, with MOH staff administering IPTi to 45,000 children under 2 years of age.Key Contributions:• Developed the project plans and strategies to conduct baseline studies and begin project implementation. • Overviewed the application for ethics approvals, registered the study at clinical.trials.gov, enrolled an ethics advisor, and provided them regular updates on the study and recruitment progress. • Developed the operational management bodies of the consortium, developed and participated in the technical working groups (for drug resistance, evaluation, impact. acceptability, and feasibility), overviewed the development of the Data Management Plan, website, and communications strategy, actively managed the budget with the global teams to make sure the budget continued to reflect needs and addressed any changes in the scope of work.• Remotely managed the global team in Sierra Leone, Togo, Mozambique, Switzerland, France, and Spain, chaired high-level meetings, and remotely held the global kick-off meeting.

London, England, United Kingdom

Provided strategic management of a complex implementation project in resource-limited settings in Africa.Led the operations of the DREAMM (Driving Reduced AIDS-associated Meningoencephalitis Mortality) implementation science project working with African leaders in hospitals in Cameroon, Malawi, and Tanzania, using bedside point-of-care tests and an algorithmic approach for the diagnosis and treatment of HIV-associated meningitis. Managed the 1.8M EUR budget from the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP). Key Contributions: Joined DREAMM in the last year of the 4 year project and vastly improved the management processes to make DREAMM become a highly functional, successful consortium. Conducted an overhaul of the Project Master File and obtained all missing documentation, renewed ethics approvals, revised the Data Management Plan, revised study information on clinical.trials.gov, reviewed, revised, and developed new Case Report Forms, organised and conducted data cleaning, organised meetings of the Data Safety and Monitoring Board and the Project Scientific and Advisory Committee, organised monitoring of the studies, and wrote and submitted annual ethics reports.  Reviewed and revised the budget to address changes in the scope of work.  Remotely managed the global team in Cameroon, Malawi, Tanzania, France, and the UK, chaired high-level meetings, and remotely organised refresher training at the study sites.

Various Locations

Delivered consulting in global health project management. Supported capacity strengthening and partnership facilitation and coordination. Assisted the London International Development Centre with reorganising the GBP 20M budget for a multi-sectorial research hub funded by the UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund. Assisted various organisations in the development of multimillion USD/EUR/GBP funding proposals.

London, United Kingdom

Led strategic, financial, administrative, and operational activities for the Resilient and Responsive Health Systems (RESYST) consortium working on health systems strengthening. Spearheaded operational plans, risk management, and capacity strengthening.Managed daily operations of the consortium, including activities, to support the successful delivery of research projects, building and nurturing strong working relationships with consortium partners and the funder the UK Department for International Development (DFID), and maintained consistent communication on the progress of projects. Managed the GBP 8M budget, including quarterly forecasting and periodic reporting to DFID. Developed and managed 50+ sub-contracts with consortium partners.Key Contributions: Drove the consortium to successfully deliver research projects with excellent outputs for health systems strengthening.  Planned and executed the annual consortium meeting for 50+ people in South Africa, Kenya, India, Vietnam, Thailand, and the UK.  Orchestrated the development and implementation of capacity strengthening, research uptake, and monitoring and evaluation strategies.  Remotely managed the global team in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, India, Vietnam, Thailand, and the UK, chaired high-level meetings, and organised more than 50 international events and activities.

Various Locations

Delivered consulting in global health project management. Propelled forward progress for projects. Assisted the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in the development of a funding proposal for the UK Department for International Development (DFID). Investigated the use of paediatric formulations of antimalarial drugs in Integrated Management of Childhood Illness and Integrated Community Case Management programming for Medicines for Malaria Venture.

Barcelona, Spain

Led the operations of the Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) consortium with a budget of $2M, part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation $28M grant. Coordinated teams in Africa, Papua New Guinea, Europe, and the USA, to investigate and develop research evidence for a strategy to prevent malaria in infants.Stimulated collaboration and served as the primary contact between consortium partners, including WHO and UNICEF, and the funder. Led the consortium executive committee in activities, focused on defining strategic agendas, identifying research gaps, developing working groups to address gaps, and developing proposals for additional funding. The project consisted of a number of clinical trials in Tanzania, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, and Senegal investigating the use of combinations of antimalarial drugs to prevent malaria in infants. UNICEF conducted large-scale implementation studies of IPTi involving 250,000 infants in Senegal, Benin, Ghana, Kenya, and Mozambique.Key Contributions: Planned and participated in clinical monitoring visits to IPTi trial sites in Tanzania, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, and Senegal. Developed the consortium Ethics Committee, led by Sir Alasdair Breckenridge, the head of the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and provided regular updates on the study progress. Planned and executed the annual consortium meeting for 50+ people in Tanzania, Senegal, Mozambique, Spain, and Switzerland. Organised an independent audit of the meta-analysis of results from the consortium and other clinical trials on IPTi, which was published in The Lancet, and organised an independent review of the meta-analysis and results by the US Institute of Medicine.  Represented the consortium at international expert meetings at the WHO, scientific congresses, and with African Ministries of Health. Participated in policy discussions contributing to IPTi becoming a WHO policy recommendation.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Malaria, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Vaccinology

Diploma, Health Systems, Health Economics, Economic Evaluation, Economic Analysis For Health Policy

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Malaria, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Vaccinology

Bachelor Of Science, Applied Zoology