COVID-19 Response

Technical Advisory Group


Exemplars in COVID-19 Response Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Members:

Our Technical Advisory Group (TAG) consists of a diverse range of experts to guide our Exemplars research in the COVID-19 response topic area:

  • Sulzhan Bali, Health Specialist & Task Team Leader, Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice, World Bank, 
  • Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), 
  • Dr. Scott F. Dowell, Deputy Director for Surveillance & Epidemiology, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 
  • Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, Former Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
  • Dr. Margaret Kruk, Professor of Health Systems at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director at QuEST Network, 
  • Amanda McClelland, Senior Vice President, Prevent Epidemics, Resolve to Save Lives, 
  • Dr. Yee-Sin Leo, Executive Director, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, 
  • Dr. John Nkengasong, Former Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Envoy on COVID-19, 
  • Dr. Gina Samaan, COVID-19 Incident Management Team Pillar Lead / PIP Framework Team Lead, WHO
  • Dr. Solomon Zewdu, Former Deputy Director, Health, Africa Office Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 
  • Dr. Feng Zhao, Practice Manager, Strategy, Operations and Global Engagement, World Bank,