ROSE GANA FOMBAN LEKE

I am a Cameroonian scientist and Emeritus Professor of Immunology and Parasitology at the University of Yaoundé I. My research interests encompass the immunology of parasitic infections and clinical trials, particularly malaria. I have a keen interest in global health and mentoring young female scientists. I currently serve as Board Chair of the Cameroon Medical Research Institute (IMPM), Vice Chair of the Scientific Committee of our First Lady’s research institute (CIRCB), Executive Director of the Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria, and Chair of the Multilateral Initiative in Malaria (MIM)/MIM Society Secretariat. I continue to serve or have served as a consultant on many committees for the World Health Organization (WHO), including the Malaria Policy and Advisory Committee (MPAC), Chair of the African Regional Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis (ARCC), member of the Global Certification Commission (GCC), member of the IHR WHO Emergency Committee for Polio Eradication and for COVID-19, and member of the Malaria Treatment Guidelines Committee. I was also a member and Chair of the African Advisory Committee for Health Research (ACHR, WHO/AFRO), and a member of the Global ACHR. I served as Vice Chair of the first Technical Evaluation Reference Group (TERG) of the Global Fund. I am Co-Chair of Harvard’s Re-thinking Malaria initiative and was Co-Chair of the committee that developed the framework for equitable distribution of the malaria vaccine with limited supply. I am Founder and President of the HIGHER Women Consortium Cameroon.