Members

Our members collaborate on Hepatitis B research, investigations of regional differences of the disease, strategies to reduce disparities, and strengthening strategies to prevent complications of HBV.

Network Director: Jose Debes, MD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Network Coordinator: Shemal Shah, DO, CTropMed®
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Major Martha Binta Bah, State RN, DTM, Ophthalmic Nursing
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

Mark Dedzoe, MBA
IHDN Mission Hospital
Agbozume
Ghana

Sahar Mohamed Hassany, MD
Associate Professor of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology
Alrajhi Hospital for Liver Diseases
Assiut University
Egypt

Ijeoma Maryjoy Ifeorah, B.MLS, MSc
Microbiology/Immunology Unit
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology
College of Medicine
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria

Kay Johnstone, MD, MBA, DTM&H
Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre
Arusha, Tanzania
and
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre
Moshi, Tanzania

Abdelmajeed Mahmoud, MD
Lecturer of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology
Aswan University Hospital
Aswan, Egypt

Jasintha Mtengezo, PhD, RN/M
Daeyang College of Nursing
Daeyang University
Lilongwe, Malawi

Lucy Ochola, B.Sc, MPhil, PhD
Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases
Institute of Primate Research
Nairobi, Kenya

Hope Pogemiller, MD, MPH, CTropMed®
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics (Joint Appointment)
Division of General Internal Medicine & Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Kenneth Ssebambulidde, MBChB
Infectious Diseases Institute
College of Health Sciences
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda

Mirghani Yousif, MPharm, PhD
Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacy Practice
Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Gezira
Sudan

Anteneh Zewde, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
and
Honorary Medical Staff Dept. of Medicine, Adama Center for Medical Research and Capacity Building, Adama Hospital Medical College, Adama, Ethiopia