Committees

Our Committees have responsibility on behalf of the Board of Trustees for ensuring that RSTMH: 

  • Advocates for the career interests of clinicians and scientists and others working in tropical medicine and global health;
  • Has a strategy for its advocacy and policy work;
  • Carries out its fiduciary duties;
  • Delivers an annual grants and awards programme;
  • Ensures that the voice of international members is represented in RSTMH, at governance and operational levels;
  • Delivers a varied calendar of educational meetings and events across a range of disease areas and disciplines.

The Committees are:

  • Finance and Audit Committee
  • Education and Training Committee
  • Policy and Advocacy Committee
  • Grants and Awards Committee
  • International Members Committee
  • Meetings and Events Committee
Finance and Audit Committee
Tim Hazell

Committee Chair

Dr Wendy Harrison
Professor Margaret Gyapong
Professor Adam Roberts
Professor Janet Hemingway
Professor George M Varghese
Tamar Ghosh

(Observer)

Tijana Williams
Education and Training Committee
Professor David Mabey

Committee Chair

Dr Proochista Ariana
Dr Charlotte Hall
Dr Philip Gothard
Dr Christopher Parry
Sarah Rafferty
Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones
Dr Becky Stout
Professor George M Varghese
Tamar Ghosh

(Observer)

Policy and Advocacy Committee
Dr Wendy Harrison

Committee Chair

Aparna Barua Adams
Professor Olaoluwa Pheabian Akinwale
Professor Donald Bundy
Delna Ghandhi
Dr Judy MacArthur Clark
Sarah Rafferty
Tamar Ghosh

(Observer)

Lilly Matson Communications Manager

(Observer)

Grants and Awards Committee
Professor Jimmy Whitworth

Committee Chair

Professor Olufemi O. Adewole

Deputy Chair

Professor David Mabey

Deputy Chair

Dr Buddha Basnyat
Andrew Codlin
Georgina Humphreys
Professor Kathryn Maitland
Dr Christopher Parry
Professor Adam Roberts
Tamar Ghosh

(Observer)

Greta Holmes

(Observer)

International Members Committee
Professor Margaret Gyapong

Committee Chair

Dr Adrian Hopkins
Idris Otun
Professor Jimmy Whitworth
Dr Quudus Yusuff
Nell Dasso

(Observer)

Tamar Ghosh

(Observer)

Meetings and Events Committee
Dr Wendy Harrison

Committee Chair

Professor Olaoluwa Pheabian Akinwale
Fortune Effiong
Professor David Mabey
Dr Judy MacArthur Clark
Sarah Rafferty
Professor Rohini Manuel
Dr Quudus Yusuff
Bonnie Kelly

(Observer)

Sarah Stickland

(Observer)