Our international team brings a diversity of expertise to the complexities of reducing neonatal mortality.
NEST360° (Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies) includes members from 3rd Stone Design; Center for Public Health and Development; Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology; Ifakara Health Institute; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Malawi University of Science & Technology; Northwestern University; Oxford KEMRI-Wellcome Trust; Rice 360° Institute for Global Health; University of Lagos; University of Ibadan; University of Malawi, College of Medicine; and University of Malawi, The Malawi Polytechnic.
The NEST360° funders include the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The ELMA Foundation, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, The Lemelson Foundation, Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation, and individual donors.
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Kenya
Steven Adudans, MD
Center for Public Health and Development
Mike English, MD
Oxford KEMRI-Wellcome Trust
Grace Irimu, MBChB, MMed, Ph.D.
Oxford KEMRI-Wellcome Trust
Principal Investigator
Bernard Olayo, MD, MPH
Center for Public Health and Development
Principal Investigator
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Malawi
Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, Malawi
NEST International Programs Director
Malawi College of Medicine
Principal Investigator
Msandeni Chiume, MBBS, MSC
Malawi College of Medicine
Principal Investigator
Malawi Polytechnic
Sara Liaghati-Mobarhan
Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, Malawi
NEST Biomedical Tech Training Director
Elizabeth Molyneux, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPCH, FRCEM, DSC
Malawi College of Medicine
Kondwani Kawaza, MBBS, FC
Malawi College of Medicine
Principal Investigator
Josephine Langton, MBBS, MBChB, MRCPCH
Malawi College of Medicine
Principal Investigator
Address Malata, Ph.D., MSc, BSc, FAAN
Malawi University of Science and Technology
Theresa Mkandawire MSc, Ph.D., MMIE
Malawi Polytechnic
Principal Investigator
Evelyn Zimba
Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, Malawi
Malawi Country Director
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AKINWALE O. COKER, Ph.D.
University of Ibadan
Dr. Ademola Dare
University of Ibadan
Chinyere Ezeaka, MBBS, MPH, MMC, FWAC, FRCPCH, MNIM
University of Lagos
Wale Ajibola, MSc, PhD
University of Lagos
Akinniyi Osuntoki, PhD
University of Lagos
Tanzania
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Honorati Masanja, PhD
Ifakara Health Institute
John Msumba, PhD
Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology
Nahya Salim, PhD
Ifakara Health Institute
Josephine Shabani, MSC
Ifakara Health Institute
United Kingdom
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Joy Lawn, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRCPCH, FMedSci
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Principal Investigator
USA
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Brett Bowman, MS
3rd Stone Design
Andrea Gobin, PhD
Rice 360° Institute for Global Health
Matthew Glucksberg, PhD
Northwestern University
Becca Kirby, MBA
Northwestern University
Danica Kumara, MA
3rd Stone Design
Yvette Mirabal, MPH
Rice 360° Institute for Global Health
Robert Miros
3rd Stone Design
Principal Investigator
Robert Murphy, MD
Northwestern University
Maria Oden, PhD
Rice 360° Institute for Global Health Principal Investigator
Kara Palamountain, MBA
Northwestern University
Principal Investigator
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD
Rice 360° Institute for Global Health Principal Investigator
Ann Saterbak, PhD
Duke University
Matthew Wettergreen, PhD
Rice 360° Institute for Global Health
Megan Heenan, PhD
Rice 360° Institute for Global Health
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