Our Team | Nest360

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 MacArthur Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The ELMA Foundation, The Lemelson Foundation, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation, and individual donors.

Kenya

Steven Adudans, MD

Center for Public Health and Development

Mike English, MD

Oxford KEMRI-Wellcome Trust

Grace Irimu, MBChB, MMed, PhD

Oxford KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Principal Investigator

Bernard Olayo, MD, MPH

Center for Public Health and Development Principal Investigator

Malawi

Aba Asibon, MPH

Rice 360° Institute for Global Health Malawi Office

Queen Dube, MBBS, MMed, PhD

Malawi College of Medicine
Principal Investigator

Gregory Gamula, MSc, DEng, MIET

Malawi Polytechnic

Kondwani Kawaza, MBBS, FC

Malawi College of Medicine
Principal Investigator

Theresa Mkandawire MSc, PhD, MMIE

Malawi Polytechnic
Principal Investigator

Msandeni Chiume, MBBS, MSC

Malawi College of Medicine
Principal Investigator

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Josephine Langton, MBBS, MBChB, MRCPCH

Malawi College of Medicine
Principal Investigator

Elizabeth Molyneux, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPCH, FRCEM, DSC

Malawi College of Medicine (retired)

Address Malata, PhD, MSc, BSc, FAAN

Malawi University of Science
and Technology

Sara Liaghati-Mobarhan

Rice 360° Institute for Global Health Malawi Office

Nigeria

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AKINWALE O. COKER, PhD

University of Ibadan

Chuks Diji, PhD

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

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

Joy Lawn, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRCPCH, FMedSci

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Principal Investigator

USA

Brett Bowman, MS

3rd Stone Design

Andrea Gobin, PhD

Rice 360° Institute for Global Health

Matthew Glucksberg, PhD

Northwestern University

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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

Matthew Wettergreen, PhD

Rice 360° Institute for Global Health

Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD

Rice 360° Institute for Global Health Principal Investigator

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Megan Heenan, PhD

Rice 360° Institute for Global Health

Ann Saterbak, PhD

Duke University