Name: Peter Horby
Function: Coordinator
Organisation: University of Oxford – Centre for Tropical Medicine
Email: peter.horby@gmail.com

Background: Peter Horby is both a clinical academic and a public health physician, trained in the UK and Australia. He is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health of the University of Oxford. He is also an Honorary Professor of International Health at Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam and Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Yong Yoo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore. He has spent the last decade living in Southeast Asia and working on infectious diseases, first with the World Health Organisation and from 2006-2011 as the Director of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam. He has direct clinical and research experience of many emerging and tropical infectious diseases in many countries of Southeast Asia.
Tasks within WP: WP leader, overall coordination

Name: Louise Sigfrid
Function: WP2 team member
Organisation: University of Oxford
Email: louise.sigfrid@gmail.com

Background: Louise Sigfrid, recently joined Prepare WP2 as a Clinical Research Fellow at the Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford. She recently completed her training as Specialist in Public Health Medicine at London Deanery during which she has been working across Health Protection Units, Public Health Departments, WHO and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has a PhD in Biomedicine from the UK (2002) and a Medical Degree from Sweden (1998). She has got experience of setting up and managing a wide range of research projects (e.g. systematic review of integrated care for HIV and NCDs, evaluation of an international charity, cost-effectiveness of prevention) and international teams, as well as experience in managing infectious disease outbreaks, emergency planning and of developing infectious disease control guidelines (e.g. meningitis, Ebola, CJD).
Tasks within WP: Louise will support the WP3 research projects with study protocol development, setting up, site training and management of studies.

Name: Gail Carson
Function: WP2 team member
Organisation: University of Oxford – Centre for Tropical Medicine
Email: gail.carson@ndm.ox.ac.uk

Background: Dr Gail Carson (Thomson) is a Consultant in Infectious diseases with over a decade of experience in outbreak response at local, national & international level including viral haemorrhagic fevers, SARS, H5, pH1N1, anthrax in drug users & Hantaan virus. The roles assumed during these outbreaks ranged from providing direct patient care, to being a WHO HQ clinical focal point and a national coordinator of a Critical Care Network. During these experiences Dr Carson has learnt the importance of the need to collect good quality evidence and to provide that information to the clinical frontline, public health and policy makers promptly. Five years with the Health Protection Agency of England based at their Porton Down Special Pathogens Laboratory have given Dr Carson an opportunity to understand the laboratory’s needs and challenges of dealing with dangerous pathogens. Dr Carson is the Clinical Coordinator for ISARIC & recently taken up a temporary position as the national lead to prepare a Clinical Research Network to respond to an emerging pathogen in the UK.
Tasks within WP: Protocol review

Name: Kasja-Stina Longuère
Function: WP2 team member
Organisation: University of Oxford – Centre for Tropical Medicine
Email: kajsa-stina.longuere@ndm.ox.ac.uk

Background: Kajsa-Stina Longuère is the Project Manager of ISARIC. She is presently completing a PhD in science policy and science communication and has extensive experience working in project management, research administration, academia (teaching and research), and politics.
Tasks within WP: Project management, communication, operational support (Across deliverables)