Katherine Gill
MBChB, MPH, Dip HIV man
Desmond Tutu Health Foundation / University of Cape Town, South Africa
10th International Workshop on Adolescence, SRHR & HIV 2026
Workshop Chairs
Allison Agwu
MD, ScM
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
Thanyawee Puthanakit
MD
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Organizing Committee
The members of the Organizing Committee are a group of carefully selected experts and inspirational leaders in their respective fields. They meet frequently to discuss the scientific program of the workshop, identify interesting topics and candidate speakers, and review all submitted abstracts.
Salwa Aleryani
MSc, MBBS
UNICEF, Thailand
Caroline Foster
MD
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Chelsea Morroni
PhD, MPH, MPhil, DTM&H, DFRSH, MBChB
Botswana Sexual and Reproductive Health Initiative (BSRHI) / Botswana Harvard Health Partnership, Botswana
Annette Sohn
MD, PhD
TREAT Asia/amfAR, Thailand
Wipaporn Natalie Songtaweesin
MBBS, DTMH
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Youth Reference Group
Trevor Emojel
Y Plus Uganda / AHF Uganda Cares, Uganda
Warona George
MSc, BSc
Empowered Future Solutions, Botswana
Bahati Haule
BSc
AVAC, Tanzania
Nyiko Kubai
AFROCAB / NAPWA, South Africa
Ruele Okeyo
USIKIMYE, Kenya
Sekgabo Seselamarumo
BSc
Enterprise African Research Network, Botswana
Aman Shukla
YOUNITE Global, India
Scientific Committee
The members of Scientific Committee are hand-picked by the Organizing Committee and the conference secretariat based on their significant contributions and commitment to the field. They assist the Organizing Committee by providing them with suggestions for speakers and topics. In addition, members of the Scientific Committee participate in reviewing submitted abstracts, and play an active role during the workshop as moderators and/or chairs of sessions.
- Job Akuno, African Centre for Innovation and Impact, Kenya
- Wole Ameyan, WHO, Switzerland
- Sarah Bernays, University of Sydney, Australia
- Elizabeth Mabel Bankah, MBchB, MWACP, MGCPS, MPH(Adolescent Health), PGdip Adolescent Health (Melbourne), PGdip(South Wales), Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ghana
- Chelsea Coakley, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Anthony Enimil, MD, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) / Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
- Hildah Essendi, PhD, Tiko, Kenya
- Luann Hatane, PATA, South Africa
- Diana Kemunto Nyamweya, MBChB,MPH, USAID, Kenya
- Igor Kuchin, MD, MSc, UMIT TIROL, Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, Austria
- Zanele Mabaso, Sonke Gender Justice, South Africa
- Aveneni Mangombe, Zimbabwean Ministry of Health and Children, Zimbabwe
- Shirley Mark, UNICEF East Asia, Thailand
- Zandile Masangane, Ministry of Health, Eswatini
- Webster Mavhu, CeSHHAR, Zimbabwe
- Nyaradzo Mavis Mgodi, University of Zimbabwe / University of California San Francisco, Zimbabwe
- Immaculate Mutisya, MMed - Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Kenya
- Linda Barlow Mosha, Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Uganda
- Lloyd Mulenga, Ministry of Health, Zambia
- Saiqa Mullick, WITS, South Africa
- Nicholas Niwagaba, In Their Hands (ITH), Uganda
- Wawira Nyagah, AVAC, Kenya
- Ikka Noviyant, Youth Lead, Thailand
- Renata Sanders, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
- Wipaporn Natalie Songtaweesin, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
- Daniel Were, Jhpiego, Kenya
- Nicola Willis, Zvandiri, Zimbabwe