Founders

Prof Desiree LaBeaud

Stanford University

Dr. Desiree LaBeaud, Co-Founder and Executive Director MD, MS, is Professor is a pediatric infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist. She is one of the few pediatric arbovirologists in the world, conducting research into the epidemiology, natural history, and the impact of climate change on global health aspects of arboviral diseases, primarily among mothers and children.

Prof Francis Mutuku

Technical University of Mombasa

Prof. Francis Mutuku, Co-Founder and chairman, is an Associate Professor of Public Health at the Technical University of Mombasa. Prof Mutuku has twenty years of experience studying the biology and ecology of malaria vectors.

Dr. Bryson Ndenga

Kenya Medical Research Institute

Dr. Bryson A. Ndenga - Co-Founder, is a research officer at the Center for Global Health Research at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) in Kisumu, Kenya. Dr. Ndenga has experience in both larval and adult ecology of mosquitoes in western Kenya.

Board of Advisers

Randi Shafton

Prof Cosmas Munga

Jeff Chow

Prof Charles Mbogo

Violet Saena

Bonnie Mbithi

Team & Staff

Juma Nasoro

Program Manager

Betty Ngosi

Communications Lead

Agnes Kasyoka

BSF Farm Manager

Said Lipi

Management Committe

Christine Lucas

Adminstrator

Beatrice Wandili

BSF Farm Operations

Riziki Jasso

Management Committe

Peter Siema

Management Committe

HERI Members